The intermediate value conjecture for hyperseries

Let Hy\textbf{Hy} be the intended field of hyperseries, equipped with field operations, differentiation, and composition. Let Φ\Phi be a partial function from Hy\textbf{Hy} into itself constructed from elements of Hy\textbf{Hy} using those operations. Intermediate value conjecture for hyperseries. If f<gf<g are hyperseries in Hy\textbf{Hy}, Φ\Phi is defined on the closed interval [f,g][f,g], and

Φ(f)Φ(g)<0,\Phi(f)\Phi(g)<0,

then there exists yHyy\in\textbf{Hy} such that

Φ(y)=0andf<y<g.\Phi(y)=0\quad\text{and}\quad f<y<g.

The claim seeks an intermediate-value property for functions generated using differentiation and composition in the proposed hyperseries field; the source gives no resolution.

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Matthias Aschenbrenner, Lou van den Dries and Joris van der Hoeven, “On numbers, germs, and transseries”, arXiv:1711.06936 (2017).

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