%0 Journal Article
%T A Generalized Composition of Quadratic Forms based on Quadratic Pairs
%A Roland L£¿tscher
%J Mathematics
%D 2008
%I arXiv
%X For quadratic spaces which represent 1 there is a characterization of hermitian compositions in the language of algebras-with-involutions using the even Clifford algebra. We extend this notion to define a generalized composition based on quadratic pairs and determine the degrees of minimal compositions for any given quadratic pair.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/0809.4123v1