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Absolute values and their completions - like the p-adic number fields- play an important role in number theory. Krull's generalization of absolute values to valuations made applications in other branches of mathematics, such as algebraic geometry, possible. In valuation theory, the notion of a...

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Main Author:	Prestel, A. (Alexander), 1941-
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1984.
Edition:	[2nd ed.].
Series:	Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) ; 1093.
Subjects:	Formally real fields. Forms, Quadratic. Formes quadratiques. Corps formellement réels. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book