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A set <math>S</math> is said to be '''uncountable''' if there is no [[injection]] <math>f:S\to\mathbb{Z}</math>. A well-known example of an uncountable set is the set of [[real number]]s <math>\mathbb{R}</math>.
 
A set <math>S</math> is said to be '''uncountable''' if there is no [[injection]] <math>f:S\to\mathbb{Z}</math>. A well-known example of an uncountable set is the set of [[real number]]s <math>\mathbb{R}</math>.
  
 
(Someone should give the proof that <math>\mathbb{R}</math> is uncountable.)
 
(Someone should give the proof that <math>\mathbb{R}</math> is uncountable.)
  
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* [[Countable]]
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* [[Infinite]]
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* [[Finite]]

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A set $S$ is said to be uncountable if there is no injection $f:S\to\mathbb{Z}$. A well-known example of an uncountable set is the set of real numbers $\mathbb{R}$.

(Someone should give the proof that $\mathbb{R}$ is uncountable.)

See Also