Algebraic properties of external numbers

Neutrices and external numbers were proposed as models of orders of magnitude within nonstandard analysis. We show that the external numbers form a commutative regular semigroup for addition and that the external numbers which are not neutrices form a commutative regular semigroup for multiplication...

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Autor principal: Dinis, Bruno (author)
Outros Autores: van den Berg, Imme (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2012
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/3699
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/3699
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Resumo:Neutrices and external numbers were proposed as models of orders of magnitude within nonstandard analysis. We show that the external numbers form a commutative regular semigroup for addition and that the external numbers which are not neutrices form a commutative regular semigroup for multiplication. The validity of the distributive law is restricted, but it can be fully characterized.