cardinality
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dnˈæl noun, plural car·di·nal·i·ties. Mathematics.
(of a set) the cardinal number indicating the number of elements in the set.
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| 1. | maths the property of possessing a cardinal number |
| 2. | maths, logic (of a class) the cardinal number associated with the given class. Two classes have the same cardinality if they can be put in one-to-one correspondence |
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cardinality definition
mathematicsThe 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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The cardinality of a finite set is simply the number of members in it.
Since cardinality is such a common concept in mathematics, a variety of names are in use.
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