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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

10165	'Analysis' is the theory of the real numbers [Reck/Price]
	Full Idea: 'Analysis' is the theory of the real numbers.
	From: E Reck / M Price (Structures and Structuralism in Phil of Maths [2000], §2)
	A reaction: 'Analysis' began with the infinitesimal calculus, which later built on the concept of 'limit'. A continuum of numbers seems to be required to make that work.