Powers of extended natural numbers #
We define the power of an extended natural x : ℕ∞ by another extended natural y : ℕ∞. The
definition is chosen such that x ^ y is the cardinality of α → β, when β has cardinality x
and α has cardinality y:
- When
yis finite, it coincides with the exponentiation by natural numbers (e.g.⊤ ^ 0 = 1). - We set
0 ^ ⊤ = 0,1 ^ ⊤ = 1andx ^ ⊤ = ⊤forx > 1.
Naming convention #
The quantity x ^ y for x, y : ℕ∞ is defined as a Pow instance. It is called epow in
lemmas' names.