Professional paper

How many points are there ...

Petar Žugec orcid.org/0000-0001-6933-3100 ; Fizički odsjek, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb

Abstract

The article addresses an entertaining problem from recreational mathematics, concerning the total number of points satisfying a given property on the globe. Both the problem and the solution are taken a step
further from their original formulation, up to the Cantor’s theory of
cardinal and transfinite numbers

Keywords

points on sphere; Cantor’s set theory; cardinal and transfinite numbers

Hrčak ID:

234873

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/234873

Publication date:

20.2.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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