Set Theory

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Related: Georg Cantor · Mathematics · Bertrand Russell · Gottlob Frege · Logic Paradoxes · Self Reference · Countability · Real Numbers

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• Barber paradox - Wikipedia — Self-referential logical paradox derived from Russell's paradox
• Indescribable numbers: The theorem that made me fall in love with math — Proof that almost all real numbers are indescribable via cardinality
• The 4-Page Paper That Broke Mathematics | Quanta Magazine — Georg Cantor's 1874 paper proving some infinities are larger than others
• Which one result in mathematics has surprised you the most? — Community poll on most surprising mathematical results