ℵ

See also: א

Translingual

Etymology

Introduced by Georg Cantor, based on the Hebrew letter א, initial letter of אינסוף (infinity).

Symbol

ℵ (English symbol name aleph)

1. (set theory) Symbol for the cardinality of a well-orderable infinite set.

Usage notes

• Unicode has two code points for the Hebrew letter aleph. For Hebrew text, א should be used. This character should be used for the mathematical symbol since it retains the left-to-right orientation of the text.

See also

• ℵ₀: aleph-null, aleph-zero
• ℵ₁: aleph-one
• ℶ