User:Abcxyz/Sandbox/Real Numbers/Real Addition is Closed

Theorem
Let $\R$ denote the set of real numbers.

Let $+$ denote addition on $\R$.

Then $\R$ is closed under $+$.

Proof 1
Let $\left({\R, +, \times, \le}\right)$ denote the real numbers, as axiomatically defined as a Dedekind complete totally ordered field.

By the field axioms, $\R$ is closed under $+$.

Proof 2
Let $\R$ denote the set of real numbers, as constructed from Cauchy sequences.

Let $+$ denote addition on $\R$.

Let $x, y \in \R$, $x = \left[{\!\left[{\left\langle{x_n}\right\rangle}\right]\!}\right]$, $y = \left[{\!\left[{\left\langle{y_n}\right\rangle}\right]\!}\right]$.

From Rational Addition is Closed, we have that:
 * $\forall n \in \N: x_n + y_n \in \Q$

It remains to show that $\left\langle{x_n + y_n}\right\rangle$ is a Cauchy sequence.

Proof 3
Let $\R$ denote the set of real numbers, as constructed from Dedekind cuts.

Let $+$ denote addition on $\R$.

Let $\alpha, \beta \in \R$.

It is to be shown that $\alpha + \beta$ is a Dedekind cut of $\left({\Q, \le}\right)$.

We have the result Additive Group of Rational Numbers.

It follows that $\alpha + \beta \subseteq \Q$.

By the definition of a Dedekind cut, $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are non-empty, so $\alpha + \beta$ is non-empty.

By the definition of a Dedekind cut, we can choose $r \in \Q \setminus \alpha$ and $s \in \Q \setminus \beta$.

It follows that $r + s \in \Q \setminus \left({\alpha + \beta}\right)$.

Suppose that $p \in \alpha$, $q \in \beta$, $s \in \Q$, $s < p + q$.

Then $-p + s < q$; therefore, by the definition of a Dedekind cut, we have that $-p + s \in \beta$.

Hence, $s = p + \left({-p + s}\right) \in \alpha + \beta$.

By the definition of a Dedekind cut, we can choose $r \in \beta$ such that $q < r$.

It follows that $p + r \in \alpha + \beta$ and $p + q < p + r$.

Proof 4
Let $\R$ denote the set of real numbers, as defined as the Dedekind completion of the rational numbers.

Let $+$ denote addition on $\R$.

By definition, $\left({\R, +}\right)$ is a group.

By the group axioms, $\R$ is closed under $+$.