Generalizing Cantor’s CBT Proof

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Abstract

Following his statement of CBT, in its single-set formulation, for sets of the power of (II), as a corollary to the Fundamental Theorem, Cantor said (Cantor 1932 p 201, Ewald 1996 vol 2 p 912 [12]):

Keywords

Limitation Theorem Induction Hypothesis Arithmetic Operation Union Theorem Fundamental Theorem 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.The Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and IdeasTel Aviv UniversityTel AvivIsrael

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