Why There Are Multiple Sizes of Infinity
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 Published On Apr 13, 2024

In this episode I'll explain about how/why there are different sizes of "infinity", including concepts such as Cantor's Diagonal Argument, the Aleph Numbers, the Continuum Hypothesis, and more!
0:00 - Intro
1:37 - How Many Square Numbers Are There?
2:51 - Surjective/Injective/Bijective Cats
6:03 - How Many Integers Are There?
7:28 - How Many Fractions Are There?
12:46 - How Many Real Numbers Are There?
13:36 - Cantor's Diagonal Argument
19:54 - The Hierarchy of Aleph Numbers
21:28 - The Continuum Hypothesis
24:51 - Outro

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In case anybody searches any of these terms to learn about them, some topics in this video include: countable vs. uncountable infinities, bijections and injective/sujective/bijective functions, the Aleph numbers like Aleph 0 and Aleph 1, Georg Cantor and Cantor's diagonal / diagonalization argument, the Continuum Hypothesis, and other topics related to "set theory" and different sizes/cardinalities of infinities.

This episode was directed/edited/soundtracked by me (Domotro) and was filmed by Carlo Trappenberg.

Disclaimer: Do NOT copy any dangerous-seeming actions you may see in this video, such as any actions related to fire.

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