Paradox Lost.

Burns, Keith H.

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Publication Date: 1973

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Paradox Lost

Burns, Keith H.

Australian Mathematics Teacher, 29, 1, 53-55, Mar 73

The method used by Cantor to demonstrate the uncountability of the real numbers is applied to a proof showing that the set of natural numbers is uncountable; the error in the argument is discussed. (DT)

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