Mysteries of the Mathematical Universe
Offered By: World Science Festival via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Syllabus
Welcome to the Mathematical Universe.
Participant Introductions.
What about math got you interested in the subject?
Is math an instinct in humans?
When in history did the number come into existence?
Math was key to ancient survival.
1+1=0 Adding in binary.
Why are some people better at math than others?
Nontransitive dice game.
What's the best story about math... Infinite primes?
Do all math problems have an answer?
The computer replacing the mathematician?
Can we mathematically understand the universe we are in without seeing it?
Perfect Rigour and Grigori Perelman solved the Poincare Conjecture
If you have determination math is easy.
Mathematics is hierarchical and you need to start from the beginning.
Taught by
World Science Festival
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