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Mathematicians just discovered two new types of infinity, and they may break the rules of math

Is there an infinity of infinities? The question sounds almost absurd, like a child’s riddle meant to twist your brain into ...
Wired

Mathematician Explains Infinity in 5 Levels of Difficulty

While the concept of infinity may seem mysterious, mathematicians have developed processes to reason the strange properties of infinity. Mathematician Emily Riehl has been challenged to explain ...
IFLScience

Sometimes, Our Brains Think Infinity Is Smaller Than Real Numbers. What The Heck?

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
The New Yorker

“A Trip to Infinity” and the Delicate Art of the Math Documentary

Several years ago, I tried to explain infinity to a class of fifth graders. In the story that I told them, I was preparing to eat a piece of cake when a friend walked in on me. Being polite, I gave ...
Post and Courier

Countless numbers on the way to infinity

Watching the football game. Ever notice the score that is flashed on the bottom of the television screen? It has the score, the time left in the game, the quarter, information on the down and the ...