2016-12-08

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PBS Infinite Series

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There are different sizes of infinity. It turns out that some are larger than others. Mathematician Kelsey Houston-Edwards breaks down what these different sizes are and where they belong in The Hierarchy of Infinities.

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Written and Hosted by Kelsey Houston-Edwards

Produced by Rusty Ward

Graphics by Ray Lux

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Proof that the real numbers are a bigger infinity than the natural numbers:

http://germain.its.maine.edu/~farlow/sec25.pdf

http://www.people.vcu.edu/~rhammack/BookOfProof/Cardinality.pdf

Thanks James Barnes and Iian Smythe!