Bourbaki

Definition 2

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Algebra, chapter VI, § 2. Ordered fields

— A commutative field, equipped with a total ordering, is called an ordered field if its ordering and its ring structure are compatible.

We restrict ourselves to total order relations on fields because the others are very « pathological » (VI, p. 38, Ex. 6).

Bourbaki puts the proof directly after the statement, so what is above is the statement and its proof together.

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Transcribed from the printed edition, 2003, Springer. Not translated.