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How Can Some Infinities Be Bigger Than Others?

Mathematics podcast with Justin Moore

The Joy of Why, Hosted by Steven Strogatz

Wednesday 46 min

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Cornell mathematician Justin Moore joins Steven Strogatz to explain different sizes of infinity and the question of whether intermediate infinities exist. They explore the role of infinity in the foundations of mathematics and contrast the ways mathematicians and physicists use infinite quantities.

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set theoryinfinitymathematical logic

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