In this program, Professor Marcus du Sautoy addresses mathematical advances of 20th-century Europe and America. Topics include Georg Cantor’s exploration of the concept of infinity; chaos theory, formulated by Henri Poincaré; Kurt Gödel’s incompleteness theorems; the work of André Weil and his colleagues with algebraic geometry; and the influence of Alexander Grothendieck, whose ideas have influenced mathematical thinking about the hidden structures behind all mathematics. The program concludes by considering one of the great as-yet-unsolved problems of mathematics: the Riemann Hypothesis.

Harry A. Sprague Library Collection

Mathematics -- History, Mathematicians -- Biography, Mathematics, United States -- History -- Study and teaching, Europe -- History -- 20th century

The Story of Math

Berry, David (director), Du Sautoy, Marcus (writer), Berry, David (producer), Du Sautoy, Marcus (narrator), Brand, Susan (editor), Evans, Justin (videographer), Duke, Kim (producer), Okuefuna, David (executive producer), Open University (producer), British Broadcasting Corporation (producer)

00:59:08 (HH:MM:SS)

English

adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college

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2008-01-01

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