The documentary film "History of Mathematics" takes viewers on a fascinating journey through time to explore the evolution of mathematics in various civilizations. From ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to Greece, China, India, and the Middle East, the film highlights the contributions of prominent mathematicians and their impact on the field.

The film delves into the use of decimal systems, the invention of the number zero and the concept of infinity, the creation of algebra, and the spread of Eastern knowledge to the West. With a combination of historical footage, expert interviews, and breathtaking visuals, this documentary brings to life the rich history of mathematics and its role in shaping the world we live in today..

1:20 - Mathematics in Egypt
19:30 - Mathematics in Mesopotamia
35:21 - Mathematics in Greece
54:21 - Mathematics in China
1:10:08 - Mathematics in India
1:35:36 - Mathematics in Europe

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Quanta Magazine’s mathematics coverage in 2023 included landmark results in Ramsey theory and a remarkably simple aperiodic tile capped a year of mathematical delight and discovery.

Read about more math breakthroughs from this year at Quanta Magazine: https://www.quantamagazine.org..../the-biggest-discove

00:05 Ramsey Numbers
One of the biggest mathematical discoveries of the past year was in graph theory where the proof of a new, tighter upper bound to Ramsey numbers. These numbers measure the size that graphs must reach before inevitably containing structures called cliques. The discovery, announced in March, was the first advance of its type since 1935.
- Original story with links to research papers can be found here: https://www.quantamagazine.org..../after-nearly-a-cent

06:21 Aperiodic Monotile
The most attention-getting result of the year was the discovery of a new kind of tile that covers the plane but only in a pattern that never repeats. A two-tile combination that does this has been known since the 1970s, but the single tile, discovered by a hobbyist named David Smith and announced in March, has been a sensation.
CORRECTION: In the video, the image presented as the 'turtle' tile is in fact a rotated 'spectre' tile. To see the correct version of the turtle tile, you can visit Dave Smith's webpage: https://hedraweb.wordpress.com..../2023/03/23/its-a-sh
- Original story with links to research papers can be found here: https://www.quantamagazine.org..../hobbyist-finds-math
- Build your own aperiodic tiling patterns with Kaplan's online tool: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/hat/h7h8.html

14:20 Three Arithmetic Progressions
Two computer scientists, Zander Kelley and Raghu Meka, stunned mathematicians with news of an out-of-left-field breakthrough on an old combinatorics question: How many integers can you throw into a bucket while making sure that no three of them form an evenly spaced progression? Kelley and Meka smashed a long-standing upper bound on the number of integers smaller than some cap N that could be put in the bucket without creating such a pattern.
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