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==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
===[[Cantor's construction of the real numbers]]=== | ===[[Cantor's construction of the real numbers]]=== |
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The real numbers | |
[ilmath]\mathbb{R} [/ilmath]
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Algebraic structure | |
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TODO: Todo - is a field
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Standard topological structures | |
Main page: The real line | |
inner product | [ilmath]\langle a,b\rangle:\eq a*b[/ilmath] - Euclidean inner-product on [ilmath]\mathbb{R}^1[/ilmath] |
norm | [ilmath]\Vert x\Vert:\eq\sqrt{\langle x,x\rangle}\eq\vert x\vert[/ilmath] - Euclidean norm on [ilmath]\mathbb{R}^1[/ilmath] |
metric | [ilmath]d(x,y):\eq\Vert x-y\Vert\eq \vert x-y\vert[/ilmath] - Absolute value - Euclidean metric on [ilmath]\mathbb{R}^1[/ilmath] |
topology | topology induced by the metric [ilmath]d[/ilmath] |
Standard measure-theoretic structures | |
measurable space | Borel [ilmath]\sigma[/ilmath]-algebra of [ilmath]\mathbb{R} [/ilmath][Note 1] |
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Lebesgue-measurable sets of [ilmath]\mathbb{R} [/ilmath]
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- The real line is the name given to the reals with their "usual topology", the topology that is induced by the absolute value metric
- Borel sigma-algebra of the real line - useful in Measure Theory although distinct from Lebesgue measurable sets on the real line
- TODO: Pages neededfor the Lebesgue-measurable structure on [ilmath]\mathbb{R}^n[/ilmath] and [ilmath]\mathbb{R} [/ilmath]
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Contents
Definition
Cantor's construction of the real numbers
The set of real numbers, [ilmath]\mathbb{R} [/ilmath], is the quotient space, [ilmath]\mathscr{C}/\sim[/ilmath] where:[1]
- [ilmath]\mathscr{C} [/ilmath] - the set of all Cauchy sequences in [ilmath]\mathbb{Q} [/ilmath] - the quotients
- [ilmath]\sim[/ilmath] - the usual equivalence of Cauchy sequences
We further claim:
- that the familiar operations of addition, multiplication and division are well defined and
- by associating [ilmath]x\in\mathcal{Q} [/ilmath] with the sequence [ilmath] ({ x_n })_{ n = 1 }^{ \infty }\subseteq \mathbb{Q} [/ilmath] where [ilmath]\forall n\in\mathbb{N}[x_n:=x][/ilmath] we can embed [ilmath]\mathbb{Q} [/ilmath] in [ilmath]\mathbb{R}:=\mathscr{C}/\sim[/ilmath]
Axiomatic construction of the real numbers
Axiomatic construction of the real numbers/Definition
[ilmath]\mathbb{R} [/ilmath] is an example of:
- Vector space
- Field ([ilmath]\implies\ \ldots\implies[/ilmath] ring)
- Complete metric space ([ilmath]\implies[/ilmath] topological space)
- With the metric of absolute value
TODO: Flesh out
Properties
- The axiom of completeness - a badly named property that isn't really an axiom.
If [ilmath]S\subseteq\mathbb{R} [/ilmath] is a non-empty set of real numbers that has an upper bound then[2]:
- [ilmath]\text{Sup}(S)[/ilmath] (the supremum of [ilmath]S[/ilmath]) exists.
Notes
- ↑ This is just the Borel sigma-algebra on the real line (with its usual topology)