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1 Set theoretic definition of the natural numbers

John von Neumann proposed the folowing definition:

Define the empty set to be zero.
Define the successor of n as n ∪ {n}

See Peano arithmetic.

2 References

What are the Natural Numbers?, Gary McGuire

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