The absence of infinitesimals above 1 in maximal Hardy fields

Let HH be a maximal Hardy field, let H>RH^{>\mathbb R} denote the elements of HH greater than every real constant, and write fgf\prec g when f/g0f/g\to 0 at ++\infty. A function yC1y\in\mathcal{C}^1 is required to have derivative yC×y'\in\mathcal{C}^\times, the nonvanishing C1\mathcal{C}^1 germs.

Maximal Hardy-field conjecture. If HH is maximal, then there is no yC1y\in\mathcal{C}^1 such that

1yhfor all hH>R,1\prec y\prec h\quad\text{for all }h\in H^{>\mathbb R},

and yC×y'\in\mathcal{C}^\times.

This conjecture is presented as much stronger than the preceding proposition, postulating an analogue of the cited lower-bound result for infinite lower bounds. Its resolution is not given in the supplied text.

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Matthias Aschenbrenner, Lou van den Dries and Joris van der Hoeven, “Constructing ω-free Hardy fields”, arXiv:2404.03695 (2026).

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