nLab automorphism of the complex numbers

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Idea

An automorphism of the field of complex numbers.

Beyond the two evident ones, the identity and complex conjugation, there is an infinitude of “wild” automorphisms, which, however, are not continuous and not constructive (their existence requires Zorn's lemma).

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