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The Real Spectrum of Higher Level of a Commutative Ring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

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Abstract

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The following paper defines a new type of ordering of higher level on a commutative ring. This definition allows the set of all orderings of level n to be given a topology which we show is consistent with the topology of the real spectrum.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1992

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