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goodstein sequence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
good-stein se-quence
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sequence of natural numbers generated from an initial value m, starting with that value, and proceeding by performing certain operations on it. Although such sequences rapidly produce very large numbers, they always terminate at zero.

Etymology

Named after Reuben Goodstein (1912–1985), English mathematician.

Inflected Forms

Goodstein sequences (plural)

Phrases

Goodstein's theorem

Frequently Paired Words

Goodstein's theorem

Questions

What does goodstein sequence mean?
A sequence of natural numbers generated from an initial value m, starting with that value, and proceeding by performing certain operations on it. Although such sequences rapidly produce very large numbers, they always terminate at zero.
Where does goodstein sequence come from?
Named after Reuben Goodstein (1912–1985), English mathematician.

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