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The Banach–Tarski Paradox

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The Banach–Tarski Paradox

Vsauce's roughly 24 minute explainer on the Banach-Tarski paradox, building from infinity and set theory to the decomposition of a sphere into pieces that form two spheres.

Recommended as an accurate, entertaining on-ramp to set theory and infinity, worth pausing and rewatching.

12 Hacker News mentions · 2015–2024

Topics

  • Logic & formal methods
  • Pure mathematics
  • Recreational & visual math

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