K-theories and Free Inductive Graded Rings in Abstract Quadratic Forms Theories

Abstract

. We build on previous work on multirings ( [17]) that provides generalizations of the available abstract quadratic forms theories (special groups and real semigroups) to the context of multirings ( [10], [14]). Here we raise one step in this generalization, introducing the concept of pre-special hyperfields and expand a fundamental tool in quadratic forms theory to the more general multivalued setting: the K-theory. We introduce and develop the K-theory of hyperbolic hyperfields that generalize simultaneously Milnor’s K-theory ( [11]) and Special Groups K-theory, developed by Dickmann-Miraglia ( [5]). We develop some properties of this generalized K-theory, that can be seen as a free inductive graded ring, a concept introduced in [2] in order to provide a solution of Marshall’s Signature Conjecture.