Pythagoras numbers of fields

DOI10.1090/S0894-0347-99-00301-XzbMATH Open0921.11018OpenAlexW1531511998MaRDI QIDQ4243744FDOQ4243744

Authors: Detlev Hoffmann 

Publication date: 19 May 1999

Published in: Journal of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1090/s0894-0347-99-00301-x

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zbMATH Keywords

quadratic formssums of squares\(u\)-invariantformally real fieldPythagoras numberHasse number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quadratic forms over general fields (11E04) Fields related with sums of squares (formally real fields, Pythagorean fields, etc.) (12D15) Forms over real fields (11E10)

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