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... numbers , integers , rational num- bers , and real and complex numbers have the above properties ( see Arithmetic ; anALYSIS : Real analysis ) . If the system has the property that when a is different from zero there is a number x such ...
... numbers , integers , rational num- bers , and real and complex numbers have the above properties ( see Arithmetic ; anALYSIS : Real analysis ) . If the system has the property that when a is different from zero there is a number x such ...
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... real numbers Formal definition of a field Epimor- phism ( 271 ). The designations of the known 20 sporadic groups and their orders in factored form are the Mathieu groups ( see 230 ) , the groups , respectively , of Janko , Hall - Janko ...
... real numbers Formal definition of a field Epimor- phism ( 271 ). The designations of the known 20 sporadic groups and their orders in factored form are the Mathieu groups ( see 230 ) , the groups , respectively , of Janko , Hall - Janko ...
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... Real numbers , including both rational and irrational numbers , are defined by Cantor as infinite sequences , x = ( X1 , X2 , X3 , ... ) , y = ( Y1 , Y29 Y3 , ... ) , ... , of fractions xn Yn ... , that converge in the sense that ( xmXn ) ...
... Real numbers , including both rational and irrational numbers , are defined by Cantor as infinite sequences , x = ( X1 , X2 , X3 , ... ) , y = ( Y1 , Y29 Y3 , ... ) , ... , of fractions xn Yn ... , that converge in the sense that ( xmXn ) ...
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