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Re:An artist-mathematician illuminates a world of infinite b... by sandee on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @12:15AM (#969275)
An easily understood proof of Cantor’s Theorem: http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/cantor_theorem/...

"Take a minute to ponder what this means. Cantor’s Theorem shows that given any set, there is another set which is 'larger' in the special sense of being a bigger kind of infinity. Hence, there can be no 'largest infinity' either! The kinds of infinity are therefore 'infinite!"

Re:An artist-mathematician illuminates a world of infinite b... by jimfl on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @09:59AM (#969827)
Infinity is thus far the most violent idea humanity has come up with.