Nothing will make you feel smaller or more mind-blown than the concept of infinity. Well, buckle up, because it only gets mind-blowier from there. Not only are there different kinds of infinity, they come in different sizes too. In 2016, two mathematicians blew the lids off their peers' heads by solving a decades-old problem about comparing infinities. Here is the 60-page proof summed up in just a few characters: p = t. Let us explain...
Uncountable Apples and Oranges
Eureka!
Proof some infinities are bigger than other infinities
Key Facts In This Video
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The set of all real numbers includes every possible combination of digits extending infinitely among aleph null decimal places. 00:23
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Here is Cantor's diagonal argument explained: 04:52
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For every aleph number, there's infinite ordinal numbers. 08:52
Written by
Joanie Faletto
September 21, 2017
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