"Hartogs number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Hartogs numbers [plural]
Etymology: After German-Jewish mathematician Friedrich Hartogs (1874–1943). Head templates: {{en-noun}} Hartogs number (plural Hartogs numbers)
  1. (set theory) For a given set X, the cardinality of the least ordinal number α such that there is no injection from α into X. Wikipedia link: Friedrich Hartogs, Hartogs number Categories (topical): Set theory Synonyms: Hartogs' number Related terms: equipotent, Hartogs function

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