Banach-Tarski was originally just one Polish kid, but a couple of months before his 9th birthday he somehow he managed to undergo mitosis, and the rest is history.

[–] spectrums_coherence@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

I used to have one broken point, then Banach and Tarski looked at it, now I have a Banach fixed point and a Tarski fixed point

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This would be difficult to do with a real ball. (citation needed)

[–] spectrums_coherence@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

When math department is loosing, they ask Banach Tarski to turn 1 ball into 2-ball, now they can win in frisbee.

[–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

That play is kinda floppy...

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, but now the basketballs are smaller.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

Not according to Banach-Tarski.