Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cantor set

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: can-tor set
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Named after German mathematician Georg Cantor (1845–1918).

Inflected Forms

Cantor sets (plural)

Synonyms

Cantor dust

Questions

What does cantor set mean?: A subset of an interval formed by recursively removing an interval in the middle of every connected component of the set.
Where does cantor set come from?: Named after German mathematician Georg Cantor (1845–1918).

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