The Infinite Hotel Paradox
SHORT VIDEO CLIPS, 1 Apr 2024
Jeff Dekofsky | TED-Ed – TRANSCEND Media Service
The Infinite Hotel, a thought experiment created by German mathematician David Hilbert, is a hotel with an infinite number of rooms. Easy to comprehend, right? Wrong. Jeff Dekofsky solves some heady lodging issues using Hilbert’s paradox.
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Tags: Infinite Hotel Paradox, Mathematics
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