Cantor set
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Cantor set
After G. Cantor
Example Sentences
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Our most recent My Favorite Theorem episode features the Cantor set and a related space, Cantor dust, in an important way.
From Scientific American • Jul. 8, 2018
Sometimes it seems like in the world of interesting mathematical examples, all roads lead to the Cantor set.
From Scientific American • Jul. 8, 2018
The Cantor set won’t be able to obstruct the loop.
From Scientific American • Jul. 8, 2018
In Cantor’s leaky tent, the countably many endpoints of the Cantor set are paired with the countably many rational points on the line to p.
From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2015
Now each line from the Cantor set to p has been completely shattered.
From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2015
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