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bhk | 2 days ago

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Can you cite any claims by mathematicians that there were "gaps"? It isn't even true for rational numbers that you can identify an unoccupied "gap".

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dkarl|2 days ago

Yeah, it took me a second, too. By "gaps" they mean numbers that can't be represented in a given construction. So irrational numbers are "gaps" in the rational numbers, and transcendental numbers are "gaps" in the algebraic numbers. Not the best spatial metaphor.

Quekid5|2 days ago

sqrt(2)

bhk|2 days ago

That's not a "gap" that you find by "zooming in". And how can it be a gap when it is occupied?