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单词 AxiomaticDefinitionOfTheRealNumbers
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axiomatic definition of the real numbers


Axiomatic definition of the real numbers

The real numbers consist of a set together with mappings+:× and :× and arelationMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmath <× satisfyingthe following conditions:

  1. 1.

    (,+) is an Abelian groupMathworldPlanetmath:

    1. (a)

      For a,b,c, we have

      a+b=b+a,
      (a+b)+c=a+(b+c),
    2. (b)

      there exists an element 0 such that a+0=a for all a,

    3. (c)

      every a has an inverseMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmath (-a) such that a+(-a)=0.

  2. 2.

    ({0},) is an Abelian group:

    1. (a)

      For a,b,c, we have

      ab=ba,
      (ab)c=a(bc),
    2. (b)

      there exists an element 1{0} such that a1=a for all a,

    3. (c)

      every a{0} has an inverse a-1such that a-1a=1.

  3. 3.

    The operationMathworldPlanetmath is distributive over +: If a,b,c, then

    a(b+c)=ab+ac,
    (b+c)a=ba+ca.
  4. 4.

    (,<) is a total orderMathworldPlanetmath:

    1. (a)

      (transitivity) if c, a<b, and b<c, then a<c,

    2. (b)

      (trichotomy) precisely one of the below alternativeshold:

      a<b,a=b,b<a.

    For convenience we make the following notational definitions:a>b means b<a, ab means either a<b or a=b, and abmeans either b<a or a=b.

  5. 5.

    The operations + and are compatible with the order <:

    1. (a)

      If a, b, c and a<b, then a+c<b+c.

    2. (b)

      If a, b, c with a<b and 0<c, then ac<bc.

  6. 6.

    has the least upper bound property: If A,then an element M is an for A if

    a<M, for all aA.

    If A is non-empty, we then say that A is bounded from above.That has the least upper bound property means thatif A is bounded from above, it has a least upper bound m. That is,A has an upper bound m such that if M is any upper bound from M,then mM.

Here it should be emphasized that from the above we can not deduce thata set with operations +,,< exists. To settle this question sucha set has to be explicitly constructed. However, this can be done in various ways, asdiscussed on this page (http://planetmath.org/RealNumber).One can also show the above conditions uniquely determine the real numbers(up to an isomorphismMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmath). The proof of this can be found onthis page (http://planetmath.org/EveryOrderedFieldWithTheLeastUpperBoundPropertyIsIsomorphicToTheRealNumbers).

Basic properties

In condensed form, the above conditions state that is an orderedfield with the least upper bound property. In particular (,+,)is a ring, and ({0},) is a group, and we have the following basic properties:

Lemma 1.

Suppose a,bR.

  1. 1.

    The additive inverse (-a) is unique (proof) (http://planetmath.org/UniquenessOfAdditiveIdentityInARing).

  2. 2.

    The additive identity 0 is unique (proof) (http://planetmath.org/UniquenessOfAdditiveIdentityInARing2).

  3. 3.

    (-1)a=(-a) (proof) (http://planetmath.org/1cdotAA).

  4. 4.

    (-a)(-b)=ab (proof) (http://planetmath.org/XcdotYXcdotY).

  5. 5.

    0a=0 (proof) (http://planetmath.org/0cdotA0)

  6. 6.

    The multiplicative inverse a-1 is unique (proof) (http://planetmath.org/UniquenessOfInverseForGroups).

  7. 7.

    If a,b are non-zero, then (ab)-1=b-1a-1 (proof) (http://planetmath.org/InverseOfAProduct).

In view of property 2, we can write simply -ainstead of (-1)a and (-a).

Because of the additive inverse of a real number is unique (by property 1 above), and (-a)+a=a+(-a)=0, we see that the additive inverse of -a is a, or that -(-a)=a. Similarly, if a0, then a-10 (or we’ll end up with 1=aa-1=a0=0), and therefore by Property 6 above, a-1 has a unique multiplicative inverse. Since aa-1=a-1a=1, we see that a is the multiplicative inverse of a-1. In other words, (a-1)-1=a.

For a,b let us also define a-b=a+(-b), which is calledthe differencePlanetmathPlanetmath of a and b.By commutativity, a-b=-b+a.  It is also common to leave out themultiplication symbol and simply write ab=ab.  Suppose a  and  b  is non-zero.  Then bdivided (http://planetmath.org/Division) by a is defined as

ab=ab-1.

In consequence, if  a,b,c,d  and b,c,d are non-zero, then

  • abcd=bdac,

  • abb=a.

For example,

abcd=ab-1cd-1=ab-1(cd-1)-1=ab-1dc-1=adbc.
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