*-valuations and ordered *-fields

Holland, Samuel S.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1980-0583853-8

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$\sp{\ast}$ -valuations and ordered $\sp{\ast}$ -fields

Author: Samuel S. Holland
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 262 (1980), 219-243
MSC: Primary 12E15; Secondary 12J20, 16A28, 16A39, 16A40
Erratum: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 267 (1981), 333.
MathSciNet review: 583853
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Abstract: We generalize elementary valuation theory to *-fields (division rings with involution), apply the generalized theory to the task of ordering *-fields, and give some applications to Hermitian forms.

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