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Function fields of Pfister forms

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  1. University of California, 90024, Los Angeles, Calif

    R. Elman

  2. University of California, 94720, Berkeley, Calif

    T. Y. Lam

  3. University of California at San Diego, 92093, La Jolla, Calif, USA

    A. R. Wadsworth

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Elman, R., Lam, T.Y. & Wadsworth, A.R. Function fields of Pfister forms. Invent Math 51, 61–75 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01389912

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