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Our next goal is to construct the rational numbers. The method is very much like that of the previous chapter.
Numbers are intellectual witnesses that belong only to mankind, and by whose means we can achieve an understanding of words.
Honore de Balzac
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Henle, J.M. (1986). The Rationals. In: An Outline of Set Theory. Problem Books in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8680-3_5
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