This paper studies for a number field K and a finite group Γ the cokernel of the residue homomorphism .

A field F satisfies n-linkage on a subset of Ḟ if whenever the quaternion algebras

are equal in Br(F) there exist z ∈ Ḟ with

for i = 1, 2, . . ., n. This linkage of quaternion algebras is examined and its relationship to the torsion freeness of I2(F) and to the strong approximation property is investigated.

For a field F, char(F) ≠ 2, let WF denote the Witt ring of quadratic forms of F and let denote the multiplicative group of 1-dimensional forms It follows from a construction of D. K. Harrison that if E, F are fields (both of characteristic ≠ 2) and ρ.WE → WF is a ring isomorphism, then there exists a ring isomorphism which “preserves dimension” in the sense that In this paper, the relationship between ρ and is clarified.

Let K be a field of characteristic different from two. Let L be a finite separable extension of K. If is the separable closure of K, we have a continuous homomorphism π : Ga(/K) → ∑n(n - [L : K]). We give a very short proof of Serre's formula which evaluates the Hasse-Witt invariant of a symmetric bilinear form, transferred from L, in terms of the topological Stiefel-Whitney classes of IT.