Thought Experiment: The Infinite Hilbert's Hotel
Clip: Season 49 Episode 19 | 4m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
At the Hilbert’s Hotel, there’s always room for one more.
In a thought experiment first proposed in the 1920s, the Hilbert’s Hotel has an infinite number of rooms and helps demonstrate some of the strange properties of infinity.
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Thought Experiment: The Infinite Hilbert's Hotel
Clip: Season 49 Episode 19 | 4m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
In a thought experiment first proposed in the 1920s, the Hilbert’s Hotel has an infinite number of rooms and helps demonstrate some of the strange properties of infinity.
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