Definition:Successor Mapping/Successor Set

Definition
Let $S$ be a set.

The successor (set) of $S$ is defined and denoted:
 * $S^+ := S \cup \left\{{S}\right\}$

Also known as
Some sources call this the Halmos function, for who made extensive use of it in his 1960 work.

Some sources use $S'$ rather than $S^+$.

Some sources use $S + 1$ rather than $S^+$, on the grounds that these coincide for the natural numbers (when they are seen as elements of the minimal infinite successor set).

Also see

 * Definition:Minimal Infinite Successor Set