Hilbert's paradox of the Grand Hotel
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Hilbert's paradox of the Grand Hotel is a thought experiment that illustrates some of the counterintuitive properties of infinite sets, specifically the nature of infinity. The paradox is named after the German mathematician David Hilbert, and it involves a hypothetical hotel with infinitely many rooms, all of which are occupied.
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