Timeline for Are Surreal Numbers the same as Trans-series?
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Aug 14, 2017 at 16:23 | comment | added | Kyle Gannon | @AlecRhea: It depends on definition of "real-closed field" you use :). If you use the first one on this page, then one could phrase it as follows: With the correct choice of derivation, the Surreal numbers form an ordered differential field which is a 'transeries-closed' field. | |
Aug 14, 2017 at 13:49 | vote | accept | john mangual | ||
Aug 14, 2017 at 7:13 | comment | added | Alec Rhea | This is fascinating -- the surreals naturally form a real-closed field, and it sounds like you're saying that they also form a 'transseries-closed field'? | |
Aug 14, 2017 at 5:00 | history | answered | Kyle Gannon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |