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The Banach-Tarski Paradox is a [[theorem]] that you can take a ball (including the inside), split it into six pieces, rearrange some of them into a complete ball, and rearrange the rest of them into a complete ball. It is called a "[[paradox]]" because it counters our basic intuition about volume.
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The '''Banach-Tarski Paradox''' is a [[theorem]] that you can take a ball (including the inside), split it into six pieces, rearrange some of them into a complete ball, and rearrange the rest of them into a complete ball. It is called a "[[paradox]]" because it counters our basic intuition about volume.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 21:26, 10 December 2020

The Banach-Tarski Paradox is a theorem that you can take a ball (including the inside), split it into six pieces, rearrange some of them into a complete ball, and rearrange the rest of them into a complete ball. It is called a "paradox" because it counters our basic intuition about volume.

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