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  1. In mathematics, any rational (which include
  2. the integers) or irrational number. Real
  3. numbers exclude imaginary numbers, found in
  4. complex numbers of the general form a + bi
  5. where i =`sqrt'-1, although these do include
  6. a real component a.
  7.