The problem with adding any new "numbers" to the real numbers
is that we inevitably end up with a system that does not obey all of
the arithmetic and order properties of the reals.

A brief summary of some extensions and the erosion of properties is
given in

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_number#Generalizations_and_extensions

Best wishes,

John


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