Re:Elementary Calculus: An Infinitesimal Approach (2000)
by andi999 on Thursday June 03, 2021 @12:08PM
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I do not see how 1E shows existence. The definition of the natural extension needs the hyperreals in the first place. (reading on mobile, maybe I am missing something here)
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Re:Elementary Calculus: An Infinitesimal Approach (2000)
by bikenaga on Thursday June 03, 2021 @12:53PM
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Check the existence theorem on page 23 (I'm looking at the paper edition): "Let R be the ordered field of real numbers. There is an ordered field extension R* of R and a mapping * from real functions to hyperreal functions (i.e., functions on R*) such that Axioms A - D hold." Note that he just starts with the reals. The actual definition of R* is in the middle of the proof:
R* = {tau[epsilon] : tau(x) is an element of T(M)}
Note that the proof uses Zorn's lemma, so it's definitely not "constructive" in the strict sense (in case that's what you meant).