Lectures on Infinity

The Largest Tweetable Number—Lectures on Infinity (lecture 4)

The paradox of the largest tweetable number. What is the largest number you can tweet?

Aug 12 • Joel David Hamkins

The Paradox of Giants: Strange Consequences in High Dimension—Lectures on Infinity (lecture 3)

The paradox of giants, the paradox of Gabriel's horn, the painter's paradox, and further paradoxes of dimension.

Jul 23 • Joel David Hamkins

Supertasks: Doing Infinitely Many Things — Lectures on Infinity (Lecture 2)

Let us explore several paradoxical supertasks—the deal with the Devil, balls in a sack, the Chocolatier's game, and more.

Jul 16 • Joel David Hamkins

Zeno's Paradox and Infinite Sums—Lectures on Infinity (lecture 1)

An ancient puzzle leads ultimately to a remarkable observation on the malleable nature of infinite sums.

Jul 10 • Joel David Hamkins

Lectures on Infinity

A series of lectures on infinity, with all my favorite paradoxes and conundrums.

Jul 9 • Joel David Hamkins

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