Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers
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This paper will present a brief set-theoretic construction of the natural numbers before discussing in detail the ordinal and cardinal numbers. It will then investigate the relationship between the two proper classes, in particular the similar difficulties in discussing the size of the classes. We will end with a short section on the cardinalities of well-known infinite sets with which the reader is likely to be familiar.
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