On the extensions of the ordering of a field to a simple transcendental field extension (Q1198219)

It is well known that the orderings of the rational function field \(F(t)\) extending a given ordering \(<\) of the field \(F\) are in one-to-one correspondence to the Dedekind cuts in the real closure \(R\) of \((F,<)\). The author shows, that the group of fractional linear transformations of \(F\cup\{\infty\}\) acts on the set of cuts of \(R\), and that \((F(t),<_ 1)\) and \((F(t),<_ 2)\) are isomorphic, if and only if there exists a fractional linear transformation of \(F\cup\{\infty\}\) mapping the corresponding cuts of \(R\) onto each other. Some applications to the group of \(F\)-automorphisms of \((F(t),<)\) are given. The results presented here originate in the Ph.D. thesis of the author [Über angeordnete Fastkörper (Dissertation, Hannover) (1981); see also Result. Math. 5, 208-209 (1982; Zbl 0502.06007)] and complement work of \textit{H. Hofberger} [o-Automorphismen angeordneter Körper (Diplomarbeit, LMU München) (1986)] and \textit{D. Kijima} [Hiroshima Math. J. 17, 337-347 (1987; Zbl 0633.12012)]. For a more general approach see \textit{H. Hofberger} [Automorphismen formal reeller Körper (Dissertation, LMU München) (1991)].