This quality of incredibility is particularly true of paradoxes in probability—a field of mathematics especially rich in paradoxes. Consider the paradox of birthdays. What would you estimate to ...

"Try as you might to create a paradox, the events will always adjust themselves, to avoid any inconsistency," said Costa. "The range of mathematical processes we discovered show that time travel ...

Russell's Paradox and its resolution in modern axiomatic set theory show how our understanding of mathematics evolves and is refined over time. We often start with some intuitive idea of how ...

If the skies are clear, the domes will be open so participants can view the night skies through Kopernik’s telescopes before ...

How the Birthday Paradox can be used to explain a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. Produced by Sara Silverstein. Follow BI Video: On Facebook ...

Agnesi was the first woman to write a mathematics textbook and to be appointed to a university chair in math, yet her life was marked by paradox. Though brilliant, rich and famous, she eventually ...

The GHZ state predicts outcomes that defy classical theory, such as mathematical impossibilities, like 1 = -1, giving rise to a paradox. To demonstrate the GHZ paradox in a real-world setting ...

How the Birthday Paradox can be used to explain a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. Produced by Sara Silverstein. Follow BI Video: On Facebook ...