2min chapter

The Joy of Why cover image

How Can Some Infinities Be Bigger Than Others?

The Joy of Why

CHAPTER

Axioms in Mathematics

There's this concept of axioms we should probably try to remember what those look like. So there's this famous of the parallel postulate, which you couldn't derive it from the other ones. And so in some sense, what Girdle had done is develop a method for doing that but at the level of models of mathematics or at least models of this axiom system That we have for mathematics.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode