Signatures, sums of Hermitian squares and positive cones on algebras with involution

DOI10.3934/era.2018.25.003zbMath1423.16018arXiv1706.01264OpenAlexW3104543729MaRDI QIDQ1994820

Vincent Astier, Thomas Unger

Publication date: 2 November 2018

Published in: Electronic Research Announcements in Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.01264

zbMATH Keywords

signaturepositivitypositive coneformally real fieldHermitian formWitt groupalgebra with involutionreal algebrasum of Hermitian squares

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rings with involution; Lie, Jordan and other nonassociative structures (16W10) Bilinear and Hermitian forms (11E39) Finite-dimensional division rings (16K20) Real algebra (13J30)

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