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Single Idea 17928

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

Full Idea

Ordinal numbers represent order relations.

Gist of Idea

Ordinal numbers represent order relations

Source

Mark Colyvan (Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics [2012], 1.2.3 n17)

Book Ref

Colyvan,Mark: 'An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics' [CUP 2012], p.12