The u-invariant of fields with 16 and 32 square classes I
Volume 38 / 1980
Annales Polonici Mathematici 38 (1980), 1-12
DOI: 10.4064/ap-38-1-1-12
Abstract
We discuss here the conjectures of Kaplansky and of Lam concerning the ii-univariant of a field of characteristic different from two. Both conjectures are shown t.o hold true for any field having at most 32 square classes.
