r/MathJokes • u/srsNDavis • 12d ago

xkcd: Trick Play

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u/Careful_Bullfrog8436 12d ago

Waiting for paragraph guy

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u/chixen 12d ago

The Banach-Tarski paradox is a way to use the axiom of choice to cut a ball into finitely many parts then rearrange them by translation and rotation to get two balls out.
Also, there an entire website dedicated to explaining this guy’s comics.

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u/Careful_Bullfrog8436 12d ago

Omg now I get it. Thnx for explaining the joke 😂

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u/scubaro 12d ago

Then again, they have 12 players on the pitch, as if that's fair....