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Here we consider the most important metrics on the classical number systems: the semiring ℕ of natural numbers, the ring ℤ of integers, and the fields ℚ, ℝ, ℂ of rational, real, complex numbers, respectively. We consider also the algebra \(\mathcal{Q}\) of quaternions.
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Deza, M.M., Deza, E. (2013). Distances on Numbers, Polynomials, and Matrices. In: Encyclopedia of Distances. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30958-8_12
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