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Before You Get Started. What is a fraction? Is it a real number? Are all real numbers fractions? Have you seen fractions in this book up to now? What real number should the fraction \(\frac{1}{2}\) be?
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© 2010 Matthias Beck and Ross Geoghegan
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Beck, M., Geoghegan, R. (2010). Rational and Irrational Numbers. In: The Art of Proof. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 0. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7023-7_11
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