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RhubarbJayde (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Absolute infinity was a concept originally defined by Georg Cantor, the founder of set theory. He denoted it \(\tav\) and defined it as a number greater than everything else, so large that any property it could have would already be satisfied by something smaller. This is clearly not well-defined, since "being absolute infinity" is a property that it and only it has - this is similar to Berry's paradox. However, this idea paved the way for Reflection principle|reflecti...") |
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Absolute infinity was a concept originally defined by Georg Cantor, the founder of set theory. He denoted it
Absolute infinity and attempts to define numbers beyond (which is ironic, since the whole point of absolute infinity is that it could not be transcended beyond) feature prominently in fictional googology.
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