Proyecciones
Vol. 22, N o 3, pp. 237-242, December 2003.
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta - Chile

CLASSES OF FORMS WITT EQUIVALENT
TO A SECOND TRACE FORM OVER FIELDS
OF CHARACTERISTIC TWO *

ANA CECILIA DE LA MAZA
Universidad de Talca, Chile

Abstract

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Received : January, 2003.

Ana Cecilia de la Maza
Instituto de Matemática y Física
Universidad de Talca
Casilla 747
Talca
e-mail : anace@inst-mat.utalca.cl

*This work was supported by Fondecyt grants N° 1010205, and by Programa formas extremas y representación de formas cuadráticas, Universidad de Talca