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We prove that even the prime, differentially closed field of characteristic zero, is not minimal; that over every differential radical field of characteristicp, there is a closed prime one, and that the theory of closed differential radical fields is stable.

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Shelah, S. Differentially closed fields. Israel J. Math. 16, 314–328 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02756711

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