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<div><h1>RealField -- the class of all real fields</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><p>A real number ring is a ring whose elements are real numbers of variable precision.</p>
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<p>The object <a href="___Real__Field.html" title="the class of all real fields">RealField</a> is <span>a <a href="___Type.html">type</a></span>, with ancestor classes <a href="___Inexact__Field.html" title="the class of inexact fields">InexactField</a> < <a href="___Engine__Ring.html" title="the class of rings handled by the engine">EngineRing</a> < <a href="___Ring.html" title="the class of all rings">Ring</a> < <a href="___Type.html" title="the class of all types">Type</a> < <a href="___Mutable__Hash__Table.html" title="the class of all mutable hash tables">MutableHashTable</a> < <a href="___Hash__Table.html" title="the class of all hash tables">HashTable</a> < <a href="___Thing.html" title="the class of all things">Thing</a>.</p>
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