Dedekind cuts

A form of Dedekind cut — Any partition of the set of rational numbers into non-empty sets A and B such that all elements of A are less than all elements of B and A contains no greatest element; intended as a construction of a real number.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Dedekind cut
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