The Banach-Tarski paradox /

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...

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Main Author: Wagon, S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985.
Series:Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications ; v. 24.
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