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Finite modification of the identity on the real line (∣{x:f(x)=x}∣<∞)

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A finite modification agrees with the identity map outside a finite exceptional set. Sorting that set gives a unique finite record of pairs (x,f(x)). Real-number pairing by separated digits encodes the record in (0,1), and placing length-n records in disjoint intervals (n,n+1) gives an injection from all finite modifications into the real line. Conversely, changing the value at one fixed point gives a real-parameter family, so the Cantor-Schröder-Bernstein theorem shows this family has continuum cardinality.

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