The Strangeness of Infinity: From Cantor to Conway
Few topics in mathematics are as weird, counterintuitive, mind-bending, and paradoxical as those that deal with infinity. We dive into Georg Cantor’s universe of cardinal and ordinal numbers as well as John Horton Conway’s surreal numbers.
Description of talk
More information: Odd Salon San Francisco: Proof
Talk
June 4, 2019
Odd Salon, Public Works SF, San Francisco
