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Doing the Maths
The mathematics of infinity are discussed and a worrying set of results emerge
Astronomer Heather Couper looks at the mathematics of infinity and finds a worrying set of results emerging. The programme includes Hilbert's pardox of the Grand Hotel and the origin of the number googol (10 to the power of 100).
This is a programme from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 2006.
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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project