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    Diagonal Slash

    Definition

    The Cantor diagonal method, also called the Cantor diagonal argument or Cantor's diagonal slash, is a clever technique used by Georg Cantor to show that the integers and reals cannot be put into a one-to-one correspondence (i.e., the uncountably infinite set of real numbers is "larger" than the countably infinite set of integers). However, Cantor's diagonal method is completely general and applies to any set as described below.

    Associated person

    Georg Cantor

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