\input zb-basic \input zb-ioport \iteman{io-port 06084482} \itemau{Cohen, Cyril} \itemti{Construction of real algebraic numbers in Coq.} \itemso{Beringer, Lennart (ed.) et al., Interactive theorem proving. Third international conference, ITP 2012, Princeton, NJ, USA, August 13--15, 2012. Proceedings. Berlin: Springer (ISBN 978-3-642-32346-1/pbk). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7406, 67-82 (2012).} \itemab Summary: This paper shows a construction in Coq of the set of real algebraic numbers, together with a formal proof that this set has a structure of discrete Archimedean real closed field. This construction hence implements an interface of real closed field. Instances of such an interface immediately enjoy quantifier elimination thanks to a previous work. This work also intends to be a basis for the construction of complex algebraic numbers and to be a reference implementation for the certification of numerous algorithms relying on algebraic numbers in computer algebra. \itemrv{~} \itemcc{} \itemut{} \itemli{doi:10.1007/978-3-642-32347-8\_6} \end