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Presented the diagonal argument showing that all infinite binary sequences cannot be enumerated and thereby supplied a power-set-style proof of uncountability.
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The record is Cantor's sole-author 1891 paper and its diagonal construction. It is distinct from his 1874 uncountability proof and does not absorb later formalizations of Cantor's theorem or computability applications.
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- CiNii record for Cantor's elementary question
- German transcription and English translation of Cantor 1891
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Georg Cantor
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Cantor: an elementary question of manifold theory
Presented the diagonal argument showing that all infinite binary sequences cannot be enumerated and thereby supplied a power-set-style proof of uncountability.
Scientific scope
The record is Cantor's sole-author 1891 paper and its diagonal construction. It is distinct from his 1874 uncountability proof and does not absorb later formalizations of Cantor's theorem or computability applications.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Georg Cantor
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.