English Explanatory Dictionary

transfinite induction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An extension of mathematical induction to well-ordered sets of transfinite cardinality, such as sets of ordinal numbers or cardinal numbers.

Word forms

transfinite induction transfinite inductions

Synonyms

Noetherian induction structural induction well-founded induction

Related words

transfinite number transfinite recursion well-founded relation

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