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Example 5

Remember that infinite hyperreal numbers do not have standard parts. Consider the infinite hyperreal number

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where ε is a nonzero infinitesimal. The numerator and denominator have standard parts

st(3 + ε) = 3, st(4ε + ε2) = 0.

However, the quotient has no standard part. In other words,

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