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How real are real numbers?

  • Chaitin G
Manuscrito (2011) 34(1) 115-141
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-60452011000100006
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We discuss mathematical and physical arguments against continuity and in favor of discreteness, with particular emphasis on the ideas of Émile Borel (1871-1956).

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Chaitin, G. (2011). How real are real numbers? Manuscrito, 34(1), 115–141. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0100-60452011000100006

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