%0 Journal Article %A Hoffmann, Detlev %T Pythagoras numbers of fields %J Journal of the American Mathematical Society %D 1999 %P 839-848 %V 12 %N 3 %U http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.1090/S0894-0347-99-00301-X/ %R 10.1090/S0894-0347-99-00301-X %F 10_1090_S0894_0347_99_00301_X