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This essay neither examines a mathematical equation, nor does it analyze a distinguished mathematician. This essay explores a few philosophical aspects of math. Particularly, this essay covers the confound subjects covered by Zeno of Elea.
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... Mathematical Paradox Has Anyone Figured This Out Yet? Table of Contents: Introduction Page Background: Page Problems and Solutions: Page Implications and Uses: Page Conclusion: Page Abstract: This essay neither examines a mathematical equation, nor does it analyze a distinguished mathematician. This essay explores a few philosophical aspects of math. Particularly, this essay covers the confound subjects covered by Zeno of Elea. The math world has been disturbed, agitated, and even titillated by the mysteries of Zeno of Elea's paradoxes in questioning the laws of math and science. A Paradox, defined by Webster's dictionary, is "A statement that seems contrary to common sense and yet is perhaps true." In taking his arguments at face value, they may seem very logical. But they have each been repeatedly refuted, then stereotyped as nonsense or a mathematical incredulity by many a renowned mathematician. Zeno was a philosopher and logician, not a mathematician. He was the inventor of Dialectic and his greatest fame was for his














