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Hereditary Representation


The hereditary representation of a nonnegative integer is obtained by writing its expansion in base b and recursively expanding each exponent in powers of b until every remaining exponent is a single digit. For example, the hereditary representation of 266 in base 2 is

266=2^8+2^3+2
(1)
=2^(2^(2+1))+2^(2+1)+2.
(2)

See also

Goodstein's Theorem, Goodstein Sequence

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References

Henle, J. M. An Outline of Set Theory. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1986.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Hereditary Representation." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/HereditaryRepresentation.html

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