The least ordinal that does not admit an injection into . Its existence, supplied by Hartogs theorem, does not require the axiom of choice.
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The Hartogs number is a concept from set theory and mathematical logic, specifically within the context of cardinal numbers. It is named after the mathematician Kuno Hartogs. The Hartogs number of a set is the smallest ordinal that cannot be injected into a given set.