Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 December 2006
Let $K$ be the (real closed) field of Puiseux series in $t$ over ${\mathbf R}$ endowed with the natural linear order. Then the elements of the formal power series rings ${\mathbf R}[\![\xi_1,\dots,\xi_n]\!]$ converge $t$-adically on $[-t,t]^n$, and hence define functions $[-t,t]^n\to K$. Let ${\mathcal L}$ be the language of ordered fields, enriched with symbols for these functions. By Corollary 3.15, $K$ is o-minimal in ${\mathcal L}$. This result is obtained from a quantifier elimination theorem. The proofs use methods from non-Archimedean analysis.