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Etymology

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hyper- +‎ continuum

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.pɚ.kənˌtɪn.ju.əm/

Noun

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hypercontinuum (plural hypercontinua)

  1. (set theory) The set of all subsets of a set of with the (infinite) cardinality of the continuum.
    • 2015, Alfonso Artigue, “Pseudo-Anosov maps and continuum theory”, in arXiv[1]:
      We show that negative iterates of a stable arc converges to this hypercontinuum in the considered metric.