Sums of squares in algebraic function fields over a complete discretely valued field

DOI10.2140/pjm.2014.267.257zbMath1300.11029OpenAlexW2123476663MaRDI QIDQ2510042

Karim Johannes Becher, Jan Van Geel, David Grimm

Publication date: 31 July 2014

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2140/pjm.2014.267.257

zbMATH Keywords

\(u\)-invariantsums of squaresisotropyvaluationreal fieldlocal-global principlealgebraic function fieldspythagoras number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sums of squares and representations by other particular quadratic forms (11E25) Quadratic forms over general fields (11E04) Fields related with sums of squares (formally real fields, Pythagorean fields, etc.) (12D15) Transcendental field extensions (12F20) Algebraic functions and function fields in algebraic geometry (14H05) Valued fields (12J10) Forms over real fields (11E10)

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