Fraction

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A fraction is a concept which measures magnitude.

Ratio

A ratio is [TODO]

Ratios are very fundamental. Any measurement at all involves ratios.

A natural number is a set of several things, thought of in relation to a single thing.

A fraction is a set of one or more things, thought of in relation to a set of one or more things.

Just like how I defined an integer as an ordered pair of natural numbers, I could define a fraction as an ordered pair of natural numbers. The difference is that these pairs have a different equivalence relation, and different addition / multiplication operations.

Rational numbers

Rational numbers, which we denote , is concept of signed differences between ratios.