Bounding the Pythagoras number of a field by 2ⁿ +1

Abstract: Given a positive integer

n

, a sufficient condition on a field is given for bounding its Pythagoras number by

2^{n} + 1

. The condition is satisfied for

n = 1

by function fields of curves over iterated formal power series fields over

m a t h b b R

, as well as by finite field extensions of

m a t h b b R (! (t_{0}, t_{1})!)

. In both cases, one retrieves the upper bound

3

on the Pythagoras number. The new method presented here might help to establish more generally

2^{n} + 1

as an upper bound for the Pythagoras number of function fields of curves over

m a t h b b R (! (t_{1}, d o t s, t_{n})!)

and for finite field extensions of

m a t h b b R (! (t_{0}, d o t s, t_{n})!)

.

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