natural numbers
natural numbers we mean the elements of the set N := {0,1,2,…}.
integers
integers are the elements of the set Z := {…,−2,−1,0,1,…}.
rational numbers
denoted Q the fraction field of Z
real numbers
R
c complex numbers
I = square root of -1 to R
INDUCTION PRINCIPLES
1) if P(0) is true P(n) implies P(n+1) then P(n) is true for all n in N
2)if P(k) true for all k<n implies P(n), then P(n) is true for all n in n
3) Every non-empty subset A of N has a minimum