Single Idea 14141

[catalogued under 6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / e. Ordinal numbers]

Full Idea

The ordinal numbers are defined by some relation to mathematical induction.

Gist of Idea

Ordinals are defined through mathematical induction

Source

Bertrand Russell (The Principles of Mathematics [1903], §290)

Book Reference

Russell,Bertrand: 'Principles of Mathematics' [Routledge 1992], p.312

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