COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE SETS

 

·      The subset of a countable set is countable.

·      Any set that contains an uncountable set is uncountable.

·      If A is an uncountable set and B is a countable set, then A – B is uncountable. 

·      The union of two countable sets is countable.

·      The union of a countable number of countable sets is countable.

·      The set of rational numbers is countable.

·      The set of irrational numbers is uncountable.

·      The set of real numbers is uncountable.

·      The set of all bit strings is countable.

·      The set of all computer programs in a particular programming language is countable.

·      The set of all functions from the positive integers to the set {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} is uncountable.

·      There are functions that are not computable.