continuum hypothesis (English, noun)
expansion: continuum hypothesis
Senses:
topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: The hypothesis which states that any infinite subset of ℝ must have the cardinality of either the set of natural numbers or of ℝ itself.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: continuum mechanics
glosses: The assumption, for the purposes of mathematical modelling, that the material being studied is a continuous mass rather than being composed of discrete particles.
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