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by stymaar 3359 days ago
> How do you describe the difference between two successive real numbers?

There is no such things as «two successive real numbers».
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alexbecker 3359 days ago
Yeah, there aren't even two successive dual numbers. What's after 1? If it's 1 + epsilon, then what about 1 + epsilon / 2?
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