UID:
edocfu_9959238166402883
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 251 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-316-08680-1
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1-107-09068-7
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1-107-08756-2
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1-107-09984-6
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1-107-09381-3
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0-511-60959-0
Series Statement:
Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications ;
Content:
The Banach-Tarski paradox is a most striking mathematical construction: it asserts that a solid ball may be taken apart into finitely many pieces that can be rearranged using rigid motions to form a ball twice as large as the original. This volume explores the consequences of the paradox for measure theory and its connections with group theory, geometry, and logic. It unifies the results of contemporary research on the paradox and presents several new results including some unusual paradoxes in hyperbolic space. It also provides up-to-date proofs and discusses many unsolved problems.
Note:
Includes index.
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pt. I. Paradoxical decompositions, or, The nonexistence of finitely additive measures -- pt. II. Finitely additive measures, or, The nonexistence of paradoxical decompositions.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-45704-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-30244-7
Language:
English
