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Hasse principles and the u-invariant over formally real fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Roger Ware
Roger Ware*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University
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In this paper we investigate the connection between the u-invariant, u(F), of a formally real field F as defined by Elman and Lam [2] and certain Hasse Principles studied by Elman, Lam and Prestel in [3].

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Research Article
Information
Nagoya Mathematical Journal , Volume 61 , July 1976 , pp. 117 - 125
Copyright
Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1976

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