アルキメデスの公こう理り

noun

axiom of Archimedes; Archimedean property

A fundamental principle in real analysis stating that for any positive real numbers a and b, there exists a natural number n such that na > b. Used in mathematics and philosophy of continuity.

• 実じっ数すうがアルキメデスの公こう理りを満みたすことは、解かい析せき学がくの基き礎その一ひとつです。

  That the real numbers satisfy the axiom of Archimedes is one of the foundations of analysis.