Timeline for What are some examples of a mathematical result being counterintuitive?
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| Mar 1, 2018 at 19:52 | comment | added | Challenger5 | "the halting problem looks like it should be really, really easy" I don't find this true at all. When I first heard about it my thought process was "hmm... you could approach that by... wait, no, that wouldn't work... huh, that's really hard." | |
| Jan 6, 2014 at 8:31 | comment | added | Thomas Ahle | "polygon which has infinity perimeter and zero area", like a very long and slim rectangle? | |
| Jan 5, 2014 at 23:51 | comment | added | superAnnoyingUser | Rice's theorem does sound completely ludicrous. | |
| May 8, 2012 at 4:07 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by J. M. ain't a mathematician | ||
| May 5, 2012 at 17:49 | history | edited | Pete L. Clark | CC BY-SA 3.0 | edited body |
| May 2, 2012 at 8:53 | history | answered | MathematicalOrchid | CC BY-SA 3.0 |