The natural number 6 as a set

For natural numbers, the Von Neumann definition is usually used: A natural number N then is the set of all lower natural numbers, with 0 being the empty set.

N1 < N2 is defined as N1 ∈ N2.

N + 1 is defined as N ∪ { N }.

N + 0 is defined as N.

N1 + (N2 + 1) is defined as (N1 + N2) + 1.

6 = { 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 }

See also 6 in Linked Open Numbers

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