詞源

1974年由高德納在其小說 Surreal Numbers: How Two Ex-Students Turned on to Pure Mathematics and Found Total Happiness 中提出。此概念後來由英國數學家約翰·何頓·康威應用在對圍棋博弈論的研究中。最初康威只稱其為 numbers，但在1976年的 On Numbers and Games 中採用了高德納的用詞。

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1. (數學) 超現實數

   Conway's construction of surreal numbers relies on the use of .

   康威對超現實數的建構基於超限歸納法的使用。

   Conway's approach was to build numbers from scratch using a construction inspired by his game theory research; the resulting class of surreal numbers proved much larger than the class of real numbers.

   （請為本使用例添加中文翻譯）

   • 1986, Harry Gonshor, An Introduction to the Theory of Surreal Numbers, Cambridge University Press, 1987, Paperback, ISBN 9780521312059.
   • 2012, Fredrik Nordvall Forsberg, Anton Setzer, A Finite Axiomatisation of Inductive-Inductive Definitions, Ulrich Berger, Hannes Diener, Peter Schuster, Monika Seisenberger (editors), Logic, Construction, Computation, Ontos Verlag, page 263,

     The class² of surreal numbers is defined inductively, together with an order relation on surreal numbers wich is also defined inductively:

     • A surreal number ${\displaystyle X=(X_{L},X_{R})}$ consists of two sets ${\displaystyle X_{L}}$ and ${\displaystyle X_{R}}$ of surreal numbers, such that no element from ${\displaystyle X_{L}}$ is greater than any element from ${\displaystyle X_{R}}$.

     • A surreal number ${\displaystyle Y=(Y_{L},Y_{R})}$ is greater than another surreal number ${\displaystyle X=(X_{L},X_{R})}$, ${\displaystyle X\leq Y}$, if and only if

     − there is no ${\displaystyle x\in X_{L}}$ such that ${\displaystyle Y\leq x}$, and

     − there is no ${\displaystyle y\in Y_{R}}$ such that ${\displaystyle y\leq X}$.

   • 2018, Steven G. Krantz, Essentials of Mathematical Thinking, Taylor & Francis (Chapman & Hall/CRC Press), page 247,

     Here we shall follow Conway's exposition rather closely. Let ${\displaystyle L}$ and ${\displaystyle R}$ be two sets of numbers. Assume that no member of ${\displaystyle L}$ is greater than or equal to any member of ${\displaystyle R}$. Then ${\displaystyle \{L\vert R\}}$ is a surreal number. All surreal numbers are constructed in this fashion.

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• Surreal Number on Wolfram MathWorld
• Surreal numbers on Encyclopedia of Mathematics