cardinal number


A cardinal numberMathworldPlanetmath is an ordinal numberMathworldPlanetmath S with the property that SX 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
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