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Is Mathematics Mostly Chaos or Mostly Order?


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As weird as it sounds, infinity comes in many shapes and sizes. And attempting to quantify it is sort of like a dog chasing its own tail. Or like infinities chasing infinities infinite numbers of times. But some mathematicians are obsessed with the quest.

In this episode, host Samir Patel and 𝘘𝘢𝘒𝘯𝘡𝘒 math editor Jordana Cepelewicz probe the bizarre edges of the mathematical universe, a realm *almost* impossible to put into words. This topic was covered by Greg Barber in a recent story for 𝘘𝘢𝘒𝘯𝘡𝘒 π˜”π˜’π˜¨π˜’π˜»π˜ͺ𝘯𝘦.

Each week on π˜›π˜©π˜¦ 𝘘𝘢𝘒𝘯𝘡𝘒 π˜—π˜°π˜₯𝘀𝘒𝘴𝘡, 𝘘𝘢𝘒𝘯𝘡𝘒 π˜”π˜’π˜¨π˜’π˜»π˜ͺ𝘯𝘦 editor in chief Samir Patel speaks with the people behind the award-winning publication to navigate through some of the most important and mind-expanding questions in science and math.

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