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Record Nr.

UNISA996466632603316

Autore

Schwartz Niels <1950->

Titolo

Semi-algebraic function rings via reflectors of partially ordered rings / / Niels C. Schwarz, James J. Madden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer-Verlag, , [1999]

©1999

ISBN

3-540-48284-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 1999.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 279 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics ; ; 1712

Disciplina

516.3

Soggetti

Semialgebraic sets

Ordered algebraic structures

Rings (Algebra)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Preordered and partially ordered rings -- Reflective subcategories -- Totally ordered and real closed fields -- Real spectra of preordered rings -- Epimorphisms of reduced porings -- Functions and representable porings -- Semi-algebraic functions -- Comparing reflectors -- Constructing reflectors -- H-closed epireflectors -- Quotient-closed reflectors -- The real closure reflector -- Arities of reflectors and approximations by H-closed reflectors -- Epimorphic extensions of reduced porings -- Essential monoreflectors -- Reflections of totally ordered fields -- von Neumann regular f-rings -- Totally ordered domains -- Reduced f-rings -- Rings of continuous piecewise polynomial functions -- Rings of continuous piecewise rational functions -- Discontinuous semi-algebraic functions -- The lattice of H-closed monoreflectors.

Sommario/riassunto

The book lays algebraic foundations for real geometry through a systematic investigation of partially ordered rings of semi-algebraic functions. Real spectra serve as primary geometric objects, the maps between them are determined by rings of functions associated with the spectra. The many different possible choices for these rings of functions are studied via reflections of partially ordered rings. Readers should feel comfortable using basic algebraic and categorical concepts.



As motivational background some familiarity with real geometry will be helpful. The book aims at researchers and graduate students with an interest in real algebra and geometry, ordered algebraic structures, topology and rings of continuous functions.