Re: [HM] Infinitesimals

Roger Cooke (cooke@emba.uvm.edu)
Sat, 14 Nov 1998 13:55:54 -0500 (EST)

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In what sense is "complete" being used here? A linearly ordered field
that is complete in the order topology need not be Archimedean, if memory
serves me right. (I'll have to think about the counterexample.)

Roger Cooke

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