Cantor's Continuum Hypothesis...
...was finally shown to be independent of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with the axiom of choice by Paul Cohen in 1963.
There you go!
Posted By: Basil Wrathbone on May 11th 2009 at 10:59:52
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- The coastline of Africa - the world's 2nd largest continent - is shorter than that of Euro (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 11, 09:39:45
- They are both infinite in some sense (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, May 11, 10:40:17
- Sod that. Get your My First World Atlas. Some string, some pins, and measure it (General Chat) - Yellalee, May 11, 10:49:30
- it is still possible to have one infinite bigger than another infinite. (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 11, 10:47:48
- You're thinking about alephs - aleph-one being "bigger" than aleph-null. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 11, 10:51:59
- The Continuum Hypothesis asks whether there is an order of infinity between (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, May 11, 11:02:18
- perhaps that's what i'll learn tonight (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 11, 10:58:02
- Rationals are countable but reals aren't (General Chat) - Partial Angler, May 11, 11:41:24
- Georg Cantor (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, May 11, 10:51:40
- Oh please say the Wrath is going to get all Fundamentals of Set Theory. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 11, 10:53:58
- Cantor's Continuum Hypothesis... (General Chat) - Basil Wrathbone, May 11, 10:59:52
- As is GCH (General Chat) - Partial Angler, May 11, 11:25:21
- Cantor's Continuum Hypothesis... (General Chat) - Basil Wrathbone, May 11, 10:59:52
- Oh please say the Wrath is going to get all Fundamentals of Set Theory. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 11, 10:53:58
- You're thinking about alephs - aleph-one being "bigger" than aleph-null. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 11, 10:51:59
- Fjords. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 11, 10:18:41
- Norway has the second longest coastline in the world (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 11, 10:23:59
- ... (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 11, 10:38:37
- What about scroby sands? (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, May 11, 11:28:31
- perhaps, unless it hasn't, i think i read that in Frost on my Moustache (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 11, 10:40:59
- ... (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 11, 10:38:37
- Norway has the second longest coastline in the world (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 11, 10:23:59
- They are both infinite in some sense (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, May 11, 10:40:17
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