Valuations in fields of power series (Q1884048)

Let \(k\) be an algebraically closed field and \(R=k[[x_{1},\dots,x_{n}]]\) be the formal power series ring in the variables \(x_{i}\) and \(K\) be its quotient field. This paper deals with discrete valuations of \(K\) which are trivial on \(k\) and whose center at \(R\) is the maximal ideal generated by \(x_{1},\dots,x_{n}.\) The authors give explicitly a description of all discrete rank one valuations of \(k((x_{1},x_{2}))/k\) and \(k((x_{1},x_{2},x_{3}))/k.\) Constructive examples of rank two valuations are also given. The description is different from the one already known in the function field case [cf. \textit{S. Khanduja} and \textit{U. Garg}, Mathematika 37, 97--105 (1990; Zbl 0689.12018)].