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uncountable (Definition)

Definition A set is uncountable if it is not countable. In other words, a set $S$ is uncountable, if there is no subset of $\N$ (the set of natural numbers) with the same cardinality as $S$

  1. All uncountable sets are infinite. However, the converse is not true, as $\N$ is both infinite and countable.
  2. The real numbers form an uncountable set. The famous proof of this result is based on Cantor's diagonal argument.




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See Also: cardinality of the continuum

Other names:  uncountable set
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Cross-references: Cantor's diagonal argument, proof, real numbers, converse, infinite, cardinality, natural numbers, subset, countable
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AMS MSC03E10 (Mathematical logic and foundations :: Set theory :: Ordinal and cardinal numbers)

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