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| Format: | Preprint |
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2025
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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15726 |
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- We give an elementary proof of the Eilenberg-Mac Lane trace isomorphism between the third 2-abelian cohomology group and quadratic forms. Our approach yields explicit constructions and we characterize when quadratic forms can be expressed as traces of bilinear forms for arbitrary coefficient groups.