transfinite numbers
transfinite numbers is the plural of transfinite number.
Meaning of transfinite number
Noun
transfinite number (plural transfinite numbers)
- Any cardinal or ordinal number which is larger than any finite, i.e. natural number; often represented by the Hebrew letter aleph (ℵ) with a subscript 0, 1, etc.
- It will be recalled that Cantor called the first transfinite number ℵ₀. He called the second transfinite number—the one describing the set of all real numbers— C. It has not been proved whether C is the next transfinite number after ℵ₀ or whether another number exists between them.1961, Jane Muir, Of Men and Numbers: The Story of the Great Mathematicians, Courier Dover Publications, →ISBN, page 228
Questions about transfinite numbers
- What is transfinite numbers the plural of?
- Transfinite numbers is the plural of transfinite number.
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