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Cantor gave in his fundamental article an elegant proof of the countability of real algebraic numbers based on a positive integer height, denoted by him as N, of integer and irreducible polynomials of given degree (denoted by him as n) with…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-07-21 Wolfdieter Lang

We put forward a new method of constructing the complete ordered field of real numbers from the ordered field of rational numbers. Our method is a generalization of that of A. Knopfmacher and J. Knopfmacher. Our result implies that there…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-10-31 Soichi Ikeda

We give a~detailed construction of the complete ordered field of real numbers by means of infinite decimal expansions. We prove that in the canonical encoding of decimals neither addition nor multiplication is {\em computable}, but that…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-08-05 Martin Klazar

In the present article, modeling certain rational numbers, that are represented in terms of Cantor series, are described. The statements on relations between digits in the representations of rational numbers by Cantor series (for the case…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-01-05 Symon Serbenyuk

We propose several procedures for creating new families of integer sequences based on the method of Cantor diagonalization. Then we modify and generalize this method. The paper includes explicit formulas for most proposed families of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-12-13 Boris Putievskiy

We prove that these Cantor sets are made up of transcendental numbers, apart from their endpoints $0$ and $1$, under some arithmetical assumptions on the data. To that purpose, we establish a criterion of linear independence over the field…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-01-03 Yann Bugeaud , Dong Han Kim , Michel Laurent , Arnaldo Nogueira

It is well known that the set of algebraic numbers (let us call it $A$) is countable. In this paper, instead of the usage of the classical terminology of cardinals proposed by Cantor, a recently introduced methodology using \G1-based…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2023-04-05 Yaroslav D. Sergeyev

We present a no-go theorem for the distinguishability between quantum random numbers (i.e., random numbers generated quantum mechanically) and pseudo-random numbers (i.e., random numbers generated algorithmically). The theorem states that…

Using an iterative tree construction we show that for simple computable subsets of the Cantor space Hausdorff, constructive and computable dimensions might be incomputable.

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Ludwig Staiger

A set C of reals is said to be negligible if there is no probabilistic algorithm which generates a member of C with positive probability. Various classes have been proven to be negligible, for example the Turing upper-cone of a…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-10-19 Laurent Bienvenu , Ludovic Patey

The article is devoted to the investigation of representation of rational numbers by Cantor series. Necessary and sufficient conditions for a rational number to be representable by a positive Cantor series are formulated for the case of an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-04-23 Symon Serbenyuk

Four constructions result from a desire to create enhancements to Cantor's infinite real set cardinality. Each continues to keep Cantor's cardinality formulation in place while providing new comparisons of arbitrary infinite sets. To…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-04-24 William Johnston

Let $Q=(q_n)_{n=1}^\infty$ be a sequence of bases with $q_i\ge 2$. In the case when the $q_i$ are slowly growing and satisfy some additional weak conditions, we provide a construction of a number whose $Q$-Cantor series expansion is both…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-09-19 Dylan Airey , Bill Mance , Joseph Vandehey

This paper discusses limitations of reflexive and diagonal arguments as methods of proof of limitative theorems (e.g. G\"odel's theorem on Entscheidungsproblem, Turing's halting problem or Chaitin-G\"odel's theorem). The fact, that a formal…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Kajetan Młynarski

We present a short proof of Cantor's Theorem (circa 1870s): if $a_n \cos nx + b_n \sin nx \to 0$ for each $x$ in some (nonempty) open interval, where $a_n, b_n$ are sequences of complex numbers, then $a_n$ and $b_n$ converge to 0.

History and Overview · Mathematics 2020-04-08 Sam Walters

A. Renyi \cite{Renyi} made a definition that gives one generalization of simple normality in the context of $Q$-Cantor series. Similarly, in this paper we give a definition which generalizes the notion of normality in the context of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-08-31 Bill Mance

This work evidences that a sentence cannot be denominated by P and written as P IS NOT TRUE. It demonstrates that in a system in which Q denominates the sentence Q IS NOT PROVABLE it is not provable that Q is true and not provable.

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2008-06-05 Jailton C. Ferreira

Considered will be properties of the set of real numbers $\Re$ generated by an operator that has form of an exponential function of Gelfond-Schneider type with rational arguments. It will be shown that such created set has cardinal number…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2008-03-24 Slavica Vlahovic , Branislav Vlahovic

In 1960s, Dana Scott gave a recursion theoretic characterization of standard systems of countable non-standard models of arithmetic, i.e., collections of sets of standard natural numbers coded in non-standard models. Later, Knight and Nadel…

Logic · Mathematics 2020-07-14 Wei Wang

In this paper, we prove that an uncountable quantity of real numbers generated by digital pattern sequences gives the transcendental number. This result gives a generalization of Main theorem in Morton and Mourant [MortM], which state that…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-12-13 Eiji Miyanohara