U+211D, ℝ
DOUBLE-STRUCK CAPITAL R

[U+211C]
Letterlike Symbols
[U+211E]

Translingual edit

Etymology edit

In Stetigkeit und irrationale Zahlen (1872) Richard Dedekind uses R to denote rational numbers and ℜ to denote real numbers. The usage of blackboard bold dates to the 1960s.

Noun edit

  1. (mathematics) The set of real numbers.
  2. (mathematics) This set, equipped with any of its standard structure; the real line.

Derived terms edit