Real analysis in reverse

DOI10.4169/AMER.MATH.MONTHLY.120.05.392zbMATH Open1305.12002arXiv1204.4483OpenAlexW2964212444MaRDI QIDQ2847006FDOQ2847006

Authors: James Propp 

Publication date: 4 September 2013

Published in: American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Many of the theorems of real analysis, against the background of the ordered field axioms, are equivalent to Dedekind completeness, and hence can serve as completeness axioms for the reals. In the course of demonstrating this, the article offers a tour of some less-familiar ordered fields, provides some of the relevant history, and considers pedagogical implications.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.4483

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordered fields (12J15) Analysis education (97I99) Groups, rings, fields (educational aspects) (97H40) Ordered algebraic structures (educational aspects) (97H50)

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