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Queue29
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Harvard 1869 entrance exam
Yes, because irrational numbers wouldn't be discovered until the 1900's....
bbrizzi
on Dec 5, 2011
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Actually one of the ways to prove that requires the fact that R completes Q. The concept of completeness was introduced by Cauchy in the 19th century and it might not have been completely popularised in 1869.
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