Natural Numbers

🅟 Mar 05, 2026

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DEF-N. Natural Numbers / Finite Ordinals.

  • We define

    \[\N = \bigcap\{X:\text{$X$ is inductive}\}.\]

    Axiom of Infinity guarantees the existence of at least one inductive set.

  • $\omega:=\N$ is an ordinal. When treating $\N$ as a set, the symbol $\N$ is used. When treating it as an ordinal, the symbol $\omega$ is used.

  • $n$ is a natural number / finite ordinal if $n\in\N$.

  • An ordinal is infinite if it is not finite.

  • We define

    \[0=\varnothing, \quad 1=0+1, \quad 2=1+1, \quad 3=2+1\]

    and so on.

See Also.


PROP-N-LO.

$\omega$ is the least limit ordinal.

Proof.By PROP-LO (I) $\lrimp$ (V).