Sums of squares in function fields of hyperelliptic curves

DOI10.1007/s00209-008-0353-2zbMath1253.11050OpenAlexW2037935354MaRDI QIDQ1006832

Karim Johannes Becher, Jan Van Geel

Publication date: 26 March 2009

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-opus-94620

zbMATH Keywords

sums of squaresPythagoras numberu-invarianthereditarily Euclidean fieldshereditarily Pythagorean fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sums of squares and representations by other particular quadratic forms (11E25) Fields related with sums of squares (formally real fields, Pythagorean fields, etc.) (12D15) Algebraic functions and function fields in algebraic geometry (14H05)

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