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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.
