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Wikipedia: Cantor's Diagonal Argument

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The Wikipedia article on Cantor's diagonal argument, covering Georg Cantor's 1891 proof that the real numbers cannot be put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers.

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Wikimedia Foundation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor%27s_diagonal_argument
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
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2
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Wikipedia: Cantor's Diagonal Argument
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Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)

This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 4 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Concepts, 9 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 4 connected, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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