Course Syllabus
Session 1
Infinity in Mathematics and Meditation
Prof. Henk Barendregt
Emeritus Professor, Radboud University, Netherlands
Session 1 – Detail
- Gauss’s Experience
- Meditative Reactions
- Shared Physical/Emotional Responses
- Laypeople vs. Experts
- Math-Induced Fear
- Unboundedness in Mind and Math
Upcoming Explanation of Origin and more…
Session 2
The Genius of Cantor
Dr. Deepankar Sarmah
University of Basel, Switzerland
Session 2 – Detail
- Introduction – Early life and career
- Galileo’s paradox
- One-to-One correspondence
- Transfinite Arithmetic
- Continuum Hypothesis
- Power Set
- Criticism and more…
Session 3
Infinity and Form
Vasudeva Rao
President, Bhaktivedanta Institute Kolkata; Alumnus, IIT Kanpur, India
Session 3 – Detail
- Can infinity have form?
- Is God a Person?
- What Kind of Person?
- Ananta Rupam – Infinite form
- Simultaneous aspects of God
- Avatara – Incarnation
- God vs Soul and more…
