Rationals are Everywhere Dense in Reals

Theorem

Topology

Let $\struct {\R, \tau_d}$ denote the real number line with the usual (Euclidean) topology.

Let $\Q$ be the set of rational numbers.

Then $\Q$ is everywhere dense in $\struct {\R, \tau_d}$.

Normed Vector Space

Let $\struct {\R, \size {\, \cdot \,}}$ be the normed vector space of real numbers.

Let $\Q$ be the set of rational numbers.

Then $\Q$ are everywhere dense in $\struct {\R, \size {\, \cdot \,}}$

Sources

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