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Continuum (set theory)
In the mathematical field of set theory, the continuum means the real numbers, or the corresponding (infinite) cardinal number, Georg Cantor proved that the cardinality is larger than the smallest infinity, namely, . He also proved that equals , the cardinality of the power set of the natural numbers.

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