11 Oct 2021 14:00 - 15:00 Seminar Why believe in a mathematical statement for which there is no proof ? (I) Timothy Gowers The philosophy of mathematical practice 11 Oct 2021 14:00 - 15:00 Share Facebook Linkedin Copy url Audio-visual RSS
Monday 11 October 2021 Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot Open to all 14:00 - 15:00 Skip youtube video player Listen to audio Abstract Even if we can't prove a mathematical proposition, we can assess the probability that it is true. But what is the rational basis for such judgments? Speaker(s) Timothy Gowers Professor at the Collège de France Events Previous Lecture 11 Oct 2021 10:00 - 12:00 Timothy Gowers Arithmetic progressions of length 3 (I) Seminar 11 Oct 2021 14:00 - 15:00 Timothy Gowers Why believe in a mathematical statement for which there is no proof ? (I) Lecture 18 Oct 2021 10:00 - 12:00 Timothy Gowers Arithmetic progressions of length 3 (II) Seminar 18 Oct 2021 14:00 - 15:00 Timothy Gowers Why believe in a mathematical statement for which there is no proof ? (II) Lecture 25 Oct 2021 10:00 - 12:00 Timothy Gowers The theory of sums of sets of integers (I) Seminar 25 Oct 2021 14:00 - 15:00 Valeria Giardino et Frédéric Patras The role of diagrams in mathematical practice Lecture 8 Nov 2021 10:00 - 12:00 Timothy Gowers The theory of sums of sets of integers (II) Seminar 8 Nov 2021 14:00 - 15:00 Michael Harris What can be said about the mechanization of mathematics? Lecture 15 Nov 2021 10:00 - 12:00 Timothy Gowers Dependent random selection Seminar 15 Nov 2021 14:00 - 15:00 Kevin Buzzard What is Proof? Lecture 22 Nov 2021 10:00 - 12:00 Timothy Gowers Introduction to non-abelian theory Seminar 22 Nov 2021 14:00 - 15:00 Yves André Can we think without concepts in mathematics ?… Next See also Lecture related to the seminar: Linear additive Combinatorics Timothy Gowers, chair Combinatorics The philosophy of mathematical practice
Seminar 11 Oct 2021 14:00 - 15:00 Timothy Gowers Why believe in a mathematical statement for which there is no proof ? (I)
Seminar 18 Oct 2021 14:00 - 15:00 Timothy Gowers Why believe in a mathematical statement for which there is no proof ? (II)
Seminar 25 Oct 2021 14:00 - 15:00 Valeria Giardino et Frédéric Patras The role of diagrams in mathematical practice
Seminar 8 Nov 2021 14:00 - 15:00 Michael Harris What can be said about the mechanization of mathematics?