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This book presents a systematic and unified report on the minimal description of constructible sets. It starts at a very basic level (almost undergraduate) and leads up to state-of-the-art results, many of which are published in book form for the very first time. The book contains numerous examples, 63 figures and each chapter ends with a section containing historical notes. The authors tried to keep the presentation as self-contained as it can possibly be.

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Author:   Carlos Andradas ,  Ludwig Brocker ,  L. Broecker (University of Munster, Germany) ,  J.M. Ruiz (University of Madrid, Spain)
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   v. 33
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9783540604518

ISBN 10:   3540604510
Pages:   279
Publication Date:   23 May 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

I. A First Look at Semialgebraic Geometry.- 1. Real Closed Fields and Transfer Principles.- 2. What is Semialgebraic Geometry?.- 3. Real Spaces.- 4. Examples.- II. Real Algebra.- 1. The Real Spectrum of a Ring.- 2. Specializations, Zero Sets and Real Ideals.- 3. Real Valuations.- 4. Real Going-Up and Real Going-Down.- 5. Abstract Semialgebraic Functions.- 6. Cylindrical Decomposition.- 7. Real Strict Localization.- Notes.- III. Spaces of Signs.- 1. The Axioms.- 2. Forms.- 3. SAP-Spaces and Fans.- 4. Local Spaces of Signs.- 5. The Space of Signs of a Ring.- 6. Subspaces.- Notes.- IV. Spaces of Orderings.- 1. The Axioms Revisited.- 2. Basic Constructions.- 3. Spaces of Finite Type.- 4. Spaces of Finite Chain Length.- 5. Finite Type = Finite Chain Length.- 6. Local-Global Principles.- 7. Representation Theorem and Invariants.- Notes.- V. The Main Results.- 1. Stability Formulae.- 2. Complexity of Constructible Sets.- 3. Separation.- 4. Real Divisors.- 5. The Artin-Lang Property.- Notes.- VI. Spaces of Signs of Rings.- 1. Fans and Valuations.- 2. Field Extensions: Upper Bounds.- 3. Field Extensions: Lower Bounds.- 4. Algebras.- 5. Algebras Finitely Generated over Fields.- 6. Archimedean Rings.- 7. Coming Back to Geometry.- Notes.- VII. Real Algebra of Excellent Rings.- 1. Regular Homomorphisms.- 2. Excellent Rings.- 3. Extension of Orderings Under Completion.- 4. Curve Selection Lemma.- 5. Dimension, Valuations and Fans.- 6. Closures of Constructible Sets.- 7. Real Going-down for Regular Homomorphisms.- 8. Connected Components of Constructible Sets.- Notes.- VIII. Real Analytic Geometry.- 1. Semianalytic Sets.- 2. Semianalytic Set Germs.- 3. Cylindrical Decomposition of Germs.- 4. Rings of Global Analytic Functions.- 5. Hilbert's 17th Problem and Real Nullstellensatz.- 6. Minimal Generation of Global Semianalytic Sets.- 7. Topology of Global Semianalytic Sets.- 8. Germs at Compact Sets.- Notes.

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