The dimension of the space of R-places of certain rational function fields

Abstract

We prove that the space $M(K(x,y))$ of $\mathbb R$-places of the field $K(x,y)$ of rational functions of two variables with coefficients in a totally Archimedean field $K$ has covering and integral dimensions $\dim M(K(x,y))=\dim_\IZ M(K(x,y))=2$ and the cohomological dimension $\dim_G M(K(x,y))=1$ for any Abelian 2-divisible coefficient group $G$.