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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm fully aware of the definitions. I didn't say the definition of irrationals was wrong. I said the definition of the reals is wrong. The statement about quantum mechanics is so vague as to be meaningless.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Come on then, enlighten the average Joe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Google it? Axiomatic definition, dedekind cuts, cauchy sequences are the 3 typical ones and are provably equivalent.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A real number is the set of both rational and irrational numbers. Nothing about continuous anything.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It is exactly that though.

Irrationel and rational numbers are both real.

Quantum physics is limited to the quantum, hence the name.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Being continuous is not actually a requirement of being real.