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There is no smallest infinite countable set. Indeed, the set of natural numbers is in bijection with the natural numbers without 0: subtracting 1 from every number gives a bijection from the first set to the second. Repeating this process shows that for any initial segment of the the natural numbers (such as {1, 2, ..., n}), we have a bijection between the set of natural numbers and the set of natural numbers without this segment. The bijection is simply subraction by n.
There is no smallest infinite countable set. Indeed, the set of natural numbers is in bijection with the natural numbers without 0: subtracting 1 from every number gives a bijection from the first set to the second. Repeating this process shows that for any initial segment of the the natural numbers (such as {1, 2, ..., n}), we have a bijection between the set of natural numbers and the set of natural numbers without this segment. The bijection is simply subraction by n.
Since the natural numbers are [[ordered]] it is immediate that any countable set can also be [[ordered]]. Whether or not larger sets, especially the [[real numbers]], can be [[ordered]] is dependent on the [[axiom of choice]].
[[Category:Set theory]]
[[Category:Set theory]]