cardinality
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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).
aleph 0 is defined as the cardinality of the first infinite ordinal, omega (the number of natural numbers).
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cardinality
A quantity relationship between elements. For example, one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-one express cardinality. See cardinal number.Copyright © 1981-2019 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.