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http://www.jamesbrennan.org/algebra/numbers/real_number_system.htm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_number
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http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/real-numbers.html
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http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RealNumber.html
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http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~schectex/courses/thereals/
  
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What is NOT a real number?
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http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/imaginary-numbers.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary_number
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http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ImaginaryNumber.html
  
 
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What really IS a real number?

//Search many definitions of what a real number is. http://www.jamesbrennan.org/algebra/numbers/real_number_system.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_number http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/real-numbers.html http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RealNumber.html http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~schectex/courses/thereals/


What is NOT a real number? http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/imaginary-numbers.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary_number http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ImaginaryNumber.html

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