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cardinal number, or
cardinal for short, is what is
commonly called the
number of
elements of a set. In the case of a
finite set, its
cardinal number,...
- into
Cardinal and
Ordinal Numbers (1958, 2nd ed. 1965). Any
finite natural number can be used in at
least two ways: as an
ordinal and as a
cardinal. Cardinal...
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Cardinal or
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Cardinal or The
Cardinal may
refer to: Cardinalidae, a
family of
North and
South American...
- linguistics, and more
precisely in
traditional grammar, a
cardinal numeral (or
cardinal number word) is a part of
speech used to count.
Examples in English...
- In mathematics, the
cardinality of a set is a
measure of the
number of
elements of the set. For example, the set A = { 2 , 4 , 6 } {\displaystyle A=\{2...
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Continuing in this manner, it is
possible to
define a
cardinal number ℵα for
every ordinal number α, as
described below. The
concept and
notation are due...
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field of set theory, a
large cardinal property is a
certain kind of
property of
transfinite cardinal numbers.
Cardinals with such
properties are, as the...
- (five) is a
number,
numeral and digit. It is the
natural number, and
cardinal number,
following 4 and
preceding 6, and is a
prime number. It has garnered...
- In mathematics, a
Mahlo cardinal is a
certain kind of
large cardinal number.
Mahlo cardinals were
first described by Paul Mahlo (1911, 1912, 1913). As...
- (cardinality of the
empty set, i.e. 0 elements, where 0 is thus the
smallest cardinal number) in the set of
natural numbers. Today,
different mathematicians use...