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Norms Of Sums Of Squares, Robert W. Fitzgerald Mar 2001

Norms Of Sums Of Squares, Robert W. Fitzgerald

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For a finite separable extension K/F of fields of characteristic not 2, the norm of a sum of 2n squares in K is a sum of 2n squares in F. We find explicit identities.