In mathematics, a Witt group of a field, named after Ernst Witt, is an abelian group whose elements are represented by symmetric bilinear forms over the field.
Read more about Witt Group: Definition, Ring Structure, Examples, Invariants, Witt Ring of A Number Field, Witt–Grothendieck Ring, Witt Equivalence, Generalizations
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