Una costruzione del sistema dei numeri reali
  There are many ways to construct the field R of real numbers. The most important and famous of these employ Cauchy sequences (Cantor) or cuts (Dedekind) in the field Q of rational numbers. These constructions sometimes overlook important details and often are complicated and cumbersome. In this note, the authors propose an essential, clear and rigorous construction of R from the stucture Q+ of positive rational numbers by the key notion of initial segment. 
Maria Rosaria Enea, Donato Saeli
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