41. Continuum, Mu-Ency At MROB The continuum hypothesis states that there is no infinity between Aleph0 The Generalized continuum hypothesis states that if N is the order of set S http://www.mrob.com/pub/muency/continuum.html

Continuum Robert P. Munafo, 2002 May 7. Roughly speaking, a continuum is a type of connected set that can be divided into smaller and smaller pieces infinitely many times and any such pieces, if they are obtained after a finite number of steps, have the same order as the original set. Examples of continuums are a straight line, a plane, a circle, a disc , the set of real numbers, and the set of complex numbers. It can be shown that all continuums have the same order The term "continuum" is also used to refer to an infinite quantity, equal to the order of any continuum. In other words, "continuum" can be used to mean "the number of points on a line" instead of meaning "a line". It was proven by Cantor in the late 1800's that the power set of the integers (or of any other set of order aleph ) has the same order as the set of reals or any other continuum. The Continuum Hypothesis states that there is no infinity between Aleph-0 and the order of a continuum, which would mean that the order of the continuum is Aleph-1 . Although it is called a "hypothesis", the truth or falsehood of the Continuum Hypothesis has been shown (by Godel and Paul Cohen) to be an axiomatic issue, like the parallel postulate in geometry, if one is working within Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with the Axiom of Choice. Different systems of set theory and of transfinite quantities, each consistent within itself, can be constructed on the basis of whether or not the Continuum Hypothesis is taken to be true, false, or undetermined.

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Culture Geography History Life ... WorldVillage Continuum hypothesis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In mathematics , the continuum hypothesis is a hypothesis about the possible sizes of infinite sets Georg Cantor introduced the concept of cardinality to compare the sizes of infinite sets, and he showed that the set of integers is strictly smaller than the set of real numbers . The continuum hypothesis states the following: There is no set whose size is strictly between that of the integers and that of the real numbers. Or mathematically speaking, noting that the cardinality for the integers is aleph-null ") and the cardinality of the real numbers is , the continuum hypothesis says: The real numbers have also been called the continuum , hence the name. There is also a generalization of the continuum hypothesis called the generalized continuum hypothesis Contents 1 The size of a set 2 Investigating the continuum hypothesis 3 Impossibility of proof and disproof 4 The generalized continuum hypothesis ... edit The size of a set To state the hypothesis formally, we need a definition: we say that two sets

43. Continuum Hypothesis continuum hypothesis. continuum hypothesis. We know very well that all matteris made up of molecules, which are in random motion. http://www.ae.su.oz.au/aero/fprops/propsoffluids/node3.html

Next: Viscosity, Up: Fluids Previous: What is a Fluid? Continuum Hypothesis Figure 1.3 Definition of Density The existence of this limit is established by considering the definition of density as mass per unit volume ( ). Consider a small volume around the point P (Fig. ) within the region of interest, R . Let us calculate density at P by considering different sizes of . Values of density so calculated are plotted in the same figure. It is clear that the size has an enormous influence on the calculated value of density. Too small a , the value of calculated density fluctuates because the number of molecules within is varying significantly with time. Too big a might mean that density itself is varying significantly within the region of interest. As seemed before it is clear that there is a limit below which molecular variations assume importance and above which one finds a macroscopic variation of density within the region. Therefore it appears that density is best defined as a limit - At Standard Temperature and Pressure conditions (STP) the limit ( )is around and air at this tiny volume has about x number of molecules. This is a large enough number to give a constant value of density despite the rigorous molecular motion within it. For many of the applications in Fluid Mechanics, this volume is smaller than the overall dimensions of the regions of interest considered such as an aeroplane, wing of an aeroplane, ship or the parts of an engine etc. These considerations do not hold good when we go to greater altitudes. For example, at an altitude of 130 km the molecular mean free path is about 10.2 m and there are only

44. Example 2.2.9: The Continuum Hypothesis In fact, this is a deep question called the continuum hypothesis. This questionresults in serious problems. In the 1940 s the German mathematician Goedel http://www.shu.edu/projects/reals/infinity/answers/conthyp.html

Example 2.2.9: The Continuum Hypothesis Is there a cardinal number c with ? What is the most obvious candidate ? Back We need to find a set whose cardinality is bigger than N and less that that of R . The most obvious candidate would be the power set of N . However, one can show that card( P N )) = card( R In fact, this is a deep question called the continuum hypothesis . This question results in serious problems: In the 1940's the German mathematician Goedel showed that if one denies the existence of an uncountable set whose cardinalities is less than the cardinality of the continuum, no logical contradictions to the axioms of set theory would arise. One the other hand, it was shown recently that the existence of an uncountable set with cardinality less than that of the continuum would also be consistent with the axioms of set theory. Hence, it seems impossible to decide this question with our usual methods of proving theorems. Such undecidable questions do indeed exist for any reasonably complex logical system (such as set theory), and in fact one can even prove that such 'non-provable' statements must exist. To read more about this fascinating subject, look at the book Goedel's Proof or Goedel, Escher, Bach

