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If two order automorphisms agree on Q, their values at any real x are the same supremum of the common values at rational points below x. This is the uniqueness argument for extension of an order automorphism from a dense subset; it does not require either automorphism to carry Q onto itself.
Their restrictions belong to RQ, whose cardinality is
(2ℵ0​)ℵ0​=2ℵ0​.
(1)
This gives the upper bound. The translations x↦x+r, one for each real r, are distinct order automorphisms, giving the lower bound. Consequently
∣Aut(R,<)∣=2ℵ0​.​
(2)

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