Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10118859 Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 2005 20 Pages PDF
Abstract
In constructive mathematics it is of interest to consider a more general, but classically equivalent, notion of linear order, a so-called pseudo-order. The prime example is the order of the constructive real numbers. We examine two kinds of constructive completions of pseudo-orders: order completions of pseudo-orders and Cauchy completions of (non-archimedean) ordered groups and fields. It is shown how these can be predicatively defined in type theory, also when the underlying set is non-discrete. Provable choice principles, in particular a generalisation of dependent choice, are used for showing set-representability of cuts.
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