Multiplicative quadratic maps
arXiv:1401.7265
Abstract
In this paper we prove that a multiplicative quadratic map between a unital ring and a field is induced by a homomorphism from into or a composition algebra over . Especially we show that if is a field, then every multiplicative quadratic map is the product of two field homomorphisms. Moreover, we prove a multiplicative version of Artin's Theorem showing that a product of field homomorphisms is unique up to multiplicity.