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Mathematics
A Deep Math Dive into Why Some Infinities Are Bigger Than Others
The size of certain infinite sets has been a mystery. Now, it turns out, each one is different than the next, and they can all be ordered by size
Jakob Kellner is a mathematician at the Technical University of Vienna.
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