infinite hotel paradox

English
By moving each guest to a room number which is twice that of their previous room, infinitely many new guests can be accommodated.

Proper noun

the infinite hotel paradox

  1. (set theory) A thought experiment illustrating a counterintuitive property of infinite sets, showing that a fully occupied hotel with infinitely many rooms may still accommodate any number of additional guests.
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