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Suppose that we define ℝ abstractly instead of by explicit construction, i.e. we just say that ℝ is any Dedekind-complete* ordered field. Can we now prove that ℝ is a complete metric space? Does the question even make sense? I mean, the definition of "metric space" refers to ℝ. What ℝ is that anyway, the abstract one or one defined by explicit construction (Dedekind cuts)?
*) By that I mean that every set that's bounded from above has a least upper bound.
*) By that I mean that every set that's bounded from above has a least upper bound.