= Ross–Littlewood paradox
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The Ross–Littlewood paradox is a thought experiment in set theory and logic that illustrates a counterintuitive result regarding infinite sets. It demonstrates how our intuitions about infinity can lead to apparently paradoxical conclusions. The paradox is named after mathematicians Philip J. Davis and Gordon F. W. Littlewood, who formulated it in the context of analysis and set theory. The premise involves the idea of a sequence of actions or events that, when taken with infinite sets, can lead to strange results.
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