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Nonstandard Integer


A nonstandard integer, or hyperinteger, is an element of the nonstandard extension ^*Z of the integers. The ordinary integers embed in ^*Z, but a proper nonstandard model also contains infinite hyperintegers H satisfying H>n for every standard positive integer n. Transfer gives ^*Z the first-order arithmetic properties of Z. An infinite hyperinteger has no finite standard part.


See also

Hyperreal Number, Integer, Nonstandard Analysis

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References

Robinson, A. Non-Standard Analysis. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Nonstandard Integer." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/NonstandardInteger.html

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