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ö-Bernstein theorem
[ shroh-der-burn-steen, -stahyn, shrey- ]
noun
Mathematics.
- the theorem of set theory that if two sets are so related that each can be placed in one-to-one correspondence with a subset of the other, then the sets are equivalent.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ö-Bernstein theorem1
After Ernst ö (1841–1902), German logician and mathematician; Bernstein is unidentified
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is known as the ö-Bernstein theorem was used, long before Bernstein or ö, by Edward Thurlow, afterward the law-lord Lord Thurlow, when an undergraduate of Caius College, Cambridge.
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The ö-Bernstein theorem, then, allows us to conclude that there is a one-one correspondence between the classes A and B. That A and B were finite classes is not the fault of the Master or Thurlow; nor is it relevant logically.
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