Computational problems for vector-valued quadratic forms

For R-vector spaces U and V we consider a symmetric bilinear map B : U×U → V . This then defines a quadratic map QB : U → V by QB(u) = B(u, u). Corresponding to each λ ∈ V ∗ is a R-valued quadratic form λQB on U defined by λQB(u) = λ · QB(u). B is definite if there exists λ ∈ V ∗ so that λQB is positive-definite. B is indefinite if for each λ ∈ V ∗, λQB is neither positive nor negative-semidefinite. The problem we consider is as follows.