Mathematics
In mathematics, "the continuum" is sometimes used to denote the real line, and more generally to describe similar objects
- Continuum (set theory), the real line or the corresponding cardinal number
- Linear continuum, any ordered set that shares certain properties of the real line
- Continuum (topology), a nonempty compact connected metric space (sometimes Hausdorff space)
- Continuum hypothesis, a mathematical hypothesis
- Cardinality of the continuum, a cardinal number that represents the size of the set of real numbers
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