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Alternative Proofs and Why We Seek Them

Alternative Proofs and Why We Seek Them

FromThe Art of Mathematics


Alternative Proofs and Why We Seek Them

FromThe Art of Mathematics

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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Apr 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Joseph Bennish discusses two famous theorems, proved long ago, and some modern alternative proofs. Why would we bother reproving something that was confirmed thousands of years ago? The answers are insight, aesthetics, and opening up surprising new areas of investigation.

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Released:
Apr 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Conversations, explorations, conjectures solved and unsolved, mathematicians and beautiful mathematics. No math background required.