Successor may refer to:
* An entity that comes after another (see
Succession (disambiguation)
Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence.
Governance and politics
*Order of succession, in politics, the ascension to power by one ruler, official, or monarch after the death, resignation, or removal from office of ...
)
Film and TV
*
''The Successor'' (film), a 1996 film including Laura Girling
*
''The Successor'' (TV program), a 2007 Israeli television program
Music
*
''Successor'' (EP), an EP by Sonata Arctica
*
''Successor'' (album), an album by Dedekind Cut
Mathematics
* A
successor cardinal In set theory, one can define a successor operation on cardinal numbers in a similar way to the successor operation on the ordinal numbers. The cardinal successor coincides with the ordinal successor for finite cardinals, but in the infinite case th ...
* A
successor ordinal In set theory, the successor of an ordinal number ''α'' is the smallest ordinal number greater than ''α''. An ordinal number that is a successor is called a successor ordinal. Properties
Every ordinal other than 0 is either a successor ordin ...
* The
successor function
In mathematics, the successor function or successor operation sends a natural number to the next one. The successor function is denoted by ''S'', so ''S''(''n'') = ''n'' +1. For example, ''S''(1) = 2 and ''S''(2) = 3. The successor functio ...
, the primitive defined as
* A
successor (graph theory)
This is a glossary of graph theory. Graph theory is the study of graphs, systems of nodes or vertices connected in pairs by lines or edges.
Symbols
A
B
...
, a node following the current one in a path
Other
*
''The Successor'' (novel), a 2003 novel by Ismail Kadare
* The
Diadochi
The Diadochi (; singular: Diadochus; from grc-gre, Διάδοχοι, Diádochoi, Successors, ) were the rival generals, families, and friends of Alexander the Great who fought for control over his empire after his death in 323 BC. The War ...
, or Successors to Alexander the Great
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Successor (horse)
Successor (March 27, 1964 – August 1, 1971) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.
Background
He was bred and raced by Gladys Phipps and her brother Ogden L. Mills under their Wheatley Stable banner. A full brother to Bold Lad, h ...
, an American Thoroughbred racehorse
* ''Successor'', the working name for the class of British ballistic missile submarines, since renamed the
''Dreadnought''-class
*
Khalifa
Khalifa or Khalifah (Arabic: خليفة) is a name or title which means "successor", "ruler" or "leader". It most commonly refers to the leader of a Caliphate, but is also used as a title among various Islamic religious groups and others. Khalifa ...
, a Muslim who is considered a political-religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad
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Spiritual successor
A spiritual successor (sometimes called a spiritual sequel) is a product or fictional work that is similar to, or directly inspired by, another previous work, but (unlike a traditional prequel or sequel) does not explicitly continue the product lin ...
, a successor to a work of fiction which does not build upon the storyline established by a previous work
See also
*
Success (disambiguation)
Success is the achievement of a desired result.
Success may also refer to:
Places United States
* Success, Arkansas, United States
* Success, Kansas, United States
* Success, Michigan, ghost town
* Success, Mississippi, United States
* Success, ...
*
Legal successor (disambiguation)
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