Hermitian Forms over Ordered ∗-fields
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چکیده
Let D be a division ring with an involution. Assuming that D admits Baer orderings, we can study the Witt group of hermitian froms over D by observing its image in the ring of continuous functions on the space of orderings. We are led to define a new class of rings which, when viewed in an abstract setting, provide a natural generalization of the spaces of orderings and real spectra studied in real algebraic geometry.
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