TY - JOUR AU - Ruiz Sancho, Jesús María PY - 1990 SN - 0002-9939 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58351 T2 - Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society AB - Hilbert's 17th Problem asked the following. Let f(x1,⋯,xn) be a real polynomial which for all real values α1,⋯,αn satisfies f(α1,⋯,αn)≥0. Is it true that f=∑(gi/hi)2 for polynomials gi,hi∈R[x1,⋯,xn]? (It was known that f=∑(gi)2, gi∈R[x1,⋯,xn], is not... LA - eng M2 - 915 PB - American Mathematical Society KW - Real analytic sets KW - real analytic manifold KW - sum of 2n-th powers KW - meromorphic functions KW - Hilbert's 17-th problem KW - Artin-Lang specialization property KW - excellent rings KW - resolution of singularities TI - A characterization of sums of 2nth powers of global meromorphic functions TY - journal article VL - 109 ER -