On the absence of uniform denominators in Hilbert's 17th problem

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2829-2834

  Reznick, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 26444514585     PISSN: 00029939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-05-07879-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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