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= Successor function
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In mathematics, particularly in the context of set theory and number theory, the successor function is used to define the concept of "next" numbers in a sequence. For natural numbers, the successor function takes a natural number \\( n \\) and gives the next natural number \\( n + 1 \\). For example: - If \\( n = 0 \\), then the successor of \\( n \\) (often denoted as \\( S(n) \\)) is 1.