Dr. Nico Lorenz
Faculty of Mathematics
Ruhr University Bochum
Universitätsstraße 150
D-44780 Bochum
Germany
nico.lorenz [at] ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Office: IB 2/127
Office Hours: Wed, 14-15 h or by Appointment
Research Interests
- Algebraic theory of quadratic forms, in particular Pfister forms and related objects such as Minor-K-Theory and Galois cohomology
- Combinatorial aspects of quadratic forms
Publications and Preprints
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Cliques in Representation Graphs of Quadratic Forms
(with Marc C. Zimmermann). Preprint 2023, submitted. -
On I^n-forms over field extensions
published online 2023, to appear in Journal of Algebra and Its Applications -
Supreme Torsion Forms
published online 2022, to appear in Communications in Algebra
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Pfister Numbers over Rigid Fields
published online 2022. To appear in Communications in Algebra
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On the Symbol Length of Fields with finite Square Class Number
(with Detlev Hoffmann). Preprint, 2021.
Teaching
Winter Term 2023/ 2024:
- Lecture Algebraic theory of quadratic forms
- Tutorials Algebra 1 (lecture by Markus Reineke)
Sommer Term 2023:
- Tutorials Mathematics for Engineers 2 (lecture by Markus Reineke)
Winter Term 2022/ 2023:
- Tutorials Mathematics for Engineers 1 (lecture by Markus Reineke)
Summer Term 2022:
- Tutorials Commutative Algebra (lecture by Markus Reineke)
- Tutorials Number Theory (lecture by Jörg Winkelmann)
Further Information
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