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An Unusual Proof that the Reals are Uncountable

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Abstract

This somewhat unusual proof for the fact that the reals are uncountable, which is adapted from one of Bourbaki's proofs in "Fonctions d'une variable reelle", may be of some interest.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0901.0446,
  title  = {An Unusual Proof that the Reals are Uncountable},
  author = {Eliahu Levy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.0446},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

One page. Adapted from one of Bourbaki's proofs in "Fonctions d'une variable reelle"

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