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  2. Set-theoretic definition of natural numbers - Wikipedia

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    In Zermelo–Fraenkel (ZF) set theory, the natural numbers are defined recursively by letting 0 = {} be the empty set and n + 1 (the successor function) = n ∪ {n} for each n. In this way n = {0, 1, …, n − 1} for each natural number n. This definition has the property that n is a set with n elements.

  3. Integer partition - Wikipedia

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    By taking conjugates, the number p k (n) of partitions of n into exactly k parts is equal to the number of partitions of n in which the largest part has size k. The function p k (n) satisfies the recurrence p k (n) = p k (n − k) + p k−1 (n − 1) with initial values p 0 (0) = 1 and p k (n) = 0 if n ≤ 0 or k ≤ 0 and n and k are not both ...

  4. Sieve of Eratosthenes - Wikipedia

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    A prime number is a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: the number 1 and itself. To find all the prime numbers less than or equal to a given integer n by Eratosthenes' method: Create a list of consecutive integers from 2 through n: (2, 3, 4, ..., n). Initially, let p equal 2, the smallest prime number.

  5. Natural number - Wikipedia

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    The first ordinal number that is not a natural number is expressed as ω; this is also the ordinal number of the set of natural numbers itself. The least ordinal of cardinality ℵ 0 (that is, the initial ordinal of ℵ 0 ) is ω but many well-ordered sets with cardinal number ℵ 0 have an ordinal number greater than ω .

  6. Catalan number - Wikipedia

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    C n is the number of noncrossing partitions of the set {1, ..., n}. A fortiori, C n never exceeds the n-th Bell number. C n is also the number of noncrossing partitions of the set {1, ..., 2n} in which every block is of size 2. C n is the number of ways to tile a stairstep shape of height n with n rectangles. Cutting across the anti-diagonal ...

  7. Gödel numbering - Wikipedia

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    These sequences of natural numbers can again be represented by single natural numbers, facilitating their manipulation in formal theories of arithmetic. Since the publishing of Gödel's paper in 1931, the term "Gödel numbering" or "Gödel code" has been used to refer to more general assignments of natural numbers to mathematical objects.

  8. Primitive recursive function - Wikipedia

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    A primitive recursive function takes a fixed number of arguments, each a natural number (nonnegative integer: {0, 1, 2, ...}), and returns a natural number. If it takes n arguments it is called n-ary. The basic primitive recursive functions are given by these axioms:

  9. Cantor's diagonal argument - Wikipedia

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    These are called dyadic numbers and have the form m / 2 n where m is an odd integer and n is a natural number. Put these numbers in the sequence: r = (1/2, 1/4, 3/4, 1/8, 3/8, 5/8, 7/8, ...). Also, f 2 ( t ) is not a bijection to (0, 1) for the strings in T appearing after the binary point in the binary expansions of 0, 1, and the numbers in ...