Counting

Gerhard P. Hochschild
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Gerhard P. Hochschild: University of California, Department of Mathematics

Chapter Chapter I in Perspectives of Elementary Mathematics, 1983, pp 1-11 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The ritual of counting a collection of objects consists in attaching, at least mentally, a certain label to each object of the collection in turn. This presupposes that an ordered supply of labels, like (1, 2, 3,…), is available, and the labels are successively selected for use in the given order. The last label used is taken to be the measure of the size of the collection. The significance of this ritual resides in the following basic principles of set theory.

Keywords: Natural Number; Minimal Element; Recursive Computer Program; Positive Natural Number; Programmatic Dictum (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1983
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-5567-3_1

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