The Kepler Conjecture, or How to Store Your Cannonballs

Journey into Maths Country Season 2 Episode 7

Overview:
When mathematics tells us the best way to stack oranges...

Formulated in 1611, Kepler's conjecture was finally proved by Thomas Hales... in 1998! Using computational methods unorthodox for his colleagues. The certification of mathematical demonstrations is an arduous and tedious process.

Genre : Documentary

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Release Date : 2023-10-10

Duration : 10 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 2)

The Monty Hall Problem
1. The Monty Hall Problem
Simpson's Paradox
2. Simpson's Paradox
Non-Euclidean Geometries
3. Non-Euclidean Geometries
Planar Tessellations
4. Planar Tessellations
Graph Theory
5. Graph Theory
Alicia Boole in the Land of Polytopes
6. Alicia Boole in the Land of Polytopes
The Kepler Conjecture, or How to Store Your Cannonballs
7. The Kepler Conjecture, or How to Store Your Cannonballs
Chaos Theory or Order in Disorder
8. Chaos Theory or Order in Disorder
Kovaleskaya's Spinning Top or The Best Way to Spin
9. Kovaleskaya's Spinning Top or The Best Way to Spin
Entscheidungsproblem: The End of Mathematics?
10. Entscheidungsproblem: The End of Mathematics?

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