List of episodes of the series «Dimensions: a walk through mathematics»
- Seasons count: 1
- Episodes count: 9
- Total viewing time: 2 h. 15 m.
Release date: 7/18/2008
Dimension Two
- Episode number: 1
- Episode duration: 15 min.
- Episode description: Hipparchus explains how two numbers can describe the position of a point on a sphere. He then explains stereographic projection: how can one draw a picture of the Earth on a piece of paper?
Release date: 7/25/2008
Dimension Three
- Episode number: 2
- Episode duration: 15 min.
- Episode description: M. C. Escher tells the adventures of two-dimensional creatures who are trying to imagine three-dimensional objects.
Release date: 8/1/2008
The fourth dimension (1)
- Episode number: 3
- Episode duration: 15 min.
- Episode description: Mathematician Ludwig Schläfli talks to us about objects in the fourth dimension and shows us a procession of regular polyhedra in dimension 4, strange objects with 24, 120 and even 600 faces!
Release date: 8/8/2008
The fourth dimension (2)
- Episode number: 4
- Episode duration: 15 min.
- Episode description: Mathematician Ludwig Schläfli talks to us about objects in the fourth dimension and shows us a procession of regular polyhedra in dimension 4, strange objects with 24, 120 and even 600 faces!
Release date: 8/15/2008
Complex Numbers (1)
- Episode number: 5
- Episode duration: 15 min.
- Episode description: Mathematician Adrien Douady explains complex numbers. The square root of negative numbers is explained in simple terms. Transforming the plane, deforming pictures, creating fractal images.
Release date: 8/22/2008
Complex Numbers (2)
- Episode number: 6
- Episode duration: 15 min.
- Episode description: Mathematician Adrien Douady explains complex numbers. The square root of negative numbers is explained in simple terms. Transforming the plane, deforming pictures, creating fractal images.
Release date: 8/29/2008
Fibration (1)
- Episode number: 7
- Episode duration: 15 min.
- Episode description: The mathematician Heinz Hopf describes his "fibration". Using complex numbers he builds beautiful arrangements of circles in space.
Release date: 9/5/2008
Fibration (2)
- Episode number: 8
- Episode duration: 15 min.
- Episode description: The mathematician Heinz Hopf describes his "fibration". Using complex numbers he builds beautiful arrangements of circles in space.
Release date: 9/12/2008
Proof
- Episode number: 9
- Episode duration: 15 min.
- Episode description: Mathematician Bernhard Riemann explains the importance of proofs in mathematics. He proves a theorem on stereographic projection.