natural numbers in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for natural numbers in the French»English Dictionary

Translations for natural numbers in the English»French Dictionary

I.number [Brit ˈnʌmbə, Am ˈnəmbər] N

3. number (amount, quantity):

IV.number [Brit ˈnʌmbə, Am ˈnəmbər] VB trans

V.number [Brit ˈnʌmbə, Am ˈnəmbər] VB intr

2. number → number off

See also number off

I.natural [Brit ˈnatʃ(ə)r(ə)l, Am ˈnætʃ(ə)rəl] N

II.natural [Brit ˈnatʃ(ə)r(ə)l, Am ˈnætʃ(ə)rəl] ADJ

natural numbers in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for natural numbers in the English»French Dictionary

II.number [ˈnʌm·bər] VB trans

I.natural [ˈnætʃ·ər·əl] ADJ

II.natural [ˈnætʃ·ər·əl] N inf

British English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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We place the natural numbers along the top row.
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Usually, a text based on natural numbers (for example, the article prime number) does not specify the used definition of natural numbers.
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In the standard set-theoretic construction of the natural numbers, the number 1 is "defined" as the singleton 0.
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It can be shown that for finite cardinals these operations coincide with the usual operations for natural numbers.
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He also proposed an axiomatic foundation for the natural numbers, whose primitive notions were one and the successor function.
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Other natural numbers are paired with subsets that do not contain them.
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For example, it is possible to create axiom systems in second-order logic that uniquely characterize the natural numbers and the real line.
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However natural numbers may be constructed by applying the successor function to 0, and then applying other arithmetic functions.
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However, the other axioms are insufficient to prove the existence of the set of all natural numbers.
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By induction, 0 is equal to all numbers, and therefore any two natural numbers become equal.
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