- 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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other languages,
different ordinal indicators are used to
write ordinal numbers. In
American Sign Language, the
ordinal numbers first through ninth are formed...
- are
called ordinal numbers.
Natural numbers are also used as labels, like
jersey numbers on a
sports team,
where they
serve as
nominal numbers and do not...
-
which are
cardinal numbers used to
quantify the size of
infinite sets, and the
transfinite ordinals,
which are
ordinal numbers used to
provide an ordering...
-
mathematical or
computer science context.
Ordinal numbers predate the
invention of zero and
positional notation.
Ordinal numbers such as 21st, 33rd, etc., are formed...
- the
mathematical field of set theory,
ordinal arithmetic describes the
three usual operations on
ordinal numbers: addition, multiplication, and exponentiation...
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written languages, an
ordinal indicator is a character, or
group of characters,
following a
numeral denoting that it is an
ordinal number,
rather than a...
-
Natural numbers may be used as
cardinal numbers,
which may go by
various names.
Natural numbers may also be used as
ordinal numbers.
Natural numbers may have...
- "12 o'clock" or
clasa a
doisprezecea ("12th grade", see
below for
ordinal numbers); such use is
considered incorrect. 2.
Number names for 14 and 16 do...
- 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...
