Ordinal number
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title:
Ordinal number
text:
In set theory, an ordinal number, or ordinal, is a generalization of ordinal numerals aimed to extend enumeration to infinite sets. A finite set can be enumerated by successively labeling each element with the least natural number that has not been previously used. To extend this process to various infinite sets, ordinal numbers are defined more generally using linearly ordered greek letter variables that include the natural numbers and have the property that every set of ordinals has a least or
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Generalization of "n-th" to infinite cases
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal_number
date created:
2001-10-25T14:31:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T01:48:01Z
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