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\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.