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On the real spectrum of a ring and its application to semialgebraic geometry
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1986), 19-60
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  • Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1986), 19-60
  • MSC (1985): Primary 14G30, 12D15
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1986-15431-5
  • MathSciNet review: 838786