Cardinal electors for the 2013 papal conclave 67 were created cardinals by Pope Benedict XVI; 74 were bishops of local dioceses, while the remaining 41 worked in the service of the Holy See, such as in the Roman Curia. The oldest cardinal elector in the conclave was Walter Kasper, at the age of , while the youngest cardinal elector was Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, at the age of . Another 90 cardinals were ineligible to participate in the conclave, for reasons of age. The cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave on . On , after five ballots, they elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop
Jorge Luis Borges and mathematics Jorge Luis Borges and mathematics Jorge Luis Borges and mathematics concerns several modern mathematical concepts found in certain essays and short stories of Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), including concepts such as set theory, recursion, chaos theory, and infinite sequences, although Borges' strongest links to mathematics are through Georg Cantor's theory of infinite sets, outlined in "The Doctrine of Cycles" ("La doctrina de los ciclos"). Some of Borges' most popular works such as "The Library of Babel" ("La Biblioteca de Babel"), "The Garden of Forking Paths" ("El Jardín de Senderos que se Bifurcan"), "The Aleph" ("El Aleph"), an allusion