number line
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number line (plural number lines)
(mathematics) A line that graphically represents the real numbers as a series of points whose distance from an origin is proportional to their value
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As a linear continuum The order on the number line Each set on the real number line has a supremum.
Complex numbers extend the concept of the one-dimensional number line to the two-dimensional complex plane by using the horizontal axis for the real part and the vertical axis for the imaginary part.
In other words, the number line where every real number is defined as a Dedekind cut of rationals is a complete continuum without any further gaps.
As in the two-dimensional case, each axis becomes a number line.
Since the map is confined to an interval on the real number line, its dimension is less than or equal to unity.