The Banach–Tarski Paradox

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Published 2015-07-31
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Q: "What's an anagram of Banach-Tarski?"
A: "Banach-Tarski Banach-Tarski."

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Banach-Tarski on wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach%E2%80%93Tarski_parado…

Banach-Tarski proofs:

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www.math.hmc.edu/~su/papers.dir/banachtarski.pdf
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www.kuro5hin.org/comments/2003/5/23/134430/275?pid…
skepticsplay.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/doubling-spher…
austinrochford.com/posts/2014-05-14-banach-tarski-…
www.math.cornell.edu/~mec/Summer2009/Whieldon/Math…
rachellevanger.com/index_files/BT%20Animated%20Pre…
quibb.blogspot.co.uk/2013_03_01_archive.html
blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2011/04/what-did-…
geopolicraticus.wordpress.com/tag/banach-tarski-pa…
dgleahy.com/p47.html
www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/ffiles/30001.1-3-8.shtml

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