We want sets to be extremely flexible objects, capable of taking on many roles in different parts of ... for basically all of modern mathematics. Russell's Paradox and its resolution in modern ...

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 ...

In “Reversible dynamics with closed time-like curves and freedom of choice,” Tobar and Costa say they found a middle ground in mathematics that solves a major logical paradox in one model of ...