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getAnisotropicDimension -- returns the anisotropic dimension of a symmetric bilinear form

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By the Witt Decomposition Theorem, any non-degenerate form decomposes uniquely as $\beta \cong n \mathbb{H} \oplus \beta_a$ where the form $\beta_a$ is anisotropic. The rank of $\beta_a$ is called the anisotropic dimension of $\beta$.

The anisotropic dimension of a form defined over the rational numbers is the maximum of the anistropic dimension at each of the completions of $\mathbb{Q}$.

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For the programmer

The object getAnisotropicDimension is a method function.