{"id":16715,"date":"2020-10-16T00:30:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T23:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=16715"},"modified":"2020-10-16T02:21:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T01:21:00","slug":"a-mathematical-mystery-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=16715","title":{"rendered":"A Mathematical Mystery Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"112\" data-attachment-id=\"16726\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?attachment_id=16726\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/A_Mathematical_Mystery_Tour_a_s.png\" data-orig-size=\"1445,158\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A_Mathematical_Mystery_Tour_a_s\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/A_Mathematical_Mystery_Tour_a_s-1024x112.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/A_Mathematical_Mystery_Tour_a_s-1024x112.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/A_Mathematical_Mystery_Tour_a_s-1024x112.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/A_Mathematical_Mystery_Tour_a_s-300x33.png 300w, https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/A_Mathematical_Mystery_Tour_a_s-768x84.png 768w, https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/A_Mathematical_Mystery_Tour_a_s.png 1445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a 1984 BBC Horizon documentary looking at the greatest unsolved problems in mathematics. Featuring interviews with many modern mathematicians, this documentary also looks at the history of maths and some of if it&#8217;s major players from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Euclid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Euclid<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bertrand_Russell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bertrand Russell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"EXLDetailsDisplayVal\">Explores the world of pure mathematics and some of the classical problems that elude solution or proof, even after several hundred years. (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fermat%27s_Last_Theorem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fermat&#8217;s last theorem<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goldbach%27s_conjecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goldbach conjecture<\/a> are among two discussed.) Mathematicians explain that new theorems are continually reshaping mathematics, including <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_theorems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go\u0308del&#8217;s incompleteness theorems<\/a> that showed an axiomatic system will always be incomplete and thus some statements can never be proved true or false wihout addition of more axioms. Difference of formalists and platonists is investigated. The impact of the computer is briefly examined, including the calculation of Pi to several million places.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.etsu.edu\/gardnerr\/gardner.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bob Gardner&#8217;s<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.etsu.edu\/gardnerr\/Math-Mystery-Tour\/mathematical-Mystery-Tour.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Mathematical Mystery Tour: 25th Anniversary Webpage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/pbsnovadocs\/\/A+Mathematical+Mystery+Tour+(1985).mp4\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a 1984 BBC Horizon documentary looking at the greatest unsolved problems in mathematics. 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