Does Infinity - Infinity = an Electron?

Does Infinity - Infinity = an Electron?

From PBS Space Time by PBS

April 27, 2026 · 24 min

About this episode

The episode explores the concept of infinity in relation to quantum mechanics and how it relates to the existence of an electron.

Thanks to Radiacode for sponsoring this video. Use the promo code "PBS" to get an exclusive 10% discount at: https://103.radiacode.com/PBS What do you get if you take something that’s infinitely massive and combining with something else that’s negative infinitely massive? You get a single electron, at least that’s what it looks like in our most precise way of describing the quantum world. 15% Off The Entire Merch Store https://www.pbsspacetime.com/shop Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Sign up for the mailing list to get episode notifications and hear special announcements! https://mailchi.mp/1a6eb8f2717d/spacetime Search the Entire Space Time Library Here: https://search.pbsspacetime.com/ Hosted by Matt O'Dowd Written by Matt O'Dowd Post Production by Leonardo Scholzer, Yago Ballarini & Stephanie Faria Directed by Andrew Kornhaber Associate Producer: Bahar Gholipour Executive Producer: Andrew Kornhaber Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell Spacetime is a production of Kornhaber Brown for PBS Digital Studios…

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Host: Matt O'Dowd

Topics covered

  • quantum mechanics
  • infinity
  • electrons
  • mass
  • physics

Keywords

  • infinity
  • electron
  • quantum world
  • massive
  • negative

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