Géométrie algébrique réelle et formes quadratiques. Journées Soc. Math. Fr., Université de Rennes 1, Mai 1981 (Q1165220)

The articles will be reviewed individually, see ``Géométrie algébrique réelle et formes quadratiques, Journ. S. M. F., Univ. Rennes 1981, Lect. Notes Math. 959''. \[ \] Contents: Eberhard Becker, Valuations and real places in the theory of formally real fields (1--40); J. Bochnak and Gustave Efroymson, An introduction to Nash functions (41--54); G. W. Brumfiel, Real valuation rings and ideals (55--97); J.-L. Colliot-Thélène, Variantes du Nullstellensatz réel et anneaux formellement réels [Variants of the real Nullstellensatz and formally real rings] (pp. 98--108); Michel Coste, Ensembles semi-algébriques [Semialgebraic sets] (109--138); Eberhard Becker, The real holomorphy ring and sums of \(2n\)th powers (139--181); Riccardo Benedetti, On certain topological spaces admitting strongly coherent real algebraic structure (182--197); R. Benedetti and A. Tognoli, Remarks and counterexamples in the theory of real algebraic vector bundles and cycles (198--211); J. Bochnak, Topology of real analytic sets -- some open problems (212--217); Jacek Bochnak, Wojciech Kucharz and Masahiro Shiota, The divisor class groups of some rings of global real analytic, Nash or rational regular functions (218--248); Ludwig Bröcker, Real spectra and distributions of signatures (p249--272); Man Duen Choi, Manfred Knebusch, Tsit Yuen Lam and Bruce Reznick, Transversal zeros and positive semidefinite forms (273--298); Hans Delfs and Manfred Knebusch, Zur Theorie der semialgebraischen Wege und Intervalle über einem reell abgeschlossenen Körper [On the theory of semialgebraic paths and intervals over a real-closed field] (299--323); D. W. Dubois and Tomás Recio, Subordinate structure sheaves (323--342); Gustave A. Efroymson, The extension theorem for Nash functions (342--357); Jean Houdebine and Louis Mahé, Séparation des composantes connexes réelles dans le cas des variétés projectives [Separation of the real connected components in the case of projective varieties] (358--370); Friedrich Ischebeck, On real one-dimensional cycles (371--380); J. J. Risler, Sur l'homologie des surfaces algébriques réelles [On the homology of real algebraic surfaces] (381--385); Raymond Rolland, Étude des coupures dans les groupes et corps ordonnés [Study of cuts in ordered groups and fields] (386--405); Marie-Françoise Roy, Faisceau structural sur le spectre réel et fonctions de Nash [Structure sheaf on the real spectrum and Nash functions] (406--432); Heinz-Werner Schülting, Real holomorphy rings in real algebraic geometry (433--442); R. Silhol, A bound on the order of \(H_{n-1}^{(a)}(X,\mathbb Z/2)\) on a real algebraic variety (443--450); Alberto Tognoli, Le problème d'algébrisation des polyèdres est local [The problem of the algebraization of polyhedra is local] (451--458).