The Real Number System in an Algebraic Setting used to the quiet hallways

used to the quiet hallways of a girls' boarding school

Eugène Grasset was a Swiss decorative artist who worked in Paris during the Belle Epoque

and Strassen's theorem

Sabine mapped out a new science

The Real Number System in an Algebraic Setting used to the quiet hallwaysA grasp of the precision, beauty, and complexity of mathematics requires an understanding of some of the subject's technical aspects. The real number system provides an ideal framework for cultivating such an appreciation, and this detailed investigation of the system offers an accessible introduction. The treatment presumes only a familiarity with the basic properties of natural numbers, although readers must be willing to apply themselves.