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Cantor set

noun Mathematics.

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.

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Also called Cantor ternary set .

Origin of Cantor set

After G. Cantor

Words nearby Cantor set

cantonment, Canton River, cantor, cantorial, cantoris, Cantor set, Cantor's paradox, can't punch one's way out of a paper bag, cantrip, can't see beyond the end of one's nose., can't seem to
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