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Number

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Number

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A number N is a count NX [x] of elementary entity X divided by the unit-entity UX [x]. It is difficult to separate the concept of 'number' from ther realization of number words. The human number concept has not only quantitative cardinal meaning related to the count (24 elementary entities), but is applied in expressing the ordinal rank of objects or events arranged in a sequence (the 24th plate on a stack; the 24th day of a month), and in nominal labelling (drawing lot #24). Natural numbers are unified multiplicities required for counting. Numbers are represented by words, iconic symbols, or entirely abstract symbols. The word 'snake', the word 'eight', the symbol '8' written in ink on a piece of white paper are as different from the real "object snake", as they differ from the "concept

Abbreviation: N

Communicated by Gnaiger Erich 2020-06-27

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