In set theory, a regular cardinal is a cardinal number that is equal to its own cofinality. More explicitly, this means that κ {\displaystyle \kappa } is a regular cardinal if and only if every unbounded subset C ⊆ κ {\displaystyle C\subseteq \kappa } has cardinality κ {\displaystyle \kappa } .
In set theory, a regular cardinal is a cardinal number that is equal to its own cofinality. More explicitly, this means that κ {\displaystyle \kappa } is a regular cardinal if and only if every unbounded subset C ⊆ κ {\displaystyle C\subseteq \kappa } has cardinality κ {\displaystyle \kappa } .
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