goodstein sequence

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|mathematics}} A sequence of [[natural number]]s generated from an initial value ''m'', starting with that value, and proceeding by performing certain operations on it. Although such sequences rapidly produce very large numbers, they always [[terminate]] at [[zero]].

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