What is the term for all numbers except the natural numbers?

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The term for all numbers except natural numbers is not formally established in mathematics. Participants in the discussion humorously suggested "unnatural numbers," but this term does not exist. The closest representation is the set of real numbers excluding natural numbers, denoted as \mathbb{R} \setminus \mathbb{N}. The conversation highlights the lack of a universal term for "all numbers," as the concept of "number" encompasses various categories that are not strictly related.

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Is there a term used to describe all number except the natural numbers?
 
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Do you mean all real numbers except for the naturals? I suppose you'd denote it by ##\mathbb{R} \setminus \mathbb{N}##.

There's really no notion of "all numbers" in mathematics, since "number" is mostly a colloquialism used to describe all kinds of unrelated things.
 

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