Math's Weirdest Paradox

Abide By Reason
Dec 6, 2024
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Banach–Tarski Paradox: Duplicating a Solid Sphere

BanachTarski Paradox NonIntuitiveInfinity
00:10

The video addresses mathematically literate viewers who have heard of the Banach–Tarski paradox—duplicating a ball from finitely many pieces—but want to understand how such an extreme result can be made precise.

Interval-to-Circle Mapping and Infinite Points from a Punctured Circle

CircleIntervalMap UncountableInfinity PointRemoval
01:00

This construction targets learners building intuition for how infinite sets can still “cover” spaces even when missing points, a stepping-stone toward accepting paradoxical decompositions.

Free Group of Rotations and Paradoxical Decompositions

FreeGroup Rotations GroupAction
03:00

The free-group construction is aimed at viewers comfortable with basic algebra who want to understand the algebraic “engine” behind Banach–Tarski rather than treating it as a black box.

Orbits of Rotation Groups and Duplication of Sphere Sections

GroupOrbits SphereAction OrbitDecomposition
07:30

This note targets learners trying to visualize how free-group rotations carve the sphere into structured orbits that can be duplicated.

Axiom of Choice and Paradoxical Sphere Decomposition

AxiomOfChoice ChoiceFunction NonMeasurable
11:30

Abide by Reason speaks here to viewers interested in the foundational assumptions that make Banach–Tarski possible, particularly the role of the Axiom of Choice.