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Baer ordered *-fields of the first kind

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We construct examples of Baer ordered *-fields of the first kind of every dimension 4n,n=1,2,….

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    Samuel S. Holland

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Holland, S.S. Baer ordered *-fields of the first kind. Israel J. Math. 57, 365–374 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02766220

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