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On Infinity and Atoms, Mathematics and Physics
While reading a New Scientist article entitled “Ultimate Logic: To infinity and beyond” I enjoyed reading about the distinction between “countable infinity” (e.g. 1,2,3,4,…) and “continuum infinity” (e.g. 0.1, 0.2,… 0.01, 0.02, …, 0.001, 0.002, …, …). It’s something I had … Continue reading
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Tagged atom, Cantor, continuum, fundamental particles, Godel, Higgs, higgs boson, Hilbert, infinity, math, mathematics, maths, physics, Riemann, ultimate L, Woodin
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