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== Chapter 3 Kinds of number in the physical world ==
== Chapter 3 Kinds of number in the physical world ==


===3.2 The Real Number System===
===3.1 A pythagorean catastrophe?===
 
===3.2 The real number system===


'''Natural Numbers:'''
'''Natural Numbers:'''
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:Any number that is not the solution to a polynomial with rational coefficients.
:Any number that is not the solution to a polynomial with rational coefficients.
===3.3 Real numbers in the physical world===
===3.4 Do natural numbers need the physical world?===
===3.5 Discrete numbers in the physical world===


== Chapter 4 Magical Complex Numbers ==
== Chapter 4 Magical Complex Numbers ==
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