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surreal number

a totally ordered proper class containing the real numbers as well as hyperreal numbers such as infinity and infinitesimals.
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surreal number

Summary

surreal number is a type of number[1]. It draws 1,226 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_number category, ranking #12 of 30).[2]

Key Facts

  • surreal number is credited with the discovery of John Horton Conway[3].
  • surreal number's instance of is recorded as type of number[4].
  • surrealism is named after surreal number[5].
  • surreal number is a type of number[6].
  • surreal number's Commons category is recorded as Surreal numbers[7].
  • surreal number comprises hyperreal number[8].
  • surreal number's described by source is recorded as On Numbers and Games[9].
  • surreal number's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://mathoverflow.net/tags/surreal-numbers[10].
  • surreal number's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://math.stackexchange.com/tags/surreal-numbers[11].
  • surreal number's different from is recorded as surrealism[12].
  • surreal number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[13].

Body

Definition and Type

surreal number's instance of is recorded as type of number[4]. It is a type of number[6].

Origins

surrealism is named after surreal number[5].

Use and Application

surreal number comprises hyperreal number[8].

Why It Matters

surreal number draws 1,226 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_number category, ranking #12 of 30).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

John Horton Conway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved . mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → John Horton Conway
    Has part(s) → hyperreal number
    Instance of → type of number
    Has parts → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007534216205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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