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46. Cogprints - Generalized Continuum Hypothesis And The Axiom Of Combinatorial Sets continuum hypothesis and the Axiom of Combinatorial Sets. Nambiar, Kannan (2002)Generalized continuum hypothesis and the Axiom of Combinatorial Sets. http://cogprints.org/2169/

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47. 2. Continuum Hypothesis Now, there are two following main formulations of continuum hypothesis 8.1) The classical Cantor continuum hypothesis formulation C=À1. http://members.tripod.com/vismath1/zen/zen2.htm

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48. Continuum Hypothesis From FOLDOC Proving or disproving the continuum hypothesis was the first problem on Hilbert s Generalized continuum hypothesis. For every transfinite cardinal, a, http://www.swif.uniba.it/lei/foldop/foldoc.cgi?continuum hypothesis

49. Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math The continuum hypothesis. Date Wed, 24 May 1995 090405 +0800 From SheparD THE continuum hypothesis A basic reference is Godel s What is Cantor s http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/51437.html

Associated Topics Dr. Math Home Search Dr. Math The Continuum Hypothesis Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 09:04:05 +0800 From: SheparD Subject: Math Problem Although I am not a K12 type person my daughter is. She is the one with the math problem, but I am the one with the internet connection. But really it IS me with the problem... I volunteered to assist her with an essay assignment and I thought to retrieve some information from the net. But, alas, I can find no information on the net. I would only like to have you point me in the right direction, if you would. The problem: (or question as it may be) "The continuum theory, what is it and has it been resolved?" I would be grateful if you could provide any assistance to me. Thanks for your time, David Date: 9 Jun 1995 10:25:29 -0400 From: Dr. Ken Subject: Re: Math Problem Hello there! I'm sorry it's taken us so long to get back to you. If you're still interested, here's something I found in the Frequently-Asked-Questions for the sci.math newsgroup. If you want to look in the site yourself sometime, the site name is ftp.belnet.be (you can log in with the user name "anonymous") and this file's name is /pub/usenet-faqs/usenet-by-hierarchy/sci/math/ sci.math_FAQ:_The_Continuum_Hypothesis I found it by searching FAQs at the site http://mailserv.cc.kuleuven.ac.be/faq/faq.html

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55. Continuum Hypothesis Encyclopedia continuum hypothesis. There is also a generalization of thecontinuum hypothesis called the generalized continuum hypothesis. http://encyclopedie-en.snyke.com/articles/continuum_hypothesis.html

Continuum hypothesis In mathematics , the continuum hypothesis is a hypothesis about the possible sizes of infinite sets Georg Cantor introduced the concept of cardinality to compare the sizes of infinite sets, and he showed that the set of integers is strictly smaller than the set of real numbers . The continuum hypothesis states the following: There is no set whose size is strictly between that of the integers and that of the real numbers. Or mathematically speaking, noting that the cardinality for the integers is aleph-null ") and the cardinality of the real numbers is , the continuum hypothesis says: The real numbers have also been called the continuum , hence the name. There is also a generalization of the continuum hypothesis called the generalized continuum hypothesis Contents 1 The size of a set 2 Investigating the continuum hypothesis 3 Impossibility of proof and disproof 4 The generalized continuum hypothesis ... 6 References The size of a set To state the hypothesis formally, we need a definition: we say that two sets S and T have the same cardinality or cardinal number if there exists a bijection . Intuitively, this means that it is possible to "pair off" elements of

56. Math Lair - The Continuum Hypothesis The continuum hypothesis. Note that the notation a0 and a1 are used to representaleph nought The continuum hypothesis is the hypothesis that C = a1. http://www.stormloader.com/ajy/continuum.html

The Continuum Hypothesis [Note that the notation a and a are used to represent aleph nought and aleph one respectively due to character set limitations]. How many real numbers are there? Cantor noted that there are Y X different numbers of X digits where Y is the base used (in this case, 10). Suppose there are precisely C real numbers that are specified by their decimal expansions 0.abcd . . . in which there are a digits each chosen from a set of 10 possibilities. Therefore there are 10 a possibilities. If we did the same thing in binary, we would get 2 a = C. Since C must be greater than a , we can see that almost all real numbers are transcendental The continuum hypothesis is the hypothesis that C = a . In other words, there is no set whose cardinal number lies between that of the natural numbers unprovable Last updated June 8, 2002. URL: http://www.stormloader.com/ajy/continuum.html For questions or comments email James Yolkowski Math Lair home page

