Timothy Gowers: The Importance of Mathematics (Part 8)

The Importance of Mathematics by Timothy Gowers at The Millennium Meeting (2000)

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• mathematics
• number
• theory
• combinatorics
• analysis
• algebra
• arithmetics

[thesinzer]

I really admire Gower's genius combined with his humility. That in itself is beauty.

[WarzSchoolchild]

Thank you Timothy Gowers and "coreodeadolfo" A very stimulating lecture. Something Timothy failed to mention, was that the pursuit of mathematics, can lift a person out of the cares and worries of contemporary living. The journey is as beneficial as arriving at the destination.

[Andromedacalling]

this was very very good. Thank you for posting these.

[studyreligion]

2:13

Complexity arise from Simplisity?

or

Simplisity arise from Complexity?

[Willmuzicman1]

The few, the proud, the 8,000 that took time to finish the lecture.

[250mxrider]

He probabaly thought that aplause sounded a bit like a parabolic curve...lol

[theartofstew]

"limits are ad hoc arguments"?

are you out of your mind?!!

[abscissus]

Thanks for posting the video.

[chrisrdow]

i think that the argument the quality of beauty is important to understanding mathmatics is wrong, clearly there is not enough space here to argue but you have to ask, are integers beautifull? i would argue yes but they are clearly flawed. A derivative does not seem beatifull to me because infinity is not well defined and limits seem almost ad hoc arguments but it has clearly lasted and is very usefull.

[superfluousness321]

Thank you for posting this lecture, I really enjoyed it.

[deltango12345]

Thanks, correodeadolfo. Anymore stuff like this?