Separably differentially closed fields

Abstract: We introduce and study a new class of differential fields in positive characteristic. We call them separably differentially closed fields and demonstrate that they are the differential analogue of separably closed fields. We prove several (algebraic and model-theoretic) properties of this class. Among other things, we show that it is an elementary class, whose theory we denote $\SDCF$, and that its completions are determined by specifying the characteristic $p$ and the differential degree of imperfection $\epsilon$. Furthermore, after adding what we call the differential $\lambda$-functions, we prove that the theory $\SDCFl$ admits quantifier elimination, is stable, and prime model extensions exist.