Real numbers
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Real numbers can be thought of as numbers which can be represented by some infinite decimal representation. More rigorously, the real numbers are the unique field which is Ordered, Complete, and Archimedean. The reals can be constructed from the rationals by means of Dedekind cuts or Cauchy Sequences.