Witt Group - Witt Equivalence

Witt Equivalence

Two fields are said to be Witt equivalent if their Witt rings are isomorphic.

For global fields there is a local-to-global principle: two global fields are Witt equivalent if and only if there is a bijection between their places such that the corresponding local fields are Witt equivalent. In particular, two number fields K and L are Witt equivalent if and only if there is a bijection T between the places of K and the places of L and a group isomorphism t between their square-class groups, preserving degree 2 Hilbert symbols. In this case the pair (T,t) is called a reciprocity equivalence or a degree 2 Hilbert symbol equivalence. Some variations and extensions of this condition, such as "tame degree l Hilbert symbol equivalence", have also been studied; see the references for details.

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