Quadratic Forms and Linear Algebraic Groups

Hoffmann, Detlev; Merkurjev, Alexander; Tignol, Jean-Pierre

doi:10.4171/OWR/2009/25

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Volume 6, Issue 2, 2009, pp. 1375–1426

DOI: 10.4171/OWR/2009/25

Quadratic Forms and Linear Algebraic Groups

Organized by: Detlev Hoffmann (1), Alexander Merkurjev (2) and Jean-Pierre Tignol (3)

(1) School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, NG7 2RD, NOTTINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM
(2) Department of Mathematics, University of California, CA 90025-1555, LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES
(3) Dépt. de Mathématiques, Université Catholique de Louvain, Chemin du Cyclotron, 2, B-1348, LOUVAIN-LA NEUVE, BELGIUM

Topics discussed at the workshop Quadratic forms and linear algebraic groups included besides the algebraic theory of quadratic and Hermitian forms and their Witt groups several aspects of the theory of linear algebraic groups and homogeneous varieties, as well as some arithmetic aspects pertaining to the theory of quadratic forms over function ﬁelds over local ﬁelds.

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