beth number

ordered sequence of transfinite numbers used to represent the cardinality (or size) of continuous sets
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beth number

Summary

beth number is an Unicode character[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of unicode_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • beth number's image is recorded as U+2136.svg[3].
  • beth number's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[4].
  • beth number's instance of is recorded as mathematical symbol[5].
  • bet is named after beth number[6].
  • beth number's based on is recorded as ב[7].
  • beth number's subclass of is recorded as cardinal number[8].
  • beth number's subclass of is recorded as transfinite number[9].
  • beth number's Commons category is recorded as ℶ[10].
  • beth number's Unicode character is recorded as ℶ[11].
  • beth number's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/022z_d[12].
  • beth number's different from is recorded as ב[13].
  • beth number's defining formula is recorded as \begin{aligned}\beth_0&=\aleph_0\\beth_{\alpha +1}&=2^{\beth_\alpha}\\beth_\lambda&=\sup{\beth_\alpha\colon\alpha<\lambda}\end{aligned}<sup id="cite-C12" class="cite-ref" title="beth number — defining formula (P2534): \begin{aligned}\beth_0&=\aleph_0\\beth_{\alpha +1}&=2^{\beth_\alpha}\\beth_\lambda&=\sup{\beth_\alpha\colon\alpha<\lambda}\end{aligned}">[14].
  • beth number's studied by is recorded as axiomatic set theory[15].
  • beth number's Unicode code point is recorded as 2136[16].
  • beth number's HTML entity is recorded as ℶ[17].
  • beth number's HTML entity is recorded as ℶ[18].
  • beth number's HTML entity is recorded as ℶ[19].
  • beth number's GlyphWiki ID is recorded as u2136[20].
  • beth number's Unicode block is recorded as Letterlike Symbols[21].
  • beth number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[22].
  • beth number's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 174610925[23].
  • beth number's in defining formula is recorded as \beth[24].
  • beth number's in defining formula is recorded as \aleph[25].
  • beth number's in defining formula is recorded as \alpha[26].
  • beth number's in defining formula is recorded as \alpha+1[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Unicode character[4] and mathematical symbol[5].

History and Context

bet is named after beth number[6].

Why It Matters

beth number ranks in the top 8% of unicode_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . PlanetMath. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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