I was wondering what would happen if we wanted to do "complex-like" analysis but, instead, of $\mathbb{C}$, we would use the simplest (in terms of inclusion) characteristic $0$ algebraically closed field, the field of algebraic numbers $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}$.
$\overline{\mathbb{Q}}$ is dense in $\mathbb{C}$ and it can inherit $\mathbb{C}$ topology (sub-question that it raises: can we define this topology without making reference to $\mathbb{C}$, for instance by "extending" the topology on $\mathbb{Q}$?).
This topology allows use to define things like limits, derivatives and $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}$-holomorphic functions.
Question: Do these functions have some nice properties?
Because of this, you essentially lose any ability to infer global properties from infinitesimal ones, which some might call the essence of analysis, and especially complex analysis.
– M W Sep 30 '23 at 08:45