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The algebraic closure in function fields of quadratic forms in characteristic 2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Hamza Ahmad
Hamza Ahmad
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Department of Mathematics, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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For a field k of characteristic not two, it is known that k is algebraically closed in the function field of any (non-degenerate) quadratic form in three or more variables. In this note we consider fields of characteristic two and decide when k is algebraically closed in a function field of a quadratic k-form. For quadratic forms in three variables this has recently been done by Ohm.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , April 1997 , pp. 293 - 297
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1997

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