iPod version - Beyond Infinity? Dr Joel Feinstein

iPod version - Beyond Infinity? Dr Joel Feinstein

Released Friday, 26th November 2010
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iPod version - Beyond Infinity? Dr Joel Feinstein

iPod version - Beyond Infinity? Dr Joel Feinstein

iPod version - Beyond Infinity? Dr Joel Feinstein

iPod version - Beyond Infinity? Dr Joel Feinstein

Friday, 26th November 2010
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This popular maths talk by Dr Joel Feinstein gives an introduction to various different kinds of infinity, both countable and uncountable. These concepts are illustrated in a somewhat informal way using the notion of Hilbert's infinite hotel. In this talk, the hotel manager tries to fit various infinite collections of guests into the hotel. The students should learn that many apparently different types of infinity are really the same size. However, there are genuinely "more" real numbers than the

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