Explore the fascinating concept of infinity through ancient philosophy, paradoxes, and modern mathematics in "Spreading ...

When mathematician Georg Cantor first glimpsed the true nature of infinity, it changed mathematics forever. He demonstrated that infinity isn’t just endless—it exists in different sizes, each opening ...

The big thinkers at Aperture explore infinity and the different ways it appears in mathematics and physics.

The “ultrafinitists” who seek to abolish the use of infinity in mathematics reminded me of the influential Dutch mathematician L. E. J. Brouwer, renowned for proving Brouwer’s fixed-point theorem. He ...