The Royal Institution
Is there still room for an individual genius in modern mathematics? Is the blackboard still the best tool for explaining maths? How should education be changed to promote greater creativity?
Cédric Villani answers questions following his talk. Watch the main talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og08pJT1SZY
Where does a mathematician’s inspiration come from? Fields Medal winner Cédric Villani takes us on a fantastical adventure through the beautiful, mysterious world of mathematics.
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What goes on inside the mind of a mathematician? Where does inspiration come from? Fields Medal winner Cédric Villani combines passion and imagination to take us on a fantastical adventure through the beautiful, mysterious world of mathematics.
Cédric Villani is a French Mathematician who was awarded the prestigious Fields Medal in 2010 – an award often viewed as the highest honour a mathematician can receive.
He is also a member of the Science and Technology Advisory Council and stands out for his sense of fashion.
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C'est admirable! Grand merci a Cédric Villani! Vive la mathématiques!
Thank you, Cédric, you're great, very interesting lecture indeed.
Such brilliant people you invite, The Royal Institution, please go on, and Thank You.
Finally, a mathematician with flair!
Professor Villani is amazing.
The next Doctor Who?
haha the last comment was a great ending to an amazing lecture!
I must admit that a whiteboard is all I wanted for my 20th :p
…and on that bombshell
Haha love how he puts his shoes back on at the end.
On the subject of super computers tackling computation problems: only the solution will be looked for while everything else will be ignored; and, thus that hidden beauty will be overlooked.
I've never seen someone who answers the questions as good as that.
At 20:37 you can see that he is not wearing shoes, and then at the 24:00 he puts them on. New pair maybe?
Never presume the mathematician with a spider has stopped answering a question…
Spider – Victorian sympbol meaning wisdom. Hard work recognized. Prudent.
can someone pls tell me what are the 7 things about research that cedric has told…
This guy really could talk about any intellectual subject lol. He truly is remarkable in the way he is not only a mathematical genius, but, has retained knowledge from many other subjects along the way.
A fantastic lecture! His answers were all very thoughtful, but I feel that he didn't answer the very last one! The question was about the inevitability of mathematical theorems, or in other words, his opinion on whether math is created or discovered. I would have loved to hear his thoughts on it!
Complete genius.
5:33 DrPhysicsA?
Still searching YouTube for math help? Are the videos from 2006 ….. really helping?
Hera are some theories about the spider:
1. Cedric likes to look like a 1860s poet rock star, and that is the way to go.
2. In a web he will be the one controlling it.
3. A cannibalistic mate is a fantasy. Haha, all is fair, if you want new input;-)
4. By fucking with the spider's legs he provokes you to think differently.
5. Spiders have math in them, and also art.
Thank you so much for this talk! Merci!
It's a paradox of perceptions that the Actuality of Mathematical Abstractions is the natural occurring environment of probability in potential possibility oscillation positioning of Time Timing in Eternity-now Hologram. Ie more "real" than material matters that are "manifestations" of physical-mathematical assemblies.
If the "mathematically-active, actuality-universe" is temporal superposition, then structure is the spectrum of information expanded from a vanishing point, now, in steps of primes composed of e-Pi Quantum-interference, in which these primes oscillate between the resonance harmonics, in terms of subprime cofactors, so turbulence and entropy are possible psudo-randomness, in probability patterns recognized by Navier-Stokes and Boltzman. The rest is history/commentary?
Even I hate approximationssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
He speaks and explains so well.
His idea on policy making is very clear and balanced.
Interesting and insightful. Not sure if fullBoltzmann equation will be solved in the next few decades.
Master and Slave Dialectic? Dear God Villani knows basic Hegel, what a guy!
Von neumann was the last person who knew math not Poincare