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81Cantor set — Math. the set obtained from the closed interval from 0 to 1 by removing the middle third from the interval, then the middle third from each of the two remaining sets, and continuing the process indefinitely. Also called Cantor ternary set. [after …
82Cantor Futures Exchange — An electronic, online marketplace where investors can buy and sell domestic (U.S.) box office receipt contracts, also known as DBOR contracts or movie futures. The exchange, approved by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in April, 2010 …
83Cantor, Georg — (1845–1918) German mathematician and founder of set theory . Born in St Petersburg, Cantor studied at Berlin under Weierstrass, and taught at the university of Halle from 1872. His celebrated diagonal argument proving the different cardinality of …
84Cantor, Eddie (Edward Israel Iskowitz) — (1892–1964) US comedian. A product of the Lower East Side, New York, Eddie Cantor was a vaudeville star in his teens. He became a major attraction in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1917, 1918, and 1919 and on the European music hall circuit. After… …
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85Cantor set — Math. the set obtained from the closed interval from 0 to 1 by removing the middle third from the interval, then the middle third from each of the two remaining sets, and continuing the process indefinitely. Also called Cantor ternary set. [after …
86Cantor-Dedekind axiom — The phrase Cantor Dedekind axiom has been used to describe the thesis that the real numbers are order isomorphic to the linear continuum of geometry. In other words the axiom states that there is a one to one correspondence between real numbers… …
87Cantor-Bendixson theorem — noun A theorem which states that a closed set in a Polish space is the disjoint union of a countable set and a perfect set. From the Cantor Bendixson theorem it can be deduced that an uncountable set in must have an uncountable number of limit… …
88Cantor's paradox — The contradiction arising if we compare for size the set of all sets, and its own power set . By Cantor s theorem the power set must be bigger (contain more members). But it is itself a subset of the set of all sets, and so cannot be bigger. The… …
89Cantor, Eddie — orig. Edward Israel Iskowitz (31 ene. 1892, Nueva York, N.Y., EE.UU.–10 oct. 1964, Hollywood, Los Ángeles, Cal.). Comediante y cantante estadounidense. En su niñez hacía payasadas y cantaba por unas monedas en las esquinas de su ciudad natal,… …
90Cantor tube — Can·tor tube (kanґtər) [Meyer O. Cantor, American physician, 20th century] see under tube …
