How To Count Past Infinity

Vsauce · 29.7M views · 2016-04-09 · 23:46

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Overview

Vsauce's Michael Stevens takes viewers past infinity using transfinite numbers, ordinals and cardinals, with input from mathematician Hugh Woodin. It is a fast-paced, mind-bending tour of different sizes of infinity.

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HN recommends it as the most accessible introduction to what lies beyond infinity.

Recommended by 6 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2016–2022

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Recreational & visual math Logic & formal methods Pure mathematics

What people said

okket · 2016-08 · Strong recommendation
My personal favourite to illustrate infinity (as possible) and some math concepts around it is still the video "How To Count Past Infinity" from Vsauce: [VIDEO] "This is math, not science." (~12:30)
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swfsql · 2018-08 · Recommendation
(related - and I enjoyed the vibe he put into it): [VIDEO] - Vsauce's "How to Count Past Infinity"
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teh_klev · 2018-08 · Recommendation
Thanks for that, I hadnt' bumped into that channel before. After watching this one I watched the one on how to count past infinity....mind suitably blown :) [VIDEO]
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