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0 pointstux31mo ago0 comments

0.1 is of course a real number, but let A \in R the set of actual numbers... (/s)

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The funny thing is, according to infinitists real numbers are not real. But I do like the concept of the set of actual numbers.

hnfong1mo ago

I don't know whether I'm an infinitist, but I personally think "real numbers" is the most ingenious marketing term created by mathematicians...

\infty is an actual number not in R

Should be \subset.

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The funny thing is, according to infinitists real numbers are not real. But I do like the concept of the set of actual numbers.

hnfong1mo ago

I don't know whether I'm an infinitist, but I personally think "real numbers" is the most ingenious marketing term created by mathematicians...

\infty is an actual number not in R

Should be \subset.

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