Ordered Field

An ordered field is a field F together with a positive cone P.

The preorderings on F are precisely the intersections of families of positive cones on F. The positive cones are the maximal preorderings.

Read more about Ordered Field:  Properties of Ordered Fields, Examples of Ordered Fields, Which Fields Can Be Ordered?, Topology Induced By The Order, Harrison Topology

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