cardinal number
A cardinal number is an ordinal number
S with the property that S≤X for every ordinal number X which has the same cardinality as S. Cardinal numbers have the property that for every set A, there exists a unique cardinal number having the same number of elements as A.
Title | cardinal number |
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Canonical name | CardinalNumber |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 12:07:58 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 12:07:58 |
Owner | djao (24) |
Last modified by | djao (24) |
Numerical id | 8 |
Author | djao (24) |
Entry type | Definition |
Classification | msc 03E10 |
Synonym | cardinal |
Related topic | Cardinality |
Related topic | CardinalArithmetic |