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Goodstein sequences

Goodstein sequences is the plural of Goodstein sequence.

Meaning of Goodstein sequence

Noun

Goodstein sequence (plural Goodstein sequences)

  1. A sequence of natural numbers generated from an initial value m, starting with that value, and proceeding by performing certain operations on it. Although such sequences rapidly produce very large numbers, they always terminate at zero.

Questions about Goodstein sequences

What is Goodstein sequences the plural of?
Goodstein sequences is the plural of Goodstein sequence.

Words near Goodstein sequences in the dictionary

  1. Goodspeed
  2. Goodspeeds
  3. Goodsprings
  4. Goodstein
  5. Goodstein sequence
  6. Goodstein sequences
  7. Goodstein's theorem
  8. Goodsteins
  9. goodt
  10. goodtempered
  11. goodthink

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