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The cardinality of the continuum, often denoted by \(c\), is the cardinality of the set R of real numbers. [1]A set of cardinality \(c\) is said to have continuum many elements

Cantor’s diagonal argument shows that \(c\) is uncountable. Furthermore, it can be shown that R is equinumerous with the power set of N, so \(c=2^{\aleph_0}\). It can also be shown that \(c\) has uncountable cofinality


It can also be shown that \(c = c^{\aleph_0} = \aleph_0 c = cc = c + \kappa = c^n\)

for all finite cardinals \(n \ge 1\) and all cardinals \(\kappa < c\)

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