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Given a semi-infinite system of linear inequalities, including strict inequalities, it is shown that if every finite subsystem has a solution inR, then the entire system has a solution in the ordered fieldR(M) obtained by adjoining a transcendental greater than every real number.
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This work was supported in part by NSF Grant GJ-28457X1.
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Blair, C.E. An extension of a theorem of Jeroslow and Kortanek. Israel J. Math. 17, 111–115 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02756833
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02756833