Pythagoras numbers of fields

DOI10.1090/S0894-0347-99-00301-XzbMath0921.11018OpenAlexW1531511998MaRDI QIDQ4243744

Detlev W. 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

zbMATH Keywords

\(u\)-invariantsums of squaresquadratic formsPythagoras numberformally real fieldHasse 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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