Mind-Bending Math: Riddles and Paradoxes Season 1 Episode 6 Infinity Is Not a Number

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

The paradoxes associated with infinity are... infinite! Begin with strategies for fitting ever more visitors into a hotel that has an infinite number of rooms, but where every room is already occupied. Also sample a selection of supertasks, which are exercises with an infinite number of steps that are completed in finite time.

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