57. Continuum Hypothesis. Axiom Of Constructibility. Axiom Of Determinateness. Acker What is Mathematics? Goedel s Theorem and Around. Textbook for students. Section 2.4.By K.Podnieks. http://www.ltn.lv/~podnieks/gt2a.html

continuum hypothesis, axiom of constructibility, continuum problem, constructibility, axiom, set theory, Ackermann, continuum, Ackermann set theory Back to title page Left Adjust your browser window Right 2.4. Around the Continuum Problem 2.4.1. Counting Infinite Sets Trying to prove the continuum hypothesis, Cantor developed his theory of transfinite ordinal numbers . The origin of this concept was described in Section 2.1 . The idea behind is simple enough (to explain, but hard to discover). Counting a set means bringing of some very strong order among its members. After the counting of a finite set x is completed, its members are allocated in a linear order: x , x , ..., x n , where x is the first member, and x n is the last member of x (under this particular ordering). If we select any non-empty subset y of x, then y also contains both the first and the last members (under the same ordering of x). But infinite sets cannot be ordered in this way. How strong can be the orderings that can be introduced on infinite sets? For example, consider the "natural" ordering of the set w of all natural numbers. If you separate a non-empty subset y of w, then you can definitely find the first (i.e. the least) member of y, but for an infinite y you will not find the last element. Can each infinite set be ordered at least in this way? The precise framework is as follows. The relation R is called a

58. How Many Real Numbers Are There? (Notice that Goedel s proof that the continuum hypothesis could not be proved Suppose the continuum hypothesis were true. Then the organizer could have http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_6_01.html

Search MAA Online MAA Home Devlin's Angle June 2001 How many real numbers are there? How many real numbers are there? One answer is, "Infinitely many." A more sophisticated answer is "Uncountably many," since Georg Cantor proved that the real line the continuum cannot be put into one-one correspondence with the natural numbers. But can we be more precise? Cantor introduced a system of numbers for measuring the size of infinite sets: the alephs. The name comes from the symbol Cantor used to denote his infinite numbers, the Hebrew letter aleph a symbol not universally available for web pages. He defined an entire infinite hierarchy of these infinite numbers (or cardinals), aleph-0 (the first infinite cardinal, the size of the set of natural numbers), aleph-1 (the first uncountable cardinal), aleph-2, etc. The infinite cardinals can be added and multiplied, just as the finite natural numbers can, only it's much easier to learn the answers. The sum or product of any two infinite cardinals is simply the larger of the two. You can also raise any finite or infinite cardinal to any finite or infinite cardinal power. And this is where things rapidly become tricky. To pick the simplest tricky case, if K is an infinite cardinal, what is the value of 2

59. Continuum Hypothesis - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Science NewsProving the truth or falsehood of Cantor s continuum hypothesis boils down to Does Woodin himself believe that the continuum hypothesis is false? http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_hypothesis

Continuum hypothesis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In mathematics , the continuum hypothesis is a hypothesis about the possible sizes of infinite sets Georg Cantor introduced the concept of cardinality to compare the sizes of infinite sets, and he showed that the set of integers is strictly smaller than the set of real numbers . The continuum hypothesis states the following: There is no set whose size is strictly between that of the integers and that of the real numbers. Or mathematically speaking, noting that the cardinality for the integers is aleph-null ") and the cardinality of the real numbers is , the continuum hypothesis says: This implies: The real numbers have also been called the continuum , hence the name. There is also a generalization of the continuum hypothesis called the generalized continuum hypothesis saying: For all ordinals Contents The size of a set Investigating the continuum hypothesis Impossibility of proof and disproof The generalized continuum hypothesis ... edit The size of a set Main article: Cardinal number To state the hypothesis formally, we need a definition: we say that two sets

60. Sci.math FAQ: The Continuum Hypothesis Subject sci.math FAQ The continuum hypothesis; From alopezo@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (AlexLopez-Ortiz); Date 17 Feb 2000 225553 GMT http://www.uni-giessen.de/faq/archiv/sci-math-faq.continuum/msg00000.html

Index sci.math FAQ: The Continuum Hypothesis Subject : sci.math FAQ: The Continuum Hypothesis From alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz) Date : 17 Feb 2000 22:55:53 GMT Newsgroups sci.math news.answers sci.answers Summary : Part 25 of 31, New version http://www.jazzie.com/ii/math/ch/ http://www.best.com/ ii/math/ch/ Alex Lopez-Ortiz alopez-o@unb.ca http://www.cs.unb.ca/~alopez-o Assistant Professor Faculty of Computer Science University of New Brunswick Index: Index sci-math-faq.continuum

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