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successor (Definition)

Given a set $ S$, the successor of $ S$ is the set $ S \cup \{S\}$. One often denotes the successor of $ S$ by $ S'$.



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This is version 2 of successor, born on 2001-10-19, modified 2004-02-02.
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AMS MSC: 03E10 (Mathematical logic and foundations :: Set theory :: Ordinal and cardinal numbers)
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