Beth Number
In mathematics, the infinite cardinal numbers are represented by the Hebrew letter (aleph) indexed with a subscript that runs over the ordinal numbers (see aleph number). The second Hebrew letter (beth) is used in a related way, but does not necessarily index all of the numbers indexed by .
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Famous quotes containing the words beth and/or number:
“Where beth they biforen us weren,”
—Unknown. Ubi Sunt Qui ante Nos Fuerunt? (L. 1)
“It is not the number of years we have behind us, but the number we have before us, that makes us careful and responsible and determined to find out the truth about everything.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)