Washington State University
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory (CLaN) Seminar
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Neill Hall 5W
August 28, Monday, 4:10 - 5:00 PM
Jakob Streipel
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Washington State University
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory (CLaN) Seminar
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Neill Hall 5W
August 28, Monday, 4:10 - 5:00 PM
Jakob Streipel
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Washington State University
Title: On Numbers... A Brief Exploration of the Surreal Numbers
Abstract: In this talk we will present a way to construct numbers using nothing but the empty set. This construction, due to Conway in 1976, gives rise to the so-called surreal numbers, which we will see is a totally ordered field containing not only the real numbers, but also numbers infinitely large and infinitesimally small!
Abstract: In this talk we will present a way to construct numbers using nothing but the empty set. This construction, due to Conway in 1976, gives rise to the so-called surreal numbers, which we will see is a totally ordered field containing not only the real numbers, but also numbers infinitely large and infinitesimally small!