The surreal numbers as a universal H-field

Matthias Aschenbrenner, Lou Van Den Dries, Joris Van Der Hoeven

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Abstract

We show that the natural embedding of the differential field of transseries into Conway’s field of surreal numbers with the Berarducci–Mantova derivation is an elementary embedding. We also prove that any Hardy field embeds into the field of surreals with the Berarducci–Mantova derivation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1179-1199
Number of pages21
JournalJournal of the European Mathematical Society
Volume21
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Keywords

  • Differential fields
  • Hardy fields
  • Surreal numbers
  • Transseries

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematics(all)
  • Applied Mathematics

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