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2009

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Let F be a characteristic zero


differential field with an algebraically closed field of constants


C . Let E and K be no new constants extensions of F, E contains K, Kis an extension by antiderivatives of F


and Econtain antiderivatives y1,&hellip,yn of K. The


antiderivatives y1,&hellip,ynof K are called J-I-E


antiderivatives if the derivative of each yisatisfies certain conditions. We will provide a new proof for the Kolchin-Ostrowski theorem and


generalize this theorem for a tower of extensions by J-I-E


antiderivatives and use this generalized version of the theorem to


classify the finitely differentially generated subfields of this


tower. In the process, we will show that the J-I-E antiderivatives


are algebraically independent over the ground differential field.


An example of a J-I-E tower is the iterated antiderivative extensions


of the field of rational functions C(x) generated by iterated


logarithms, closed at each stage by all (translation)


automorphisms. We analyze the algebraic and differential structure


of these extensions. In particular, we show that the nth iterated


logarithms and their translates are algebraically independent over


the field generated by all lower level iterated logarithms. Our


analysis provides an algorithm for determining the differential


field generated by any rational expression in iterated logarithms.

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Differential algebra, Differential calculus

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