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- Subject: Re: Lua evolution and C99
- From: Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>
- Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 15:58:13 -0300
> > Real numbers provide completeness (every Cauchy sequence has a limit)
> > just fine. You do not need Complex numbers for that.
>
> Yes, that's why Gavin said complex numbers extend _integers_ in _two_ ways!
Integers are already complete. (Any Cauchy sequence within integers
must become constant after some index and therefore converge to that
constant).
-- Roberto
