The Infinite Hotel Paradox Jeff Dekofsky

View full lesson: The Infinite Hotel, a thought experiment created by German mathematician David Hilbert, is a hotel with an infinite number of rooms. Easy to comprehend, right Wrong. What if it s completely booked but one person wants to check in What about 40 Or an infinitely full bus of people Jeff Dekofsky solves these heady lodging issues using Hilbert s paradox. Lesson by Jeff Dekofsky, animation by The Moving Company Animation