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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/memes
 

I considered deleting the post, but this seems more cowardly than just admitting I was wrong. But TIL something!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Isn't cardinality of [0, 1] = cardinality of {0, 1} + cardinality of (0, 1)? One part of the sum is finite thus doesn't contribute to the result

[–] lemmington_steele 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

technically yes, but the proof would usually show that this works by constructing the bijection of [0,1] and (0,1) and then you'd say the cardinalities are the same by the Schröder-Berstein theorem, because the proof of the latter is likely not something you want to demonstrate every day