In axiomatic set theory, the gimel function is the following function mapping cardinal numbers to cardinal numbers:
where cf denotes the cofinality function; the gimel function is used for studying the continuum function and the cardinal exponentiation function.
Read more about Gimel Function: Values of The Gimel Function, Reducing The Exponentiation Function To The Gimel Function
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