Goodstein Sequence: Difference between revisions

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Goodstein sequences are sequences defined for a given counting number n by applying increasing bases to a representation of n after n has been
used to construct a <em>hereditary representionrepresentation</em> of that number, originally in base 2.
 
Start by defining the hereditary base-b representation of a number n. Write n as a sum of powers of b, staring with b = 2. For example, with
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