A construção ortodoxa dos números : dos números naturais aos complexos

Abstract

In this work, we investigated the construction of natural, integer, rational, real, complex, quaternion and Octonion numbers. More precisely, the set of real numbers was achieved by applying two methods: Dedekind Cuts and Equivalence Classes of Cauchy Sequences. Our study is only based on using Peano Axioms, which are directly related to the natural numbers, in order to get the basic properties satis ed by these numbers. In addition, we carefully proved the elementary results involving real numbers. This process in question was developed constructively throughout of the concepts of the integer and rational numbers. Next, we show that it is possible to establish the existence of complex numbers along with their more usual arithmetic properties. Finally, we nish each chapter of our work showing some possible applications in each set worked.