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Mex

The Minimum excluded value. The mex of a Set $S$ of Nonnegative Integers is the least Nonnegative Integer not in the set.

See also Mex Sequence


References

Guy, R. K. ``Max and Mex Sequences.'' §E27 in Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, 2nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 227-228, 1994.




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