Timothy Gowers: The Importance of Mathematics (Part 2)

[felixsavvy13]

Like mathematics peple and many other things don't cease to be important when their isn't a specific aplication. Its all based on context.

[gazzajba]

I took his course on additive combinatorics last term, and he's really a fantastic lecturer. Just gives you so much insight and intuition.

[00oOoOoOo00]

Hem. Maestro has shown a piece of paper on which for n = 100, (3^n) * (n^2) gives

515377520732011331036461129765­62127270210752200100

(video time: 4:30).

But 100^2 = 10000. Therefore the number must contain 0000 at the right side of the itself!

:)))

[n080di]

He acknowledges that between 4:30 and 4:40.

[00oOoOoOo00]

Ok, thank you.

[spud9er]

I just finished his _Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction_. He is so humble and such a powerful teacher.

[adityab88]

thx for posting

[lvildos]

he was doing ok until he introduced the economist analogy

[geoffmthomas]

Great! You know I wish more people would do thiings like this. Have you seen my Feynman clips?

[ontogen]

Wonderful British accent and style :) Besides the valuable things he's saying of course.