English

Equations for formally real meadows

Rings and Algebras 2015-01-14 v4 Logic in Computer Science

Abstract

We consider the signatures Σm=(0,1,,+,, 1)\Sigma_m=(0,1,-,+, \cdot, \ ^{-1}) of meadows and (Σm,s)(\Sigma_m, {\mathbf s}) of signed meadows. We give two complete axiomatizations of the equational theories of the real numbers with respect to these signatures. In the first case, we extend the axiomatization of zero-totalized fields by a single axiom scheme expressing formal realness; the second axiomatization presupposes an ordering. We apply these completeness results in order to obtain complete axiomatizations of the complex numbers.

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@article{arxiv.1310.5011,
  title  = {Equations for formally real meadows},
  author = {Jan A. Bergstra and Inge Bethke and Alban Ponse},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.5011},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

24 pages, 14 tables, revised, new Theorem 3.7

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