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New facts about Hilbert's seventeenth problem

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McKenna, K. (1975). New facts about Hilbert's seventeenth problem. In: Saracino, D.H., Weispfenning, V.B. (eds) Model Theory and Algebra. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 498. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0080982

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