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The Natural Numbers Are Not Finite

lemmaSet Theorylem:natural-numbers-not-finite-2026a
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Reason: Initial publication: the natural numbers are not finite, and neither is any set receiving an injection from them. Background for indexing constructions. · 623 chars · 3 deps · depth 7

The set of natural numbers is not finite, and neither is any set that receives an injective map from it.

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Let N\mathbb{N} be the set of natural numbers, with successor map SS as in that definition. The notions finite and has nn elements are those of the indicated definitions. A map u:XYu:X\to Y between sets is called injective if u(x)=u(x)u(x)=u(x') implies x=xx=x' for all x,xXx,x'\in X.

1. (The natural numbers) The set N\mathbb{N} is not finite.

2. (Sets receiving an injection) Let XX be a set and let h:NXh:\mathbb{N}\to X be injective. Then XX is not finite.

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