cardinality

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. (mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group (considered as a property of that grouping)
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cardinality

<mathematics> The number of elements in a set. If two sets have the same number of elements (i.e. there is a bijection between them) then they have the same cardinality. A cardinality is thus an isomorphism class in the category of sets.

aleph 0 is defined as the cardinality of the first infinite ordinal, omega (the number of natural numbers).

(1995-03-29)

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