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The order type of an infinite well-ordered set.

See also Ordinal number; Cardinal number.

References

  • [a1] W. Sierpiński, "Cardinal and ordinal numbers", PWN (1958)
  • [a2] M.M. Zuckerman, "Sets and transfinite numbers", Macmillan (1974)
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Transfinite number. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Transfinite_number&oldid=17301