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It's very neat but the gist is that one infinity equals two infinities - infinities are weird. While technically it's cool does it really add anything to our un
by chalcolithic 2y ago
It's very neat but the gist is that one infinity equals two infinities - infinities are weird. While technically it's cool does it really add anything to our understanding?
- ColinWright 2y agoThe entire point of the post is exactly to show what the Banach-Tarski Theorem is adding to our understanding. Summarising ... Previously, people thought that it might be possible to define a measure on arbitrary sets and have the usual desirable properties of isometry invariance and finite additivity (we already know countable additivity won't work). But the Banach Tarski Theorem shows us that's not possible. That is thereby adding to our understanding of what is and is not possible with measures. So yes, it does add something to our understanding.