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Definition 2

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(N1)

There is a number \(0∈ β„•\).

(N2)

There is a function \(S:β„• β†’ β„•\) (called "successor"), such that 1

(N3)

\(S(x)β‰  0\) for each \(x∈ β„•\) and

(N4)

\(S\) is injective, that is, \(x≠ y\) implies \(S(x)≠ S(y)\).

(N5)

If \(U\) is a subset of \(β„•\) such that: \(0∈ U\) and \(βˆ€ x, x ∈ Uβ‡’ S(x)∈ U\) , then \(U=β„•\).

We will often write \(Sn\) instead \(S(n)\) to ease notations.

  1. We are using the same word successor used in the definition [1Z0] for well ordered sets, and in [24X] in Zermelo-Fraenkel theory: we will see how these definition are "compatible".
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