Definition:Successor Set
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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 Paul R. Halmos who made extensive use of it in his 1960 work Naive Set Theory.
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
Sources
- 1960: Paul R. Halmos: Naive Set Theory ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 11$: Numbers
- 1971: Gaisi Takeuti and Wilson M. Zaring: Introduction to Axiomatic Set Theory: $\S 7.22$
