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== Background and formal statement ==
A [[normal function]] is a [[proper class|class]] function ''f'' from the class Ord of [[ordinal numbers]] to itself sosuch that:
* ''f'' is '''strictly increasing''': ''f''(&alpha;) < f(&beta;) whenever &alpha; < &beta;.
* ''f'' is '''continuous''': for every limit ordinal &lambda;, ''f''(&lambda;) = sup { f(&alpha;) : &alpha; < &lambda; }.