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Mathematics

The Cantor Set and Uncountability

Quick fact

The Cantor set contains uncountably many points, yet its total length is exactly zero—a striking demonstration that uncountability is not about filling space but about the number of points.

Why this is interesting

You know that the real numbers are uncountable, but can an uncountable set still be so small that it has no length at all? Meet the Cantor set, a set of infinitely many points that takes up zero space on the number line.