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Re:Are real numbers really real? by no_identd on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @01:01PM (#17295266)
Here, another interesting construction of the real numbers:

https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0405454 - The Eudoxus Real Numbers

https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Eudoxus+real+number

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_of_the_real_numbe...

(Surprisingly enough, ncat & Wikipedia complement each other here in their explanations of it.)

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