X-Git-Url: http://git.subgeniuskitty.com/surreal-numbers/.git/blobdiff_plain/cc0282e4a0b88cf3605bfd5b211ab0a28949bf16..016f109c450b545051b96bbacd63d417e105393e:/notes/introduction.tex diff --git a/notes/introduction.tex b/notes/introduction.tex index 7f1e7b6..d249b7d 100644 --- a/notes/introduction.tex +++ b/notes/introduction.tex @@ -1,13 +1,15 @@ \newpage \section{Introduction} +\subsection{Overview} + These notes accompany the book Surreal Numbers by Donald Knuth, specifically the 1974 edition. They are only intended to further my own understanding; no guarantees of accuracy, relevance, or significance are extended. -\section{Notation} +\subsection{Notation} -A surreal number $X$ consisting of left set $X_L$ and right set $X_R$ is +A surreal number $x$ consisting of left set $X_L$ and right set $X_R$ is represented as \surreal{X_L}{X_R}. The void set, as Knuth named it, is represented by leaving the appropriate left or right set empty, as in \surreal{}{}, the first surreal number defined.