Continuum function: Difference between revisions

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The '''continuum function''' is <math>\kappa\mapsto 2^\kappa</math>, i.e. raising 2 to the power of &kappa; using [[cardinal exponentiation]]. Given a [[cardinal number]], it is the cardinality of the [[power set]] of a set of the given cardinality.

==See also==

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*[[Beth number]]

*[[Gimel function]]

*[[Cardinal number]]

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