Empty Set is Countable

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Theorem

The empty set $\O$ is countable.


Proof

By Peano's Axioms, $\N_0 \sim \O$, where $\N_n$ denotes the initial segment of natural number $n$.

By definition, $\O$ is finite.

By definition, $\O$ is a countable set.

$\blacksquare$