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I'm amazed by the length of this thread. In a sense, it confirms what I've often thought about statistics and probability: the rules...

AFAIK, the big difference between the problem and the gameshow is that Monty had other options besides just "open a door". The problem...

If Monty is allowed to play games, that changes everything and brings game theory into the equation. In that case, there is no way to...

He never did. It was not a stated rule, but we can infer that he had the knowledge where the car was and used that knowledge to open a...

Is that right? That is a critical difference. I didn't watch it enough to know if Monte ever opened a door with the prize. I was just...

Infinity is for example necessary to write transcendental functions via their Taylor series (if it exists). ##e^x = 1 + x +...

It is worth checking Cantor out.

Even with analytic continuation, I doubt that there is any legitimate expansion at a point that allows that conclusion.

I think the OP is probably referring to several pop-sci content (YouTube videos from Numberphile comes to mind) where it is "shown" that...

Considering that the set of integers (which are the simplest math entities) is infinite, I would say that yes, infinity is necessary in...

This doesn't really require infinity, just huge enough numbers to get it done. Space is not infinite. I assume you mean convergence to...

I mean, the fact that the world of mathematicians generally work with infinities on a daily basis should tell you something about its...

It's still a little smaller font size than I like, but it is legible (for me) without trouble. I'm happy with it, as is.

After people here told me about the Ctrl++, my complaints about the font size all disappeared. That works perfectly for me.

An earlier post recommended using Ctrl++ to zoom in. I didn't know it was that easy. It works well.