Concept

Ordinal number

Overview

mathematical concept generalizing ordinal numerals to extend enumeration to infinite sets

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Related ideas

• Computable function
• Georg Cantor
• Infinite set
• Isomorphism
• Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory
• Mathematical induction
• Real number
• Natural number
• Reductio ad absurdum
• Partially ordered set
• Principia Mathematica
• Peano axioms
• Set (mathematics)
• Set theory
• Commutative property
• Total order
• Topological space
• Formal system
• Type theory
• Axiom schema of replacement
• Cardinal number
• Cardinality
• Axiom of choice
• Equivalence relation

Opposing perspectives

• Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory

Place in the tradition

Part of Logicism.

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