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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 iii Paper 125 1 e Solution by
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Write and let be its nontrivial automorphism. On the rational vector space , the involution gives the eigenspace decompositionThe positive eigenspace is . Choose the quadratic twist and an isomorphism over for which . It maps isomorphically onto the negative eigenspace. Taking dimensions gives
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