Journey into Maths Country

Journey into Maths Country ·Voyages au pays des maths

Math is an exotic and confusing country. We speak a bizarre language, full of homeomorphisms, differential varieties, transfinite numbers. But we also find epic landscapes, dizzying ideas and even, sometimes, useful things!

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Journey into Maths Country ·Voyages au pays des maths

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First Aired on: Sep 23, 2021
Popularity: 2.7647: 2 votes
Networks: (FR)
Production: Les Films d'Ici (FR)ARTE GEIE (FR)Le Blob (FR)Les Films du poisson rouge (FR)
Status: Returning Series: In Production

Seasons & episodes

Total 2 seasons, 20 episodes

Season 1

Aired 4 years ago

10 Episodes

Episode 1Benford’s Law10 min
Frank Benford observed that the number one seems to pop up a lot in both in the supermarket and on tax bills. In understanding this law, it helps to simply look at the world from a different perspective.
Episode 2Newton and the Infinitesimal Calculation10 min
Speed is such a common term that it's easy to forget how much of a role maths plays in understanding it. Until three or four centuries ago, there was no speed at all. It was only since the Renaissance that the concept of movement crept into the world of mathematics, thanks to calculus and Isaac Newton.
Episode 3To Infinity, and Beyond10 min
A circle is also a triangle and a triangle is a square. Sound impossible? Not in the realm of topology, which even applies to 3-dimensional spaces and anything from donuts, UFOs and potatoes. The discipline's inventor, Henri Poincaré, created one of the most difficult problems in mathematics.
Episode 4On the Road to Infinity10 min
In this episode of our travels in the land of maths, we are heading towards Infinity. And even beyond, because infinity comes in many sizes. That may seem strange, but Georg Kantor and his set theory will help us come to terms with this maths concept of dizzying scale.
Episode 5Gödel’s Theorem10 min
In this episode, we look at the relationship between maths and truth. Maths is meant to be certain, either right or wrong. Turns out, it’s not that simple. For Gödel's theorem has proved that there are “undecidable” theories, which one can neither prove nor disprove.