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## Idea

An Archimedean ordered field is an ordered field that satisfies the archimedean property.

## Definition

The rational numbers are the initial ordered field, so for every ordered field $F$ there is a field homomorphism $h:\mathbb{Q}\to F$. $F$ is Archimedean if for all elements $a\in F$ and $b\in F$, if $a \lt b$, then there exists a rational number $q\in \mathbb{Q}$ such that $a \lt h(q)$ and $h(q) \lt b$.

## Properties

Every Archimedean ordered field is a dense linear order. This means that the Dedekind completion of every Archimedean ordered field is the field of real numbers.

Every Archimedean ordered field is a differentiable space:

### Pointwise continuous functions

Let $F$ be an Archimedean ordered field. A function $f:F \to F$ is continuous at a point $c \in F$ if

$isContinuousAt(f, c) \coloneqq \forall \epsilon \in (0, \infty). \forall x \in F. \exists \delta \in (0, \infty). (\vert x - c \vert \lt \delta) \implies (\vert f(x) - f(c) \vert \lt \epsilon)$

$f$ is pointwise continuous in $F$ if it is continuous at all points $c$:

$isPointwiseContinuous(f) \coloneqq \forall c \in F. isContinuousAt(f, c)$

The set of all pointwise continuous functions is defined as

$C^0(F) \coloneqq \{f \in F \to F \vert isPointwiseContinuous(f)\}$

### Pointwise differentiable functions

Let $F$ be an Archimedean ordered field. A function $f:F \to F$ is differentiable at a point $c \in F$ if

$isDifferentiableAt(f, c) \coloneqq isContinuousAt(f, c) \times \exists L \in F. \forall \epsilon \in (0, \infty). \forall x \in F. \exists \delta \in (0, \infty). \forall h \in (-\delta, 0) \cup (0, \delta). \left| \frac{f(c + h) - f(c)}{h} - L \right| \lt \epsilon$

$f$ is pointwise differentiable in $F$ if it is differentiable at all points $c$:

$isPointwiseDifferentiable(f) \coloneqq \forall c \in F. isDifferentiableAt(f, c)$

The set of all pointwise differentiable functions is defined as

$D^0(F) \coloneqq \{f \in F \to F \vert isPointwiseDifferentiable(f)\}$

## Examples

Archimedean ordered fields include

Non-Archimedean ordered fields include

## References

The definition of the Archimedean property for an ordered field is given in section 4.3 of

• Auke B. Booij, Analysis in univalent type theory (2020) $[$etheses:10411, pdf$]$

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