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 Notes from [Kevin O'Neill: An Introduction to Non-Standard Analysis and its Applications]
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Notes from [Kevin O'Neill: An Introduction to Non-Standard Analysis and its Applications]
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A Shortest Possible History of Analysis

When Newton and Leibnitz practiced calculus, they used in nitesimals, which were supposed to be like real numbers, yet of smaller magnitude than any other type of postive real number. In the 19th century, mathematicians realized they could not justify the use of in nitesimals according to their sense of rigor, so they began using de nitions involving $\epsilon$'s and $\delta$'s. Then, in the early 1960's, the logician Abraham Robinson gured out a way to rigorously de ne in nitesimals, creating a subject now known as nonstandard analysis.

The Hyperreals

$\tau:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}^{\mathbb{N}}\;(r\mapsto (r,r,r,\ldots))$ is an injection.

$\mathbb{R}^{\mathbb{N}}$ is a ring with respect to $(a_n) + (b_n) = (a_n+b_n),\; (a_n)(b_n) = (a_n b_n)$ but not a field.

$(\frac{1+(-1)^n}{2})(\frac{1-(-1)^n}{2}) = (0,0,0,\ldots) = \tau(0)$

1.1 Definition $\mathcal{F}\subset \mathcal{P}(I)$ (set $I\ne \varnothing$) is a filter if
$\qquad$ 1. $(A,\,B\in\mathcal{F})\implies (A\cap B\in \mathcal{F})$
$\qquad$ 2. $(A \in\mathcal{F})\wedge (A\subset B\subset I)\implies (B\in \mathcal{F})$
$\qquad\;\,\mathcal{F}$ is an ultrafilter if it's a filter and $\forall A\subset I\;(A\not\in\mathcal{F})\implies (A^c \in\mathcal{F})$
$\qquad$ An ultrafilter $\mathcal{F}$ is principal if $\exists i\in I\;(\mathcal{F} = \{A\subset I: i\in A\})$
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