%0 Journal Article %T How real are real numbers? %A Chaitin %A Gregory %J Manuscrito %D 2011 %I Universidade Estadual de Campinas %R 10.1590/S0100-60452011000100006 %X we discuss mathematical and physical arguments against continuity and in favor of discreteness, with particular emphasis on the ideas of ¨Śmile borel (1871-1956). %K omega number %K halting probability %K halting problem %K ¨Śmile borel %K turing oracles %K irreducible complexity. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0100-60452011000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en