PBS Infinite Series

Defining Infinity

2018 • E12    Apr 12, 2018    13m
Set theory arose in part to get a grip on infinity. Early “naive” versions were beset by apparent paradoxes and were superseded by axiomatic versions that used formal rules to demarcate "legal" mathematical statements from gibberish.

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