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		montecarl on Aug 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How real are real numbers? (2004) If it is not possible to compute most reals, then is there a number system, with only computable numbers that extends the rational numbers to include computable reals such as Pi, e, sqrt(2)?

andromaton on Aug 2, 2020 [–]

Yes, computable numbers (0) 0:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computable_number

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