-
segment of the other. So
ordinal numbers exist and are
essentially unique.
Ordinal numbers are
distinct from
cardinal numbers,
which measure the size of...
-
other languages,
different ordinal indicators are used to
write ordinal numbers. In
American Sign Language, the
ordinal numbers first through ninth are formed...
- case they
serve as
ordinal numbers.
Natural numbers are
sometimes used as labels—also
known as
nominal numbers, (e.g.
jersey numbers in sports)—which do...
-
mathematical or
computer science context.
Ordinal numbers predate the
invention of zero and
positional notation.
Ordinal numbers such as 21st, 33rd, etc., are formed...
-
written languages, an
ordinal indicator is a character, or
group of characters,
following a
numeral denoting that it is an
ordinal number,
rather than a...
-
which are
cardinal numbers used to
quantify the size of
infinite sets, and the
transfinite ordinals,
which are
ordinal numbers used to
provide an ordering...
- In
proof theory,
ordinal analysis ****igns
ordinals (often
large countable ordinals) to
mathematical theories as a
measure of
their strength. If theories...
- the
mathematical field of set theory,
ordinal arithmetic describes the
three usual operations on
ordinal numbers: addition, multiplication, and exponentiation...
- one-of-the-second'.) Long
ordinal numbers in
Finnish are
typed in
almost the same way as the long
cardinal numbers. 32534756
would be (in
numbers over one million...
- find the
ordinal number of a
particular object, or to find the
object with a
particular ordinal number,
corresponds to ****igning
ordinal numbers one by...
