"Taming Infinity" with Manil Suri

Did you know that infinity comes in different sizes? Leave behind the finite world to accompany Manil Suri on a journey through the fascinating realms of the infinite. No previous knowledge of mathematics beyond fractions and decimals required! Powerpoint show developed by Tyler Beck and Manil Suri, with additional contributions by Serina Jensen.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• umbctube
• Manil Suri
• Math
• infinity

[phoskins]

@hel257 You're very wrong

[katheryncruz24]

Rational?

[hel257]

in my opinion infinity cannot be counted, therefore there is no such thing as different sizes of it, the whole idea is useless, thank you

[TheDanielRagsdale]

wouldn't this mean pi is rational? couldn't it be expressed as c/d

[Typho0n86]

dont fractions get closer and closer to irational numbers the closer you get to infinity?

[Ch3mG33k]

@rfs001 Infinity + 1 is infinity but that's not very meaningful. Infinity isn't a number like 1 is.

[VividVelvet]

if the team doesn't win any games then there is no data to draw a set from.

if the fans cheer for one day, another time three days, another six, then the set of possible outcomes is {1,3,6}. It is possible for them to win a game and not cheer for any days, maybe if Godzilla strikes and they get distracted; therefore {0,1,3,6}. Should they do not win a game, there is no data to draw from.

They must win a game for there to exist a set containing zero, else you commit an existential fallacy.

[rdkpickle]

isn't his empty set joke incorrect? if the number of days is 0, then the set does have a member, 0, and is not empty. (it would be {0})