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Sums of Squares over Totally Real Fields Are Rational Sums of Squares

Let K be a totally real number field with Galois closure L. We prove that if f ∈ Q[x1, . . . , xn] is a sum of m squares in K[x1, . . . , xn], then f is a sum of 4m · 2[L:Q]+1 ([L : Q] + 1 2 ) squares in Q[x1, . . . , xn]. Moreover, our argument is constructive and generalizes to the case of commutative K-algebras. This result gives a partial resolution to a question of Sturmfels on the algebra...

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