Where Do Numbers Come From?

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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 numbers'' as part of their training. But exactly what are those properties? And why can we assume them? This ...
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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 numbers'' as part of their training. But exactly what are those properties? And why can we assume them? This ...
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  • Formats: pdf
  • ISBN: 9781108781817
  • Publication Date: 24 Oct 2019
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM