The greatest math video ever made._htt

Tim Hutton - 2012-01-06 10:42:25+0000 - Updated: 2012-01-06 10:42:25+0000

The greatest math video ever made.

http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/banach-tarski-fun-with-some.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach–Tarski_paradox

The famous Banach-Tarski paradox, now in real life. Watch out as oranges multiply to the power of two. And don't forget to look it up on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach%E2%80%93Tarski_paradox

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+1'd by: steen rasmussen, Hiroki Sayama

Hiroki Sayama - 2012-01-06 15:34:38+0000

The problem is that if one doesn't know the paradox, this looks like just showing a simple exponential growth.

steen rasmussen - 2012-01-08 17:56:19+0000 - Updated: 2012-01-08 17:56:53+0000

Yea, the Danish students didn't illustrate the key paradox-concept based on "stretching" an "infinitely dense" continuum. However, the entertainment value of the video made me look it up, so I guess the video mission is accomplished. Also, the kids are obviously having a lot of fun and I believe such videos can help attract new math/science students.

Michal Duňka - 2014-06-30 22:07:00+0000

u so nerds lol

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