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A series of lectures on computing mathematics, delivered by Tony Mann: Arithmetic by Computer and by Human; How Computers Get It Wrong: 2 + 2 = 5; Proof by Computer and Proof by Human; User Error: Why It's Not Your Fault; Finding Stable Matches
249 years, 11 months
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The Mathematics of Computer Dating; Might As Well Toss a Coin: How Random Numbers Help Us Find Exact Solutions; This Lecture will Surprise You: When Logic is Illogical; When Math doesn't Work: What We Learn from the Prisoner's Dilemma; and Two Losses Make a Win: How a Physicists Surprised Mathematicians.
Professor Tony Mann has taught mathematics and computing at the University of Greenwich for over twenty years. He was President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics from 2008 to 2011 and is editor of the Newsletter of the London Mathematical Society. (from gresham.ac.uk)
Course Currilcum
- 1. Arithmetic by Computer and by Human Unlimited
- 2. How Computers Get It Wrong: 2 + 2 = 5 Unlimited
- 3. Proof by Computer and Proof by Human Unlimited
- 4. User Error: Why It’s not Your Fault Unlimited
- 5. Finding Stable Matches: The Mathematics of Computer Dating Unlimited
- 6. Might As Well Toss a Coin: How Random Numbers Help Us Find Exact Solutions Unlimited
- 7. This Lecture will Surprise You: When Logic is Illogical Unlimited
- 8. When Math doesn’t Work: What We Learn from the Prisoner’s Dilemma Unlimited
- 9. Two Losses Make a Win: How a Physicists Surprised Mathematicians Unlimited
