Totally positive field extensions and the pythagorean index

  • P. Mandal
  • , R. Preeti*
  • , A. Soman
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

For a formally real field F, we study totally positive field extensions K of F. We prove that, if K/F is Galois and totally positive then so is the corresponding extension of their pythagorean closures Kpy/Fpy. We also study the behavior of weak isotropy and weak hyperbolicity of central simple algebras with an orthogonal involution over totally positive field extensions. We use some of these results and show that a conjecture due to Becher holds in some new cases.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2450034
JournalJournal of Algebra and Its Applications
Volume23
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01-02-2024

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Algebra and Number Theory
  • Applied Mathematics

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