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How Many Numbers Exist? Infinity Proof Moves Math Closer to an Answer.

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The New Proof of the Continuum Hypothesis

The result strengthens the case against continuum hypothesis, a hugely influential 18 78 conjecture. Both of the axioms that have converged in the new proof indicate that the continuum hypothesis is false. They also suggest an extra size of infinity sits between the two that 100 forty three years ago, were hypothesised to be the first and second infinitely large numbers. Juliet kennedy: I think it's one of the most intellectually exciting and absolutely dramatic things as ever happened in the history of mathematics.

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