Decomposing the automorphism group of the surreal numbers
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| author | Kaplan, Elliot Krapp, Lothar Sebastian Serra, Michele |
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| contents | We study the automorphism group of the field of surreal numbers. Our main structure theorem presents a decomposition of this group into a product of five significant factors. Using the representation of surreal numbers as generalized power series via their Conway normal form, we apply results on Hahn fields and groups from the literature in order to obtain this decomposition. Moreover, we provide explicit descriptions of the individual factors enabling us to construct automorphisms on the field of surreal numbers from simpler components. We then extend our study to strongly linear automorphisms in connection to derivations, as well as automorphisms that preserve further exponential structure on the surreals. |
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| spellingShingle | Decomposing the automorphism group of the surreal numbers Kaplan, Elliot Krapp, Lothar Sebastian Serra, Michele Logic Commutative Algebra Primary 08A35, 12J15, Secondary 06F15, 16W60, 12J10 We study the automorphism group of the field of surreal numbers. Our main structure theorem presents a decomposition of this group into a product of five significant factors. Using the representation of surreal numbers as generalized power series via their Conway normal form, we apply results on Hahn fields and groups from the literature in order to obtain this decomposition. Moreover, we provide explicit descriptions of the individual factors enabling us to construct automorphisms on the field of surreal numbers from simpler components. We then extend our study to strongly linear automorphisms in connection to derivations, as well as automorphisms that preserve further exponential structure on the surreals. |
| title | Decomposing the automorphism group of the surreal numbers |
| topic | Logic Commutative Algebra Primary 08A35, 12J15, Secondary 06F15, 16W60, 12J10 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22374 |