Mind-Bending Math: Riddles and Paradoxes Season 1 Episode 22 When Measurement Is Impossible

  • TV-PG
  • July 24, 2015
  • 33 min

Prove that some sets can't be measured - a result that is crucial to understanding the Banach-Tarski paradox, the strangest theorem in all of mathematics, which is presented in Lecture 23. Start by asking why mathematicians want to measure sets. Then learn how to construct a non-measurable set.

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  • First Aired
    July 24, 2015
  • Content Rating
    TV-PG
  • Runtime
    33 min
  • Language
    English
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