Real Numbers: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 16:32, 24 September 2025

Each number set contains the number set before it: $/ a$

N: Natural Numbers - ie all whole numbers.
- For example: 0,1,2... onwards
Z: Integers - ie all N plus negative integers.
- For example -2,-1,0,1,2...
D: Decimals - ie all Z plus fractions that can be written with a finite number of decimals.
- For example $11 / 4 = 2.75$
Q: Rationals - ie all D, plus those that do recur (but may never terminate.
- For example $1 / 3$ ( = 0.333333) or $143 / 999$ ( = 0.143143143)
R: Reals - ie all Q plus the irrationals, which are decimals that neither terminate nor recur.
- For example $π, \sqrt{2}, 3 \sqrt{3}, - \sqrt{2}, - \sqrt{5} / 2$ , etc

N is a subset of Z is a subset of D is a subset of Q is a subset of R

Intervals are ways of specifying the range of possible values for x:


Interval Type	Interval	Values for the real number x
Closed	$x \in [a, b]$ $x \in [a, b [$ $x \in] a, b]$ $x \in] a, b [$	$a \leq x \leq b$ $a \leq x < b$ $a < x \leq b$ $a < x < b$
Open	$x \in [a, + \infty]$ $x \in] a, + \infty [$ $x \in] - \infty, a]$ $x \in] - \infty, a [$	$a \leq x \leq b$ $a \leq x < b$ $a < x \leq b$ $a < x < b$

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-|<math>x \in[a,+\infty]</math><br><math>x \in[a,b[</math><br><math>x \in]a,b]</math><br><math>x \in]a,b[</math>
+|<math>x \in[a,+\infty]</math>
+<br><math>x \in]a,+\infty[</math>
+<br><math>x \in]-\infty,a]</math>
+<br><math>x \in]-\infty,a[</math>
 |<math>a \leq x \leq b</math><br><math>a \leq x < b</math><br><math>a < x \leq b</math><br><math>a < x < b</math>
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