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hyperreal number
element of a nonstandard model of the reals, which can be infinite or infinitesimal
surreal number
a totally ordered proper class containing the real numbers as well as hyperreal numbers such as infinity and infinitesimals.
nonstandard analysis
alternative formulation of calculus using a logically rigorous notion of infinitesimal numbers
superreal number
class of extensions of the real numbers
real closed field
Non algebraically closed field whose extension by sqrt(–1) is algebraically closed
Levi-Civita field
system of numbers with non-finite quantities
standard part function
In non-standard analysis, the standard part function is a function from the limited (finite) hyperreal numbers to the real numbers.