Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
Gresham College Lectures
How Mathematicians Think About Patterns
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There are many kinds of pattern in mathematics and many ways to think about them. But when it comes to visual patterns, one viewpoint stands out; symmetry.
This talk explores some basic ideas about symmetry, and shows how it helps us to understand patterns in nature - such as the markings...
This talk explores some basic ideas about symmetry, and shows how it helps us to understand patterns in nature - such as the markings...