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<h2>Sesquilinear and Quadratic</h2>
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5 May 2025
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John Bamberg
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Jan De Beule
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<div class="ContChap" ><a href="chap1.html#X7DFB63A97E67C0A1" >1 <span class="Heading" >Introduction</span ></a>
<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap1.html#X873C99678745ABAF" >1.1 <span class="Heading" >Philosophy</span ></a>
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap1.html#X786BACDB82918A65" >1.2 <span class="Heading" >Overview over this manual</span ></a>
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap1.html#X8416D2657E7831A1" >1.3 <span class="Heading" >How to read this manual</span ></a>
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap1.html#X7B1A58BA78CC28FF" >1.4 <span class="Heading" >Web resources</span ></a>
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap1.html#X7FFDC142827888CA" >1.5 <span class="Heading" >Release notes</span ></a>
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<div class="ContChap" ><a href="chap2.html#X7A489A5D79DA9E5C" >2 <span class="Heading" >Examples</span ></a>
<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap2.html#X83510E647FBB2475" >2.1 <span class="Heading" >A conic of
PG(2,8)
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap2.html#X781F69578636E8C5" >2.2 <span class="Heading" >A form for
W(5,3)</span ></a>
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap2.html#X78638D21797AC9A0" >2.3 <span class="Heading" >What is the form preserved by this group?</span ></a>
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<div class="ContChap" ><a href="chap3.html#X79424B627CE11FCA" >3 <span class="Heading" >Background Theory on Forms</span ></a>
<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap3.html#X874CD5E0802FEB50" >3.1 <span class="Heading" >Sesquilinear forms</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap3.html#X7A489A5D79DA9E5C" >3.1-1 <span class="Heading" >Examples</span ></a>
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap3.html#X864CAF8881067D8A" >3.2 <span class="Heading" >Quadratic forms</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap3.html#X7A489A5D79DA9E5C" >3.2-1 <span class="Heading" >Examples</span ></a>
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<div class="ContChap" ><a href="chap4.html#X8166C704848D128E" >4 <span class="Heading" >Constructing forms and basic functionality</span ></a>
<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X83494A76866B06A5" >4.1 <span class="Heading" >Important filters</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7FA162E5874E8330" >4.1-1 <span class="Heading" >Categories for forms</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7999E38082474342" >4.1-2 <span class="Heading" >Representation for forms</span ></a>
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X78D981A67DBFCD6D" >4.2 <span class="Heading" >Constructing forms using a matrix</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7C9D7E517A73F02F" >4.2-1 BilinearFormByMatrix</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X86B8694F782A4EE7" >4.2-2 QuadraticFormByMatrix</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7C027FF77AFED321" >4.2-3 HermitianFormByMatrix</a></span >
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X78476EDF7B9498D7" >4.3 <span class="Heading" >Constructing forms using a polynomial</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X81D571077C4BCEFF" >4.3-1 BilinearFormByPolynomial</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X86ADE1D986CC90CB" >4.3-2 QuadraticFormByPolynomial</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7E21CFFA84180D0D" >4.3-3 HermitianFormByPolynomial</a></span >
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X843B68558283CE5F" >4.4 <span class="Heading" >Switching between bilinear and quadratic forms</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7F13EAC17BDE228D" >4.4-1 QuadraticFormByBilinearForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X812963777BBF97E3" >4.4-2 BilinearFormByQuadraticForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7BF7FBCA7FF91052" >4.4-3 AssociatedBilinearForm</a></span >
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X8110213A7B303D1C" >4.5 <span class="Heading" >Evaluating forms</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X808AB7B9840ABC27" >4.5-1 EvaluateForm</a></span >
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7A0825A987C88978" >4.6 <span class="Heading" >Orthogonality, totally isotropic subspaces, and totally singular subspaces</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7D699C077F66F3E6" >4.6-1 OrthogonalSubspaceMat</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X8394CCAD798053C6" >4.6-2 IsIsotropicVector</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X855E539185D7D3C7" >4.6-3 IsSingularVector</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X8141325085AAC0CD" >4.6-4 IsTotallyIsotropicSubspace</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X834FD9117F1DA8D0" >4.6-5 IsTotallySingularSubspace</a></span >
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X813A02878352E9E5" >4.7 <span class="Heading" >Attributes and properties of forms</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X80254BFD7E4B8F06" >4.7-1 IsReflexiveForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7D5AB7E484CFBF63" >4.7-2 IsAlternatingForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X85585B2C80413490" >4.7-3 IsSymmetricForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X87E9C9A1781AB058" >4.7-4 IsOrthogonalForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X861AF6EE82F4DA39" >4.7-5 IsPseudoForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X86F552AE7ACC12C7" >4.7-6 IsSymplecticForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7C60B9587D130DBB" >4.7-7 IsDegenerateForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7A0E882F801624DA" >4.7-8 IsSingularForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7BCBA564829D9E89" >4.7-9 BaseField</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X847AFB4C81A90B3F" >4.7-10 GramMatrix</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7855C3C07AAA1A68" >4.7-11 RadicalOfForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X82E7367F817C6BD0" >4.7-12 PolynomialOfForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X87B652A28534E0D2" >4.7-13 DiscriminantOfForm</a></span >
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X8400E22D7D51FCCE" >4.8 <span class="Heading" >Recognition of forms preserved by a classical group</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X784481E57E207B3D" >4.8-1 PreservedForms</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X84056A357E5447AF" >4.8-2 PreservedSesquilinearForms</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X7D6F72B682E405E1" >4.8-3 PreservedQuadraticForms</a></span >
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap4.html#X836A21687A685839" >4.9 <span class="Heading" >The trivial form and some of its properties</span ></a>
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<div class="ContChap" ><a href="chap5.html#X7B9AF2E784EB8481" >5 <span class="Heading" >Morphisms of forms</span ></a>
<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X784D3B338055EC9D" >5.1 <span class="Heading" >Morphisms of sesquilinear forms</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X807E16A383D2E04C" >5.1-1 <span class="Heading" >Hermitian forms</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X8042784984331FF4" >5.1-2 <span class="Heading" >Alternating forms</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X7F1255F77B6874E3" >5.1-3 <span class="Heading" >Bilinear forms</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X79453E2B7DDE1412" >5.1-4 <span class="Heading" >Degenerate forms</span ></a>
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X87C0B98C8669A34A" >5.2 <span class="Heading" >Morphisms of quadratic forms</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X7C738FBB80F533AC" >5.2-1 <span class="Heading" >Singular forms</span ></a>
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<div class="ContSect" ><span class="tocline" ><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X790B24568376AACE" >5.3 <span class="Heading" >Operations based on morphisms of forms</span ></a>
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<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X78CCFB957A6153F5" >5.3-1 BaseChangeToCanonical</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X87A6F5C979551677" >5.3-2 BaseChangeHomomorphism</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X7DFEFA2C7945A5AD" >5.3-3 IsometricCanonicalForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X7C7D92267EFE71DB" >5.3-4 ScalarOfSimilarity</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X85FA387280DAEA69" >5.3-5 WittIndex</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X853AF8D97E00F1DB" >5.3-6 IsEllipticForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X7B73832A786FEC21" >5.3-7 IsParabolicForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X85551B28798B07C7" >5.3-8 IsHyperbolicForm</a></span >
<span class="ContSS" ><br /><span class="nocss" > </span ><a href="chap5.html#X85F7092783AA2968" >5.3-9 TypeOfForm</a></span >
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