Where do numbers come from? /
Why do we need the real numbers? How should we construct them? These questions arose in the nineteenth century, along with the ideas and techniques needed to address them. Nowadays it is commonplace for apprentice mathematicians to hear 'we shall assume the standard properties of the real numbe...
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Main Author: | Körner, T. W. 1946- (Author) |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2020.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
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