Thursday, 6 August 2015

6. REAL NUMBERS

A number x is a real number if xQ or xI. Thus the set of R numbers, R=QI such that NWZQR.

The type of number we normally use such as 1, 15.83, -1.2, 4/5, etc. Positive or negative, large or small, whole numbers or decimal numbers are all Real Numbers. They are called “Real Numbers”  because they are not Imaginary Numbers.For example 1, 2, -4, π, 3, 5, 0.0003, 1/2 , etc.Real numbers have no starting or ending. There are infinite real numbers between 1 and 2 as well as 2 and 3 and so on.

Real Numbers




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