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Transfinite combinators and admissible ordinals

I’m back with another topic concerning ordinals! The transfinite combinator calculus The transfinite combinator calculus is an extension of normal combinator calculus. We define several related concepts as follows: If an expression \(x\) is beta-reducible, then \(\operatorname{cof}(x)=\operatorname{cof}(\operatorname{reduce}(x))\) and \(x[\alpha]=\operatorname{reduce}(x)[\alpha]\). If \(y\) is a limit, then \(\operatorname{cof}(xy)=\operatorname{cof}(y)\) and \((xy)[\alpha]=x(y[\alpha])\). If \(x\) is a limit, \(y\) is […]

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An OCF

Hello, I’m back (who could have expected?) with my new OCF (Not an ordinal notation.). We follow several conventions from the world of OCFs. First, let $$\Omega_\nu=\begin{cases} 1 & \mbox{if }n=0 \\ \aleph_\nu & \mbox{otherwise}\end{cases}$$ And let \(\Omega=\Omega_1\). Then we define the function \(\psi_\nu(\alpha)\) as the least ordinal that cannot be constructed by: All ordinals

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Binomial Theorem Corollaries

Here are some simple proofs based on the binomial theorem. They also demonstrate how amazing mathematical proofs can be. 1. The hockey stick identity By the formula for the sum of a geometric series, \(\frac{(1+r)^{n+1}-1}{(1+r)-1}=\displaystyle\sum_{i=0}^n (1+r)^i\). Now expanding both sides by the binomial theorem and simplifying, $$\displaystyle\sum_{i=0}^n \binom{n+1}{i+1}r^i=\displaystyle\sum_{i=0}^n \displaystyle\sum_{j=0}^i \binom{i}{j}r^j$$ Now rearrange the sum on

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