Re: Solution to some of Hilberts problems

From: Tim Ball (tb_at_timball.net)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:26:39 -0400

Jose Capco wrote:

> Dear NG,
>
> I was wondering if there is a website or someone out there I can ask
> for a readable solution of some of the Hilberts problem. In particular
> I am looking for the 17th problem (every positive poly can be written
> as sum of square of rational functions)... in this particular case, by
> "readable" I mean that it is expected that the reader only knows
> standard topics in abstract algebra.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jose Capco

Hilbert's problems:
http://www.fact-index.com/h/hi/hilbert_s_problems.html

The 17th problem:
http://hlombardi.free.fr/publis/DGLMega92.ps