Concept information
Preferred term
pairing function
Definition
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In mathematics, a pairing function is a process to uniquely encode two natural numbers into a single natural number.
Any pairing function can be used in set theory to prove that integers and rational numbers have the same cardinality as natural numbers.
(Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pairing_function)
Broader concept
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/PSR-KKCX0HJH-8
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