Abstract
H-fields are ordered differential fields that capture some basic properties of Hardy fields and fields of transseries. Each H-field is equipped with a convex valuation, and solving first-order linear differential equations in H-field extensions is strongly affected by the presence of a "gap" in the value group. We construct a real closed H-field that solves every first-order linear differential equation, and that has a differentially algebraic H-field extension with a gap. This answers a question raised in [1]. The key is a combinatorial fact about the support of transseries obtained from iterated logarithms by algebraic operations, integration, and exponentiation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 247-280 |
| Number of pages | 34 |
| Journal | Selecta Mathematica, New Series |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Fields of transseries
- H-fields