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Does math have a major flaw?

Jacqueline Doan and Alex Kazachek · TED

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A mathematician with a knife and ball begins slicing and distributing the ball into an infinite number of boxes. She then recombines the parts into five precise sections. Moving and rotating these sections around, she recombines them to form two identical, flawless, and complete copies of the original ball. How is this possible? Jacqueline Doan and Alex Kazachek explore the Banach-Tarski paradox. [Directed by Mads Lundgård, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Jacqueline Doan and Alex Kazachek
Year
2024
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, History, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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