epsilon number
Meanings
noun
- Any (necessarily transfinite) ordinal number α such that ω^α = α; (by generalisation) any surreal number that is a fixed point of the exponential map x → ωˣ.
Word forms
Etymology
From the Greek letter ε (“epsilon”), used to denote the numbers.
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