डबल-स्ट्रक कैपिटल क्यू ℚ

The set of rational numbers ℚ = {m/n} consists of numbers that can be expressed as ordinary fractions (for example, 4/3). In decimal representation, they can be finite or repeating decimals, such as 4/3 = 1.333... The term ‘rational’ comes from the Latin word ‘quotient’, which furthermore developed in English. It's interesting enough that the set ℚ is also countable (equivalent in cardinality to the set of natural numbers ℕ).

The sets ℕ , ℤ , ℚ , ℝ , ℂ are often written in bold font (for example, in the works of Nicolas Bourbaki) or as double-struck letters on blackboards and manuscripts. The usage of double-struck font in printed texts was introduced by American mathematicians and became widespread with the famous textbook on complex analysis by Gunning and Rossi, published in 1965.

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