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Monotonicity and a Taylor approximation theorem for transseries

Logic 2026-05-12 v2 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We show that the composition of omega-series by surreal numbers, or more generally by elements of any confluent field of transseries, is monotonic in its second argument. In particular, omega-series and LE-series interpreted as functions have the intermediate value property. We also deduce a Taylor approximation theorem for omega-series with maximal radius of validity.

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@article{arxiv.2601.07747,
  title  = {Monotonicity and a Taylor approximation theorem for transseries},
  author = {Vincenzo Mantova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.07747},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

15 pages; relaxed assumptions in Theorems A, C and Corollary B; new Corollaries 4.4, 5.4, 5.6 and Remark 5.5; numerous fixes and editorial improvements

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