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		pjbeam 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The number line freaks me out (2016) I like to think of continuity as always having more "resolution" available if a sharper "picture" is required. It is _weird_ though.

Animats 10 months ago [–]

Constructive mathematics can handle rational numbers. Rational numbers are continuous, in the sense of being infinitely sub dividable. That is, between N/M and (N+1)/M lies (2N+1) / (2M).

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