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Here's some background on the proof [1]. Here's a video explaining it little better [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor%27s_diagonal_argument https:
by twelfthnight 5y ago
Here's some background on the proof [1]. Here's a video explaining it little better [2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor%27s_diagonal_argument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor%27s_diagonal_argument
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elvOZm0d4H0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elvOZm0d4H0
- TameAntelope 5y agoI guess I was focusing on the word "easy", heh.
- mmmBacon 5y agoYou do this in sophomore level Real Analysis. So as far as pure math goes, easy.
- TameAntelope 5y ago> sophomore level Real Analysis Hmm?
- rpearl 5y agoWe did this first semester freshman year at my school in a single lecture in a 100 level "concepts of mathematics" course. I get that there's a certain amount of "it's hard to wrap your head around infinity" but really this proof is pretty well trodden by students not far into learning mathematics.
- TameAntelope 5y agoWhich school?
- rpearl 5y agoCarnegie Mellon
- ummonk 5y agoI was homeschooled, so I was shown this in middle school hah. I think math camps and the like also tend to teach it before college.
- doctoboggan 5y agoWatch the video, its actually quite easy to follow.