Quadratic Forms and Their Applications

These proceedings from the July 1999 conference in Dublin comprise 18 papers by mathematicians from North America and Europe. Topics include: Galois cohomology of the classical groups, symplectic lattices, universal quadratic forms, the Conway-Schneeberger Fifteen Theorem, trace forms and the Burnside ring, equivalent Brauer groups, Isotropy of quadratic forms and field invariants, quadratic forms with absolutely maximal splitting, 2-regularity and reversibility of quadratic mappings, knot theory, Ernst Witt, generic splitting towers and generic splitting preparations of quadratic forms, local densities of hermitian forms, Hilbert's theorem on ternary quartics, the history of algebraic theory of quadratic forms, local fundamental classes derived from higher K-groups, and normal surface singularities. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)