We
are down to the last installment of the Story of Maths. This Series documentary
showed us how math evolved from scratch to riches. Mathematics is everywhere
you just have to dig deeper into its history and know the builders who created
the mathematics that we have today. If you think mathematics is boring think
again. The Story of Maths will show you the wonder of the soul of Mathematics.
First
part of the last Story of Maths showed us how Mr. George Cantor tackled and
tried to analyze the infinity. According to Cantor there were different kinds
of infinity and some is bigger than the other. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 10 20 30 40
50 60 70 80 90… Henri Poncaire stumbled into the chaos theory while he was
trying to solve a problem. One thing lead to the other, this small hunch lead
to a wide range of modern technology that we use today like the machines that
control the regularity of heartbeats.
Seems
like impossible or the unexplainable is not a known word for the mathematicians
not until Kurt Godel a member of the Vienna Circle showed that it is impossible
for mathematics to prove its own consistency and the unknown part is an
integral part in the subject. “This
statement canot be proved”. It is
really odd and awkward to know this because mathematics is known to prove
almost everything and yet it can’t prove its own consistency.
Lastly
Marcus also tackled about the latest inputs of the younger generation of great
mathematicians. Like Paul Cohen and Alexander Grothendieck their contributions
in mathematics were basically proofs of the former mathematicians ahead of
them. But they themselves also established their own mathematics that changed
the face of mathematics just a bit.
Marcus
also included the many unsolved mathematical problems of all time, including
the Riemann Hypothesis which in fact has a bounty on its head worth 1 million $
and a place in every history books whoever can prove this Hypothesis. Adios
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