%0 Journal Article %A Andradas Heranz, Carlos %T Real places in function-fields %D 1985 %@ 0092-7872 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/64610 %X Let F/R be a function field over a real closed field R. The author proves the existenceof real places with prescribed rank and dimension (where these numbers satisfy obvious conditions). The main tool, a Zariski-dense curve selection lemma, is interesting in itsown right. Recent papers of F.-V. Kuhlmann and A. Prestel [J. Reine Angew. Math.353, 181-195 (1984; Zbl 0535.12015] and of L. Br¨ocker and the referent [”Valuations of function fields from the geometrical point of view”, to appear in J. Reine Angew.Math.] extend these results to a more general situation. %~