Cantor's theorem

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:appliesTo all sets
gptkbp:category gptkb:logic
gptkb:set_theory
gptkbp:consequence there is an infinite hierarchy of infinities
gptkbp:field gptkb:set_theory
gptkbp:firstPublished 1891
gptkbp:hasCounterpart gptkb:Cantor–Bernstein_theorem
gptkbp:hasProofMethod diagonalization
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cantor's theorem
gptkbp:implies the cardinality of the continuum is greater than that of the natural numbers
there is no surjective function from a set to its power set
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Georg_Cantor
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cantor's_diagonal_argument
gptkb:continuum_hypothesis
cardinality
power set
gptkbp:sentence For any set A, the power set of A has strictly greater cardinality than A itself
gptkbp:statedIn gptkb:Georg_Cantor's_1891_paper
gptkbp:usedIn proof of the uncountability of the real numbers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:logic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4