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What can one expect after this super-task is done to see?
Nothing?
It has been noticed, but never resolved properly. A consensus among top mathematicians, that everything is/must be okay prevails.
One dissident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=27&v=4DNlEq0ZrTo
This question presupposes that the task will ever be done. Since, if I understand correctly, you are doing an infinite number of swaps, you will never be done.
You could similarly define a super-task (whatever that is) of adding 1 to a number. Start with 0, at time 0 add 1, add one more at time 0.5, and again at 0.75. What is the value when you are done? Clearly you are counting to infinity, so even though you started with a natural number, you don't end up with one. That is because you don't "end up" at all.