infinite hotel paradox

English

Proper noun

the infinite hotel paradox

  1. (set theory) A thought experiment illustrating a counterintuitive property of infinite sets, showing that a fully occupied hotel with infinitely many rooms can still accommodate any number of additional guests.
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