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Torricelli’s trumpet is not counterintuitive
There is nothing counterintuitive about an infinite shape with finite volume, contrary to the common propaganda version of the calculus trope known as Torricelli’s trumpet. Nor was this result seen as counterintuitive at...
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Torricelli’s trumpet is not counterintuitive is an episode from Opinionated History of Mathematics by Intellectual Mathematics. There is nothing counterintuitive about an infinite shape with finite volume, contrary to the common propaganda...
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Published Dec 30, 2024, 56:39 long, audio available.
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