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Cantor's Theorem

Cantor's Theorem

13 May 20261 min read

Statement

Let X be a set, P denote power set and ∣_∣ denote Cardinal, then ∣P X∣>∣X∣ In other words, there is a surjection, but no Injection from P X to X.

Proof

https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Cantor%27s_Theorem

Corolloray

There is no set Set of all sets, since the power set ∣P Set∣>∣Set∣, so it cannot be that P Set⊂Set.


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