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Definition
Let be a dense integral subdomain of the rational numbers and let be the positive terms of .
In set theory
Let ACauchy approximation be in a-premetric space . We define the predicate is a function , where is the set of functions with domain and codomain , such that
The set of all Cauchy approximations is defined as is a -Cauchy approximation if
The type of -Cauchy approximations in is defined as
In homotopy type theory
Let be a dense integral subdomain of the rational numbers and let be the positive terms of .
The type of -Cauchy approximations in is defined as
Properties
Every -Cauchy approximation is a Cauchy net indexed by . This is because is a strictly ordered type, and thus a directed type and a strictly codirected type, with defined as for and . is defined as .