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Cantor's theorem

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in set theory, the theorem that a set has a strictly smaller cardinality than its powerset

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The cardinality of the set {x, y, z}, is three, while there are eight elements in its power set (3 < 2 = 8), here ordered by inclusion.

In mathematical set theory, Cantor's theorem is a fundamental result which states that, for any set

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