Are they saying that Q is a subfield of R, and Q has a supremum in R? How is that possible? Q can have arbitrarily large elements right?
#did I interpret this statement correctly?
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trail wave
Are they saying any subset of Q will have a supremum in R?
terse hawk
it's saying Q is a subfield of R, and R obeys the LUB property: If S is contained in R and is bounded above, then S has a least upper bound
trail wave
it's saying Q is a subfield of R, and R obeys the LUB property: If S is containe...
Oh
Yeah that makes sense
I thought the subfield Q has a supremum
terse hawk
no