The Banach-Tarski paradox:

The Banach–Tarski paradox is a most striking mathematical construction: it asserts that a solid ball may be taken apart into finitely many pieces that can be rearranged using rigid motions to form a ball twice as large as the original. This volume explores the consequences of the paradox for measure...

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Main Author: Wagon, S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1985
Series:Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications volume 24
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Summary:The Banach–Tarski paradox is a most striking mathematical construction: it asserts that a solid ball may be taken apart into finitely many pieces that can be rearranged using rigid motions to form a ball twice as large as the original. This volume explores the consequences of the paradox for measure theory and its connections with group theory, geometry, and logic. It unifies the results of contemporary research on the paradox and presents several new results including some unusual paradoxes in hyperbolic space. It also provides up-to-date proofs and discusses many unsolved problems
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 251 pages)
ISBN:9780511609596
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511609596

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