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[lojban] continuum hypothesis



I am the shepherd of {ci'i}. li ci'ino = aleph null, li ci'ipa = aleph one, 
etc. Those are cardinal numbers. Then there are ordinal numbers; the smallest 
ordinal with cardinality aleph null is called omega, but then you can add any 
natural number to omega and it still has cardinality aleph null, you can 
square omega, or raise it to any integer power, and it still has cardinality 
aleph null. The cardinality of the continuum is 2^(aleph null), which is the 
same as (aleph null)^(aleph null). It is denoted by 'c' in some particular 
font. The continuum hypothesis states that 2^(aleph null)=aleph one. For 
those (including me) who believe that the hypothesis is false, how should we 
call the cardinality of the continuum? How should we call the transfinite 
ordinals?

phma
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