Real number

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I am not yet sure how to define real numbers. Many irrational numbers (e.g. Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \sqrt{2}} and ) are in fact valid concepts, but the standard definition of the reals involves infinite nonsense.

I don't need to give them a set-theoretic definition. Real numbers are basically just the concept of numbers.

Examples

Any fraction.

Any algebraic number, like .

Pi

e

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The Euler-Mascheroni constant (where we don't actually know for sure whether or not it is rational)