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Meaning of Cantor set | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A subset of an interval formed by recursively removing an interval in the middle of every connected component of the set.

Equivalents

Deutsch Cantor-Menge

Examples

“The Lebesgue null sets include not only all countable sets but many sets having the cardinality of the continuum. We now present the standard example, the Cantor set, which is also of interest for other reasons.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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