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[-] leftzero@lemmy.ml 36 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The set of all integers is not larger than the set of all odd integers.

The set of all real numbers, on the other hand, is.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinality_of_the_continuum

[-] vexikron@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 months ago

Ah, you are correct, my example was flawed.

Thats what /I/ get for not having brushed up on Set Theory 101 in a decade.

Derp.

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