24.118 | Spring 2019 | Undergraduate

Paradox and Infinity

Calendar

LEC # TOPICS DUE DATES
1 Introduction  
2 Infinite Cardinalities (1)  
3 Infinite Cardinalities (2)  
4 Infinite Cardinalities (3)  
5 The Higher Infinite (1)  
6 The Higher Infinite (2) Problem set 1 due
7 The Higher Infinite (3)  
8 Omega-Sequence Paradoxes (1) Problem set 2 due
9 Omega-Sequence Paradoxes (2)  
10 Time Travel (1) Problem set 3 due
11 Time Travel (2)  
12 Newcomb’s Problem (1) Problem set 4 due
13 Newcomb’s Problem (2)  
14 Probability (1) Problem set 5 due 
15 Probability (2)  
16 Non-Measurable Sets (1) Problem set 6 due
17 Non-Measurable Sets (2)  
18 The Banach-Tarski Theorem (1)  
19 The Banach-Tarski Theorem (2)  
20 Computability (1)  
21 Computability (2) Problem set 7 & 8 due
22 Computability (3)  
23 Gödel’s Theorem (1) Problem set 9 due
24 Gödel’s Theorem (2)  
25 Review (1) Problem set 10 due
26 Review (2)  

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