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25 points

it’s the “order type” of a well ordering on a set. so, given a set X with a total ordering R, type(X,R) is the unique ordinal isomorphic to (X,R)

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11 points

what’s with the square at the end? isn’t that usually for proofs?

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15 points

yeah but sometimes when the textbook authors are feeling particularly mischievous they’ll just put them in random places. and sometimes they’ll even skip the proofs but keep the square.

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8 points

Give it up for op actually out here answering questions like a real live teacher.

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