God And The Mathematics Of Infinity

Drawing on the science and mathematics of infinity, H. Chris Ransford analyzes the traditional concept of godhood and reaches surprising conclusions. He addresses humankind's abiding core debate on the meaning of spirituality and God. Using mathematics, he explores key questions within this debate: for instance, why does evil exist if there is a God? The book fastidiously does not take sides nor proffers opinions, it only follows allowable mathematics wherever it leads. By doing so, it makes a major contribution to an understanding of the nature of reality.

In 1913, Russian imperial marines stormed an Orthodox monastery at Mt. Athos, Greece, to haul off monks engaged in a dangerously heretical practice known as Name Worshipping. Exiled to remote Russian outposts, the monks and their mystical movement went underground. Ultimately, they came across Russian intellectuals who embraced Name Worshipping—and who would achieve one of the biggest mathematical breakthroughs of the twentieth century, going beyond recent French achievements. Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor take us on an exciting mathematical mystery tour as they unravel a bizarre tale of political struggles, psychological crises, sexual complexities, and ethical dilemmas. At the core of this book is the contest between French and Russian mathematicians who sought new answers to one of the oldest puzzles in math: the nature of infinity. The French school chased rationalist solutions. The Russian mathematicians, notably Dmitri Egorov and Nikolai Luzin—who founded the famous Moscow School of Mathematics—were inspired by mystical insights attained during Name Worshipping. Their religious practice appears to have opened to them visions into the infinite—and led to the founding of descriptive set theory. The men and women of the leading French and Russian mathematical schools are central characters in this absorbing tale that could not be told until now. Naming Infinity is a poignant human interest story that raises provocative questions about science and religion, intuition and creativity.

Infinity and God have been close bedfellows over the recent millennia of human thought. But this is James A. Lindsay's point. These two ideas are thought, mere concepts. Lindsay shows in a concise and readable manner that infinity is an abstraction, and shows that, in all likelihood, so is God, particularly if he has infinite properties. This book is about math. It is about God. It is about stressing the importance of not confusing these two ideas with reality. Never the twain shall meet. "A short and engaging read on the meeting of two huge ideas, infinity and God, that leaves us seeing both as abstract ideas that may have nothing to do with reality. Honest and accessible, Dot, Dot, Dot is a great little book to stretch your thinking." - Peter Boghossian, author of A Manual for Creating Atheists "Timely, important and very readable, this book pulls the rug from under theists' feet." - Jonathan MS Pearce, The Little Book of Unholy Questions "Read this to avoid making any more cardinal sins and learn how much math is an amazing human endeavor." - Aaron Adair, PhD, The Star of Bethlehem: A Skeptical View

The issues of the nature and existence of God, time and infinity, respectively, and how they relate to each other, are some of the most complicated problems of metaphysics.This volume presents contributions of thirteen internationally renowned scholars who deal with various aspects of these complex issues. The contributions were presented and discussed during the international conference: God, Time, Infinity held in Warsaw, September 22—24, 2015.

What does Christianity have to do with the study of mathematics? Prolific writer and scholar Vern Poythress offers a startling answer to this perplexing question: everything. This groundbreaking book argues that the harmony of abstract mathematical truths, the physical world of things, and the personal world of our thinking depends on the existence of the Christian God. With advanced degrees in mathematics and New Testament studies, Poythress shows that these distinct “perspectives” on mathematics cohere because all three find their origin in God’s consistent character and nature. Whether it’s simple addition and subtraction or more complex mathematical concepts such as set theory and the nature of infinity, this comprehensive book lays a theistic foundation for all mathematical inquiry.

This book gives an understanding of how fundamental errors came to be in the current concepts of inifinitely large numbers and infinitesimally small points. You will see how those errors and other problems disappear when the concepts are redeveloped using a detailed understanding of how the finite realm transitions to the realms of the infinitely large and infinitesimally small. See how a similar approach in physics permits the possibility of a supreme being or "God." See how physicists appear to have made errors regarding light-speed, time and distance -errors that lay at the very foundation of Relativity Theory. Terry Mandzy graduated from Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto with some schooling in physics. In 1998, after twenty-nine years of industrial process-related activity, he retired with, amongst many other objectives, the intention of exploring physics again and of enlightening mathematicians about infinity. An analytical person, Terry first disputed the conventional understanding of infinity and infintesimal points when in his teens at Jarvis Collegiate in 1954. He has since periodically contemplated those topics along with considerations related to the unending subdivision of matter. This book is the culmination of those contemplations and of his first return venture with physics.

This book gives an understanding of how fundamental errors came to be in the current concepts of inifinitely large numbers and infinitesimally small points. You will see how those errors and other problems disappear when the concepts are redeveloped using a detailed understanding of how the finite realm transitions to the realms of the infinitely large and infinitesimally small. See how a similar approach in physics permits the possibility of a supreme being or God. See how physicists appear to have made errors regarding light-speed, time and distance errors that lay at the very foundation of Relativity Theory. Terry Mandzy graduated from Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto with some schooling in physics. In 1998, after twenty-nine years of industrial process-related activity, he retired with, amongst many other objectives, the intention of exploring physics again and of enlightening mathematicians about infinity. An analytical person, Terry first disputed the conventional understanding of infinity and infintesimal points when in his teens at Jarvis Collegiate in 1954. He has since periodically contemplated those topics along with considerations related to the unending subdivision of matter. This book is the culmination of those contemplations and of his first return venture with physics.

A compelling narrative that blends the story of infinity with the tragic tale of a tormented and brilliant mathematician.