## On the cardinality of a semi-algebraic set.(English)Zbl 0830.14023

The author calculates in two different ways the cardinality of a finite semialgebraic set on a real closed field, first in terms of the signature of some quadratic forms whose coefficient may be effectively computed. The second method works only for the reals and uses the computability of the Euler characteristic of a hypersurface.
Reviewer: F.Broglia (Pisa)

### MSC:

 14P10 Semialgebraic sets and related spaces 58C25 Differentiable maps on manifolds 58K99 Theory of singularities and catastrophe theory
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