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What was Cantor's logic regarding numbers?

  • All numbers are imaginary

  • Numbers are symbols only

  • Real numbers are more numerous

  • Natural numbers don't exist

Answer

Indeed, real numbers are more numerous. Cantor used the concept of one-to-one correspondence to compare the cardinality (or size) of sets. He demonstrated that there is no one-to-one correspondence between the set of natural numbers and the set of real numbers. This means that there are more real numbers than natural numbers, even though both sets are infinite.
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