## Cohomological Invariants In Galois Cohomology

Author : Skip Garibaldi
ISBN : 0821882856
Genre : Mathematics
File Size : 73.88 MB
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This volume is concerned with algebraic invariants, such as the Stiefel-Whitney classes of quadratic forms (with values in Galois cohomology mod 2) and the trace form of etale algebras (with values in the Witt ring). The invariants are analogues for Galois cohomology of the characteristic classes of topology. Historically, one of the first examples of cohomological invariants of the type considered here was the Hasse-Witt invariant of quadratic forms. The first part classifies such invariants in several cases. A principal tool is the notion of versal torsor, which is an analogue of the universal bundle in topology. The second part gives Rost's determination of the invariants of G-torsors with values in HÝsuperscript 3¨(Q/Z(2)), when G is a semisimple, simply connected, linear group. This part gives detailed proofs of the existence and basic properties of the Rost invariant.
Category: Mathematics

## Cohomological Invariants

Author : Skip Garibaldi
ISBN : 9780821844045
Genre : Mathematics
File Size : 39.41 MB
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This volume concerns invariants of $G$-torsors with values in mod $p$ Galois cohomology--in the sense of Serre's lectures in the book Cohomological invariants in Galois cohomology--for various simple algebraic groups $G$ and primes $p$. The author determines the invariants for the exceptional groups $F_4$ mod 3, simply connected $E_6$ mod 3, $E_7$ mod 3, and $E_8$ mod 5. He also determines the invariants of $\mathrm{Spin}_n$ mod 2 for $n \leq 12$ and constructs some invariants of $\mathrm{Spin}_{14}$. Along the way, the author proves that certain maps in nonabelian cohomology are surjective. These surjectivities give as corollaries Pfister's results on 10- and 12-dimensional quadratic forms and Rost's theorem on 14-dimensional quadratic forms. This material on quadratic forms and invariants of $\mathrm{Spin}_n$ is based on unpublished work of Markus Rost. An appendix by Detlev Hoffmann proves a generalization of the Common Slot Theorem for 2-Pfister quadratic forms.
Category: Mathematics

## Cohomological Invariants In Galois Cohomology

Author : Skip Garibaldi
ISBN : 9780821832875
Genre : Mathematics
File Size : 57.35 MB
Format : PDF

This volume is concerned with algebraic invariants, such as the Stiefel-Whitney classes of quadratic forms (with values in Galois cohomology mod 2) and the trace form of etale algebras (with values in the Witt ring). The invariants are analogues for Galois cohomology of the characteristic classes of topology. Historically, one of the first examples of cohomological invariants of the type considered here was the Hasse-Witt invariant of quadratic forms. The first part classifies such invariants in several cases. A principal tool is the notion of versal torsor, which is an analogue of the universal bundle in topology. The second part gives Rost's determination of the invariants of $G$-torsors with values in $H^3(\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}(2))$, when $G$ is a semisimple, simply connected, linear group. This part gives detailed proofs of the existence and basic properties of the Rost invariant. This is the first time that most of this material appears in print.
Category: Mathematics

## Cohomological Invariants

Author : Skip Garibaldi
ISBN : 9780821844045
Genre : Mathematics
File Size : 32.95 MB
Format : PDF, ePub

This volume concerns invariants of $G$-torsors with values in mod $p$ Galois cohomology--in the sense of Serre's lectures in the book Cohomological invariants in Galois cohomology--for various simple algebraic groups $G$ and primes $p$. The author determines the invariants for the exceptional groups $F_4$ mod 3, simply connected $E_6$ mod 3, $E_7$ mod 3, and $E_8$ mod 5. He also determines the invariants of $\mathrm{Spin}_n$ mod 2 for $n \leq 12$ and constructs some invariants of $\mathrm{Spin}_{14}$. Along the way, the author proves that certain maps in nonabelian cohomology are surjective. These surjectivities give as corollaries Pfister's results on 10- and 12-dimensional quadratic forms and Rost's theorem on 14-dimensional quadratic forms. This material on quadratic forms and invariants of $\mathrm{Spin}_n$ is based on unpublished work of Markus Rost. An appendix by Detlev Hoffmann proves a generalization of the Common Slot Theorem for 2-Pfister quadratic forms.
Category: Mathematics

## Quadratic Forms Linear Algebraic Groups And Cohomology

Author : Skip Garibaldi
ISBN : 1441962115
Genre : Mathematics
File Size : 67.37 MB
Format : PDF, ePub, Mobi

Category: Mathematics

## An Introduction To Galois Cohomology And Its Applications

Author : Grégory Berhuy
ISBN : 9781139490887
Genre : Mathematics
File Size : 81.1 MB
Format : PDF

This is the first elementary introduction to Galois cohomology and its applications. The first part is self-contained and provides the basic results of the theory, including a detailed construction of the Galois cohomology functor, as well as an exposition of the general theory of Galois descent. The author illustrates the theory using the example of the descent problem of conjugacy classes of matrices. The second part of the book gives an insight into how Galois cohomology may be used to solve algebraic problems in several active research topics, such as inverse Galois theory, rationality questions or the essential dimension of algebraic groups. Assuming only a minimal background in algebra, the main purpose of this book is to prepare graduate students and researchers for more advanced study.
Category: Mathematics

## Cohomology Of Number Fields

Author : Jürgen Neukirch
ISBN : 9783540378891
Genre : Mathematics
File Size : 29.85 MB
Format : PDF, Docs

This second edition is a corrected and extended version of the first. It is a textbook for students, as well as a reference book for the working mathematician, on cohomological topics in number theory. In all it is a virtually complete treatment of a vast array of central topics in algebraic number theory. New material is introduced here on duality theorems for unramified and tamely ramified extensions as well as a careful analysis of 2-extensions of real number fields.
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## Central Simple Algebras And Galois Cohomology

Author : Philippe Gille
ISBN : 9781107156371
Genre : Mathematics
File Size : 30.70 MB
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The first comprehensive modern introduction to central simple algebra starting from the basics and reaching advanced results.
Category: Mathematics

Author : Ricardo Baeza
ISBN : 9780821846483
Genre : Mathematics
File Size : 87.32 MB
Format : PDF

This volume presents a collection of articles that are based on talks delivered at the International Conference on the Algebraic and Arithmetic Theory of Quadratic Forms held in Frutillar, Chile in December 2007. The theory of quadratic forms is closely connected with a broad spectrum of areas in algebra and number theory. The articles in this volume deal mainly with questions from the algebraic, geometric, arithmetic, and analytic theory of quadratic forms, and related questions in algebraic group theory and algebraic geometry.
Category: Mathematics

## Bulletin New Series Of The American Mathematical Society

Author :
ISBN : UCSD:31822036949493
Genre : Mathematics
File Size : 84.71 MB
Format : PDF, ePub