Real number
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A real number is a number that falls on the real number line. It can have any value. Some examples of real numbers are:, and so on. Numbers that are not real are
,
,
, i.e. complex numbers, and quaternions.
The set of real numbers is denoted by . Commonly used subsets of the real numbers are irrational numbers (
), rational numbers (
), integers (
), and natural numbers (
).