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[from 'Plurals and Complexes' by Keith Hossack, in 6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / e. Ordinal numbers ]

Full Idea

The theory of the transfinite needs the ordinal numbers.

Gist of Idea

The theory of the transfinite needs the ordinal numbers

Source

Keith Hossack (Plurals and Complexes [2000], 8)

Book Reference

-: 'British Soc for the Philosophy of Science' [-], p.429

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