von neumann integer
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von Neumann integer
<mathematics> A finite von Neumann ordinal.
The von Neumann integer N is a finite set with N elements which are the von Neumann integers 0 to N-1. Thus
0 = = 1 = 0 = 2 = 0, 1 = , 3 = 0, 1, 2 = , , , ...
The set of von Neumann integers is infinite, even though each of its elements is finite. [Origin of name?]
(1995-03-30)