ordinal number

mathematical concept generalizing ordinal numerals to extend enumeration to infinite sets
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ordinal number

Summary

ordinal number is a type of number[1]. It draws 944 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_number category, ranking #7 of 30).[2]

Key Facts

  • ordinal number's image is recorded as Omega-exp-omega-labeled.svg[3].
  • ordinal number's instance of is recorded as type of number[4].
  • ordinal number's GND ID is recorded as 4172728-9[5].
  • ordinal number's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85093216[6].
  • ordinal number's subclass of is recorded as number[7].
  • ordinal number's subclass of is recorded as quantity[8].
  • ordinal number's has use is recorded as order type[9].
  • ordinal number's Commons category is recorded as Ordinal numbers[10].
  • ordinal number's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05lsj[11].
  • ordinal number's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph123784[12].
  • ordinal number's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ordinal numbers[13].
  • ordinal number's PSH ID is recorded as 7142[14].
  • ordinal number's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0153759[15].
  • ordinal number's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/ordinal-number[16].
  • ordinal number's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://mathoverflow.net/tags/ordinal-numbers[17].
  • ordinal number's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://math.stackexchange.com/tags/ordinal-numbers[18].
  • ordinal number's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1545[19].
  • ordinal number's main Wikidata property is recorded as P10777[20].
  • ordinal number's different from is recorded as ordinal numeral[21].
  • ordinal number's MathWorld ID is recorded as OrdinalNumber[22].
  • ordinal number's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as ordinal-numbers[23].
  • ordinal number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[24].
  • ordinal number's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 86837080[25].
  • ordinal number's Brilliant Wiki ID is recorded as ordinal-numbers[26].
  • ordinal number's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Definition:Ordinal[27].

Why It Matters

ordinal number draws 944 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_number category, ranking #7 of 30).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 41 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] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . 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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