E8-form (Ex)

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Let E_8 denote the negative definite even form with signature -8 and rank 8:

\displaystyle E_8 = \left( \begin{array}{cccccccc} -2 & 0 & 0 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\  0 & -2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\  0 & -1 & -2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\  -1 & 0 & -1 & -2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\  0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & -2 & -1 & 0 & 0 \\  0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & -2 & -1 & 0 \\  0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & -2 & -1 \\  0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & -2 \end{array}\right):\Z^8 \to (\Z^8)^*.

Consider the forms E_8\oplus \langle -1\rangle and \langle -9\rangle. Verify that these two forms are both odd, of the same rank and signature but yet still inequivalent (non-isometric).

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