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For a set S being uncountable means that for any list of elements s_1, s_2, ... of S, there will always be some element of S that's not on the list. For instan
by xyzzyz 13y ago
For a set S being uncountable means that for any list of elements s_1, s_2, ... of S, there will always be some element of S that's not on the list.
For instance, infinite sequences of bits are uncountable: for suppose that there's any list s_1, s_2, ... of infinite sequences of zeroes and ones. Let x be a sequence that has 0 on i-th position if i-th sequence on the list has 1 on the i-th position, and 1 otherwise. Then x is not on the list: for suppose x would be on the list as some s_n. Then by definition, x has 0 on n-th position if s_n has 1 on n-th position, and 1 otherwise, but s_n is x, a conradiction.
For example, if you consider a list:
1: 01011001010100...
2: 01110001001001...
3: 11010110100110...
4: 10010110101010...
and further elements, then x would start with 1010...