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Mathematics

The Uncountability of the Real Numbers

Quick fact

The set of real numbers has a cardinality that is strictly larger than that of the natural numbers, a result proven by Georg Cantor in 1891.

Why this is interesting

You've probably heard that there are infinitely many numbers, but did you know that some infinities are bigger than others? It turns out that there are more real numbers than natural numbers, even though both are infinite.