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Continuum Hypothesis (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's entry on the continuum hypothesis, cited for Cantor's 1878 statement and the Godel and Cohen independence results.

Facts
Citation
Publisher
Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_hypothesis
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
Sources
Continuum Hypothesis (Wikipedia)
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Claims Backed By This Source (28 claims)

This source backs 28 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 2 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Conjectures, 15 claims: 9 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 3 general references.
  • Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

20

Conjectures

Continuum Hypothesis

Open Questions

Is there really a size of infinity strictly between the integers and the real numbers, and if not, does that fact hold absolutely or only relative to which further axioms mathematicians choose to accept?

Sources

Continuum Hypothesis (Wikipedia)

Holds

2

Conjectures

Continuum Hypothesis

Connected

2

Conjectures

Continuum Hypothesis

Open Questions

Is there really a size of infinity strictly between the integers and the real numbers, and if not, does that fact hold absolutely or only relative to which further axioms mathematicians choose to accept?

General References

4

Conjectures

Continuum Hypothesis

Open Questions

Is there really a size of infinity strictly between the integers and the real numbers, and if not, does that fact hold absolutely or only relative to which further axioms mathematicians choose to accept?
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