• In the mathematical field of set theory, ordinal arithmetic describes the three usual operations on ordinal numbers: addition, multiplication, and exponentiation...
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    In set theory, an ordinal number, or ordinal, is a generalization of ordinal numerals (first, second, nth, etc.) aimed to extend enumeration to infinite...
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  • interpret a sufficient portion of arithmetic to make statements about ordinal notations. The proof-theoretic ordinal of such a theory T {\displaystyle...
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    a finite set is the common ordinal number of all possible well-orderings of that set, and cardinal and ordinal arithmetic (addition, multiplication, power...
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  • an ordinal number α is the smallest ordinal number greater than α. An ordinal number that is a successor is called a successor ordinal. The ordinals 1...
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  • Epsilon number (category Ordinal numbers)
    numbers were introduced by Georg Cantor in the context of ordinal arithmetic; they are the ordinal numbers ε that satisfy the equation ε = ω ε , {\displaystyle...
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  • counterexamples in topology. Epsilon numbers (mathematics) Large countable ordinal Ordinal arithmetic "Set Theory > Basic Set Theory (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)"...
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  • the focus on countable ordinals, ordinal arithmetic is used throughout, except where otherwise noted. The ordinals described here are not as large as...
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    limit ordinal is an ordinal number that is neither zero nor a successor ordinal. Alternatively, an ordinal λ is a limit ordinal if there is an ordinal less...
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  • particular, it is the proof theoretic ordinal of the subsystem Π 1 1 {\displaystyle \Pi _{1}^{1}} -CA0 of second-order arithmetic; this is one of the "big five"...
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    properties of ordinal numbers: each natural number has a successor and every non-zero natural number has a unique predecessor. Peano arithmetic is equiconsistent...
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  • {\displaystyle \omega _{n}} ). Infinite initial ordinals are limit ordinals. Using ordinal arithmetic, α < ω β {\displaystyle \alpha <\omega _{\beta }}...
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  • the proof-theoretic ordinal of Peano arithmetic. PRA's proof theoretic ordinal is ωω, where ω is the smallest transfinite ordinal. PRA is sometimes called...
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  • Feferman–Schütte ordinal (Γ0) is a large countable ordinal. It is the proof-theoretic ordinal of several mathematical theories, such as arithmetical transfinite...
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    Arithmetic is an elementary branch of mathematics that studies numerical operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In a wider...
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  • well-founded ordinals. Ordinal analysis was originated by Gentzen, who proved the consistency of Peano Arithmetic using transfinite induction up to ordinal ε0....
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  • elementary function arithmetic (EFA), also called elementary arithmetic and exponential function arithmetic, is the system of arithmetic with the usual elementary...
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  • not qualifying as an ordinal notation. Large countable ordinals Ordinal arithmetic Ordinal analysis D. Madore, A Zoo of Ordinals (p.2). Accessed 25 October...
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  • best-known classification with four levels, or scales, of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio. This framework of distinguishing levels of measurement...
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    Transfinite induction (category Ordinal numbers)
    Transfinite number Well-founded induction Zorn's lemma J. Schlöder, Ordinal Arithmetic. Accessed 2022-03-24. It is not necessary here to assume separately...
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  • arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and inequality. This allows an axiomatic construction of numbers and ordinal arithmetic,...
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  • types, well-orders, ordinal numbers, ordinal arithmetic, and the Burali-Forti paradox according to which the collection of all ordinal numbers cannot be...
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    of an infinity of infinities. He defined the cardinal and ordinal numbers and their arithmetic. Cantor's work is of great philosophical interest, a fact...
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  • smallest ordinal number greater than the ranks of all members of the set. In particular, the rank of the empty set is zero, and every ordinal has a rank...
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    of the surreals. The surreals also contain all transfinite ordinal numbers; the arithmetic on them is given by the natural operations. It has also been...
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  • have an ordinal notation in Kleene's O {\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}} . Arithmetical hierarchy Large countable ordinal Ordinal analysis Ordinal notation...
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  • called "primitive recursive arithmetic with the additional principle of quantifier-free transfinite induction up to the ordinal ε0", is neither weaker nor...
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  • the Guttman scale shown below in Table 2: Table 2. Data of the four ordinal arithmetic skill variables are hypothesized to form a Guttman scale The set profiles...
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  • Poincaré turned to see whether logicism could generate arithmetic, more precisely, the arithmetic of ordinals. Couturat, said Poincaré, had accepted the Peano...
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  • \omega ^{\omega }} are larger still. Arithmetic expressions containing ω {\displaystyle \omega } specify an ordinal number, and can be thought of as the...
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