Discriminant of Symplectic Involutions
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چکیده
We define an invariant of torsors under adjoint linear algebraic groups of type Cn—equivalently, central simple algebras of degree 2n with symplectic involution—for n divisible by 4 that takes values in H(k, μ2). The invariant is distinct from the few known examples of cohomological invariants of torsors under adjoint groups. We also prove that the invariant detects whether a central simple algebra of degree 8 with symplectic involution can be decomposed as a tensor product of quaternion algebras with involution.
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