Definition:Below (Number)

This page is about Below in the context of Number. For other uses, see Below.

Definition

In the context of numbers, below means less than.

Note that this applies to:

the natural numbers $\N$

the integers $\Z$

the rational numbers $\Q$

the real numbers $\R$

but specifically not the complex numbers $\C$ because the complex numbers do not have a usual ordering.

Also see

• Definition:Above (Number)

• Definition:Limit from Below

Sources

• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): below
• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): below