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Descent problem for certificate of non-negativity on semi-algebraic sets

Algebraic Geometry 2025-08-12 v1 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

Let FF be a subfield of R\mathbb R and let KK be a basic closed semi-algebraic set in R\mathbb R with KF\partial K\subset F. Let N\mathcal N be the natural choice of generators of KK. We show that if fF[x]f\in F[x] is 0\geq 0 on KK, then ff can be written as f=e{0,1}saeσegef=\sum_{e\in\{0,1\}^s } a_e\sigma_e g^e where aeF0a_e\in F_{\geq 0}, σeF[x]2\sigma_e\in \sum F[x]^2 and ge=g1e1gsesg^{e}=g_1^{e_1} \cdots g_s^{e_s}. In other words, the preordering TNT_{\mathcal N} of F[x]F[x] is saturated. In case F=RF=\mathbb R, this result is due to Kuhlmann and Marshall. As an application, we prove that if KK is compact, then MN=TN=Pos(K)M_{\mathcal N}=T_{\mathcal N}=Pos(K). In other words, the quadratic module MNM_{\mathcal N} of F[x]F[x] is saturated.

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@article{arxiv.2508.07060,
  title  = {Descent problem for certificate of non-negativity on semi-algebraic sets},
  author = {Manoj K. Keshari and Debapriya Ojha and Niladri Sekhar Patra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.07060},
  year   = {2025}
}

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