Comment on What every computer scientist should know about floating-point arithmetic (1991) [pdf]parentComments−tux35mo0.1 is of course a real number, but let A \in R the set of actual numbers... (/s)−Sharlin5moThe funny thing is, according to infinitists real numbers are not real. But I do like the concept of the set of actual numbers.−hnfong5moI don't know whether I'm an infinitist, but I personally think "real numbers" is the most ingenious marketing term created by mathematicians...−jmalicki5mo\infty is an actual number not in R−JohnKemeny5moShould be \subset.
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0.1 is of course a real number, but let A \in R the set of actual numbers... (/s)
The funny thing is, according to infinitists real numbers are not real. But I do like the concept of the set of actual numbers.
I don't know whether I'm an infinitist, but I personally think "real numbers" is the most ingenious marketing term created by mathematicians...
\infty is an actual number not in R
Should be \subset.