Ross-Littlewood Paradox

Ross-Littlewood Paradox

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Release Message:  In a fixed amount of time, how many balls will be in the vase if an infinite number of steps are performed, such that at each step, balls are added as well as removed from the vase?
Description:  The Ross-Littlewood paradox (also known as the balls and vase problem or the ping pong ball problem) is a hypothetical problem in abstract mathematics and logic designed to illustrate the seemingly paradoxical, or at least non-intuitive, nature of infinity. More specifically, like the Thomson's lamp paradox, the Ross-Littlewood paradox tries to illustrate the conceptual difficulties with the notion of a supertask, in which an infinite number of tasks are completed sequentially.[1]