Lam's Conjecture

• 来源期刊: 代数集刊（英文版）
• 关键词: special groups K-theory formally real field quadratic forms
• 年，卷（期）: 2003,（2）
• 页码范围: 149-176
• 页数: 28页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

We introduce an algebraic K-theory for special groups, generalizing the mod 2 K-theory of fields due to Milnor, and apply it to give a positive answer to Lam's signature conjecture for quadratic forms over arbitrary formally real fields.