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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is a countable infinite set?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a set in which each number can be counted without missing out any element an example is the set of positive integers u can count 1,2,3,4 etc although it is infinite

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It's a set with which you can create a bijective relation with the set of natural numbers.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

One u can theoretically count the number of elements (if u had endless amount of time).

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So is it basically a set that you can place in a one to one correspondence with natural numbers?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yep

OpenStudy (anonymous):

set with set, numbers with elements

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you guys!!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yw

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What would be an example to show?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The set of all finite subsets of the natural numbers is countable

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The set of even numbers is countable. Or odd ones.

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