4
$\begingroup$

What do we know about the circumstances (whether having to do with the axioms of set theory or the model itself) under which a field $F$ of hyperreals (=ultrapower of $\mathbb R$ with respect to a non-principal ultrafilter on an infinite set) has this property: For every $x \in F \backslash \mathbb R$ there is a field homomorphism (=monomorphism) of $F$ to itself that fixes $\mathbb R$ and moves $x$?

(It looks to me that saturation is a sufficient condition, even if we replace "homomorphism" with "isomorphism".)

$\endgroup$
5
  • $\begingroup$ Closely related to this question: mathoverflow.net/q/296575/2126 $\endgroup$ Commented May 10, 2018 at 13:14
  • $\begingroup$ What is a "non-standard model of analysis"? What language are you working in? Do you specifically have ultrapowers in mind, or do you allow more general models? (Usually when people talk about the hyperreals, they mean an ultrapower of the reals.) $\endgroup$ Commented May 10, 2018 at 13:43
  • $\begingroup$ I'm ok with restricting to ultrapowers. $\endgroup$ Commented May 10, 2018 at 13:54
  • $\begingroup$ There are certainly models with the property you're interested in which are not ultrapowers. $\endgroup$ Commented May 10, 2018 at 13:55
  • $\begingroup$ Thanks for the comments. I edited my poor choice of wording to clarify that I am interested in ultrapowers. The language is the language of fields. $\endgroup$ Commented May 10, 2018 at 14:08

0

You must log in to answer this question.

Browse other questions tagged .