BBC Four - The Story of Maths

Series about the history of mathematics

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To Infinity and Beyond

4/4 Marcus du Sautoy examines unsolved problems that confronted 20th-century mathematicians.

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Tue 10 Apr 2012 01:00 BBC Four

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The continuum hypothesis Duration: 02:41 To Infinity and Beyond
Indian mathematicians and discoveries in trigonometry Duration: 02:20 The Genius of the East
Isaac Newton and the invention of calculus Duration: 03:01 The Frontiers of Space
Solving simultaneous equations - using plums and peaches in China Duration: 03:08 The Genius of the East
Cantor and the mathematics of infinity Duration: 03:06 To Infinity and Beyond
Islamic mathematics and the invention of algebra Duration: 03:07 The Genius of the East

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Marcus du Sautoy looks at fundamental mathematics and shows how numbers underpin the universe.
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