Abstract
We prove for a large class of fields F that every proper finite extension of Fpyth, the pythagorean closure of F, is not a pythagorean field. This class of fields contains number fields and fields F that are finitely generated of transcendence degree at least one over some subfield of F.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 434-452 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Journal of Algebra |
Volume | 574 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 15 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Karim Becher, Eberhard Becker, and Parul Gupta for useful conversations on these topics. Financial support by CONICYT (proyecto FONDECYT 11150956 ) and by the Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) (proyecto DICYT, Codigo 041933G ) are gratefully acknowledged.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Function field
- Hereditarily pythagorean
- Number field
- Pythagorean closure
- Pythagorean field
- Quadratic closure
- Quadratically closed field
- Sums of squares
- Valuations
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Algebra and Number Theory