Constructing the real numbers, set theory

VonWeber · Aug 4, 2008

My analysis text mentions in passing that the real numbers can be constructed rigorously starting from set theory. I was wondering if there were a resource on the web that might go over this and show the proofs of how this is done?

johnshade · Aug 4, 2008

I don't know if there's an online source for this, but Patrick Suppes' book Axiomatic Set Theory, which is an inexpensive Dover paperback, has a nice clear treatment of the construction of the reals.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486616304/?tag=pfamazon01-20

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