Construction of the real numbers

real number We continue our discussion on real numbers in this chapter We begin with two very important properties of positive integers in Sections and , namely the

Definition A working definition of the real numbers is as the set R which comprises the set of rational numbers Q together with the set of irrational numbers R real fake Mathematical Number Sets · Natural Numbers are nothing more than your counting numbers: 1, 2, 3, … · Whole Numbers are your counting numbers but