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346: 277: 129: 220: 42:. The ordinals 1, 2, and 3 are the first three successor ordinals and the ordinals ω+1, ω+2 and ω+3 are the first three infinite successor ordinals. 291: 226: 84: 458: 466: 435: 63: 192: 488: 452: 425: 183: 8: 401: 391: 179: 462: 431: 379: 375: 28: 341:{\displaystyle \alpha +\lambda =\bigcup _{\beta <\lambda }(\alpha +\beta )} 482: 396: 51: 66:(the standard model of the ordinals used in set theory), the successor 20: 430:, Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series, Springer, p. 46, 150:, it is immediate that there is no ordinal number between α and 50:
Every ordinal other than 0 is either a successor ordinal or a
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Since the ordering on the ordinal numbers is given by
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of the class of ordinal numbers, with respect to the
294: 229: 195: 87: 38:. An ordinal number that is a successor is called a 272:{\displaystyle \alpha +S(\beta )=S(\alpha +\beta )} 124:{\displaystyle S(\alpha )=\alpha \cup \{\alpha \}.} 340: 271: 214: 123: 211: 34:is the smallest ordinal number greater than  480: 178:The successor operation can be used to define 115: 109: 419: 417: 57: 423: 481: 461:, Springer, Exercise 3C, p. 100, 450: 414: 374:The successor points and zero are the 215:{\displaystyle \alpha +0=\alpha \!} 173: 13: 459:Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics 14: 500: 444: 335: 323: 266: 254: 245: 239: 97: 91: 1: 407: 158:), and it is also clear that 64:von Neumann's ordinal numbers 45: 16:Operation on ordinal numbers 7: 385: 369: 10: 505: 427:Sets, Logic and Categories 424:Cameron, Peter J. (1999), 282:and for a limit ordinal 78:is given by the formula 74:) of an ordinal number 451:Devlin, Keith (1993), 342: 273: 216: 125: 58:In Von Neumann's model 343: 274: 217: 184:transfinite recursion 126: 292: 227: 193: 85: 402:Successor cardinal 392:Ordinal arithmetic 338: 322: 269: 212: 121: 307: 40:successor ordinal 496: 473: 471: 448: 442: 440: 421: 365: 347: 345: 344: 339: 321: 278: 276: 275: 270: 221: 219: 218: 213: 180:ordinal addition 174:Ordinal addition 162: <  138: <  130: 128: 127: 122: 504: 503: 499: 498: 497: 495: 494: 493: 489:Ordinal numbers 479: 478: 477: 476: 469: 449: 445: 438: 422: 415: 410: 388: 376:isolated points 372: 352: 351:In particular, 311: 293: 290: 289: 228: 225: 224: 194: 191: 190: 182:rigorously via 176: 142:if and only if 86: 83: 82: 60: 48: 17: 12: 11: 5: 502: 492: 491: 475: 474: 467: 443: 436: 412: 411: 409: 406: 405: 404: 399: 394: 387: 384: 380:order topology 371: 368: 349: 348: 337: 334: 331: 328: 325: 320: 317: 314: 310: 306: 303: 300: 297: 280: 279: 268: 265: 262: 259: 256: 253: 250: 247: 244: 241: 238: 235: 232: 222: 210: 207: 204: 201: 198: 175: 172: 132: 131: 120: 117: 114: 111: 108: 105: 102: 99: 96: 93: 90: 59: 56: 47: 44: 29:ordinal number 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 501: 490: 487: 486: 484: 470: 468:9780387940946 464: 460: 456: 455: 447: 439: 437:9781852330569 433: 429: 428: 420: 418: 413: 403: 400: 398: 397:Limit ordinal 395: 393: 390: 389: 383: 381: 377: 367: 363: 359: 355: 332: 329: 326: 318: 315: 312: 308: 304: 301: 298: 295: 288: 287: 286: 285: 263: 260: 257: 251: 248: 242: 236: 233: 230: 223: 208: 205: 202: 199: 196: 189: 188: 187: 185: 181: 171: 169: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 146: ∈  145: 141: 137: 118: 112: 106: 103: 100: 94: 88: 81: 80: 79: 77: 73: 69: 65: 55: 53: 52:limit ordinal 43: 41: 37: 33: 30: 26: 22: 453: 446: 426: 373: 361: 357: 353: 350: 283: 281: 186:as follows: 177: 167: 163: 159: 155: 151: 147: 143: 139: 135: 133: 75: 71: 67: 61: 49: 39: 35: 31: 24: 18: 408:References 46:Properties 21:set theory 333:β 327:α 319:λ 313:β 309:⋃ 302:λ 296:α 264:β 258:α 243:β 231:α 209:α 197:α 113:α 107:∪ 104:α 95:α 25:successor 483:Category 386:See also 370:Topology 465:  434:  62:Using 27:of an 23:, the 463:ISBN 432:ISBN 360:) = 316:< 364:+ 1 170:). 19:In 485:: 457:, 416:^ 382:. 54:. 472:. 441:. 362:α 358:α 356:( 354:S 336:) 330:+ 324:( 305:= 299:+ 284:λ 267:) 261:+ 255:( 252:S 249:= 246:) 240:( 237:S 234:+ 206:= 203:0 200:+ 168:α 166:( 164:S 160:α 156:α 154:( 152:S 148:β 144:α 140:β 136:α 119:. 116:} 110:{ 101:= 98:) 92:( 89:S 76:α 72:α 70:( 68:S 36:α 32:α

Index

set theory
ordinal number
limit ordinal
von Neumann's ordinal numbers
ordinal addition
transfinite recursion
isolated points
order topology
Ordinal arithmetic
Limit ordinal
Successor cardinal


Sets, Logic and Categories
ISBN
9781852330569
The Joy of Sets: Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
ISBN
9780387940946
Category
Ordinal numbers

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