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continuum hypothesis

noun

, Mathematics.
  1. a conjecture of set theory that the first infinite cardinal number greater than the cardinal number of the set of all positive integers is the cardinal number of the set of all real numbers.

continuum hypothesis

noun

  1. maths the assertion that there is no set whose cardinality is greater than that of the integers and smaller than that of the reals
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Word History and Origins

Origin of continuum hypothesis1

First recorded in 1935–40

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