Lecture, Barnard's Inn Hall, Wednesday, 4 Jun 2025 - 18:00
Sum Stories: Equations and their Origins
How long is the coastline of Britain? What is a rhombicuboctahedron? Which US president proved Pythagoras’s theorem?
These and many other intriguing questions are addressed in this lecture on renowned mathematical equations and their history. The selected equations span various areas of mathematics and cover a timeline of 4000 years, from early geometry to fractal art.
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