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Pythagorean field

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A field in which any sum of two squares is a square.

References

  • J. Milnor; D. Husemoller. "Symmetric Bilinear Forms", Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete 73 Springer (1973) ISBN 3-540-06009-X, Zbl 0292.10016
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Pythagorean field. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Pythagorean_field&oldid=39939