
How Many Numbers Exist? Infinity Proof Moves Math Closer to an Answer.
The Quanta Podcast
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Axioms Do Not Solve Cantor's Conjecture
Since coen set, theorists have sought to shore up the foundations of infinite math by adding at least one new axiom to z f c. Two rival axioms emerged to do just that. For decades, they were suspected of being logically incompatible. It wasn't clear when or even whether an object could be conceived of with coen's method, really exists. Hugh wooden is a set theorist at harvard university.
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