Ross–Littlewood paradox
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Ross–Littlewood paradox
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The Ross–Littlewood paradox is a hypothetical problem in abstract mathematics and logic designed to illustrate the paradoxical, or at least non-intuitive, nature of infinity. More specifically, like the Thomson's lamp paradox, the Ross–Littlewood paradox tries to illustrate the conceptual difficulties with the notion of a supertask, in which an infinite number of tasks are completed sequentially. The problem was originally described by mathematician John E. Littlewood in his 1953 book Littlewood
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Abstract mathematics problem
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%E2%80%93Littlewood_paradox
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2024-02-05T06:22:39Z
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