Uncountable Sets and an Infinite Real Number Game

DOI10.1080/0025570X.2007.11953513zbMATH Open1155.03034arXivmath/0606253OpenAlexW2167445140MaRDI QIDQ3526258FDOQ3526258

Matthew Baker

Publication date: 25 September 2008

Published in: Mathematics Magazine (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a short proof of the well-known fact that the unit interval [0,1] is uncountable by means of a simple infinite game. We also show using this game that a (non-empty) perfect subset of [0,1] must be uncountable.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0606253

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zbMATH Keywords

perfect setreal number game

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Games involving topology, set theory, or logic (91A44) Descriptive set theory (03E15)

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• An infinite game on groups
• Definable sets of real numbers, infinite games and core model theory
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