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The natural numbers are a single infinite chain

0 -> 0' -> 0" -> 0"' -> ...
  1. Chain starts with 0.
  2. Every application of ' yields a new natural number.
  3. Every natural number is captured by the chain.

Author: Wolfgang Schreiner
Last Modification: November 16, 1999

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