Successor may refer to:
* An entity that comes after another (see
Succession (disambiguation))
Film and TV
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''The Successor'' (film), a 1996 film including Laura Girling
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''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
* 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, the primitive defined as
* A
successor (graph theory), 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
*
Successor (horse), 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. Khalif ...
, a Muslim who is considered a political-religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad
*
Spiritual successor, a successor to a work of fiction which does not build upon the storyline established by a previous work
See also
*
Success (disambiguation)
*
Legal successor (disambiguation)
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