Continuous Ordinal Sequence

Pub Mar 06, 2026 Up Jun 10, 2026

Definition 1. Let $\alpha$ be an ordinal and $\gamma$ be an increasing $\alpha$-sequence of ordinals. $\gamma$ is continuous if for every limit ordinal $\beta<\alpha$,

\[\lim_{\xi \to \beta} \gamma_\xi = \gamma_\beta.\]

References

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Thomas Jech. Set Theory. 3rd Millennium ed, rev. and expanded. Springer, 2002. p. 22.