Banach-Tarski Paradox -- Mudd Math Fun Facts

From the page: "Did you know that it is possible to cut a solid ball into 5 pieces, and by re-assembling them, using rigid motions only, form TWO solid balls, EACH THE SAME SIZE AND SHAPE as the original? This theorem is known as the Banach-Tarski paradox." My love-hate relationship... more

Reviewed by TheBlight Dec 06 2005, 04:18am ( 51 reviews ) • hmc.edu

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Rated by jc9992 on Nov 05, 9:06pm

just cuz the site is pink...
Rated by TheNikko on Oct 26, 5:17pm

That makes no sense and they make zero effort to explain it.
Reviewed by daisydahlia on Oct 06, 10:49am

I feel like I have an extra bit of interesting party chatter in my arsenal now.
Reviewed by Kirro on Sep 25, 4:01pm

As others have stated, there's the beginnings of a good article here somewhere, but it begs for further explanation.
Rated by Stabbs on Feb 01 2009, 10:59am

but what would the mass be?
Reviewed by onethousandwords on Dec 04 2008, 5:21pm

Needs a little bit more explaination, no? The wiki article is a little better IMO

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