#hilbertsgrandhotel — Public Fediverse posts

Above the hotel is a glowing infinity symbol. The size of countably infinite sets, like all natural numbers {1,2,3, .... ∞ } is denoted by Aleph Nought ℵ0 shown on the two flags.

Each print is printed by hand in indigo, lavendar, mint green and dark navy blue ink on Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper, 8” x 10” (20.3 cm by 25.4 cm).

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Happy birthday to #mathematician David Hilbert (1862-1943)! This #linocut illustrates the paradox of Hilbert’s Grand Hotel, a thought experiment conceived by Hilbert in 1924 to show the paradox of infinite sets. If you imagine a regular hotel with a finite number of rooms, if they are all filled you can’t add more guests. In an imaginary infinite hotel however, guests are always welcome! 🧵

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Happy birthday to #mathematician David Hilbert (1862-1943)! My print illustrates the paradox of Hilbert's Grand Hotel, a thought experiment he conceived in 1924 to show the paradox of infinite sets. If you imagine a hotel with a finite number of rooms, if they are all filled you can't add more guests. In an imaginary infinite hotel however, guests are always welcome! 🧵1/

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The print shows a grand hotel on a steep angle (with a vanishing point at infinity of course), labelled "Hilbert's Grand Hotel" below a cameo of Hilbert himself, and the slogan "No vancancy. Check in now!" Above the hotel is a glowing infinity symbol. The size of countably infinite sets, like all natural numbers {1,2,3, .... ∞ } is denoted by Aleph Nought ℵ0 shown on the two flags.

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