On numbers, germs, and transseries

DOI10.1142/9789813272880_0042MaRDI QIDQ5122017zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Matthias Aschenbrenner, Joris van der Hoeven, Lou van den Dries

Publication date 22 September 2020

Published in Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM 2018) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.06936

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model theory of ordered structures; o-minimality (03C64) Differential algebra (12H05) Ordered fields (12J15) Algebraic aspects (differential-algebraic, hypertranscendence, group-theoretical) of ordinary differential equations in the complex domain (34M15) General valuation theory for fields (12J20)

Abstract: Germs of real-valued functions, surreal numbers, and transseries are three ways to enrich the real continuum by infinitesimal and infinite quantities. Each of these comes with naturally interacting notions of ordering and derivative. The category of $H$-fields provides a common framework for the relevant algebraic structures. We give an exposition of our results on the model theory of $H$-fields, and we report on recent progress in unifying germs, surreal numbers, and transseries from the point of view of asymptotic differential algebra.

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