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What is a real number ? Cauchy’s fantastic construction

What is a real number ? Cauchy’s fantastic construction

by M4t_6_onL | Aug 15, 2021 | Number theory, Set theory

The real numbers are all the “quantities” that we can order, and we can “construct” them in various ways thanks to set theory. “Numbers govern the world.” Pythagoras The real numbers idealise all the “points” of the...

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