A real number is any number that can be represented on the complete number line\.
This is not a very good summary, since it relies on the reader understanding what a "complete number line" is.
by Alexei Andreev Jul 14 2016
A real number is any number that can be represented on the complete number line\.
This is not a very good summary, since it relies on the reader understanding what a "complete number line" is.
Comments
Joe Zeng
I thought so too when I wrote it up; I put it there as a placeholder for a Wikipedia-style initial definition once we find one that's more suitable, because I'm having a hard time thinking of one.