ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Arthur Benjamin - Mathemagician
Using daring displays of algorithmic trickery, lightning calculator and number wizard Arthur Benjamin mesmerizes audiences with mathematical mystery and beauty.

Why you should listen

Arthur Benjamin makes numbers dance. In his day job, he's a professor of math at Harvey Mudd College; in his other day job, he's a "Mathemagician," taking the stage in his tuxedo to perform high-speed mental calculations, memorizations and other astounding math stunts. It's part of his drive to teach math and mental agility in interesting ways, following in the footsteps of such heroes as Martin Gardner.

Benjamin is the co-author, with Michael Shermer, of Secrets of Mental Math (which shares his secrets for rapid mental calculation), as well as the co-author of the MAA award-winning Proofs That Really Count: The Art of Combinatorial Proof. For a glimpse of his broad approach to math, see the list of research talks on his website, which seesaws between high-level math (such as his "Vandermonde's Determinant and Fibonacci SAWs," presented at MIT in 2004) and engaging math talks for the rest of us ("An Amazing Mathematical Card Trick").

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Arthur Benjamin: Teach statistics before calculus!

Artur Benjaminin riyaziyyat təhsilini dəyişəcək formulası

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Bir çox şəxslər hər zaman riyaziyyat müəllimindən soruşur: " Mən həyatımda riyazi analizdən istifadə edəcəyəm mi?". Və bir çoxlarımız üçün bunun cavabı yox-dur. O rəqəmsal dövrə uyğun olacaq riyaziyyat təhsilinə uyğunlaşmaq üçün çox cəsarətli bir təklif irəli sürür.
- Mathemagician
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Now, if President Obama
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invited me to be the next Czar of Mathematics,
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məni yeni Riyaziyyat Çarı olmağa dəvət etsəydi,
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then I would have a suggestion for him
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mənim ona təklifim olardı
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that I think would vastly improve
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hansı ki düşünürəm ölkədə
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the mathematics education in this country.
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riyazziyat təhsilini kökündən dəyişərdi
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And it would be easy to implement
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Və bunu reallaşdırmaq çox asan
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and inexpensive.
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və ucuz olardı
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The mathematics curriculum that we have
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Mövcud riyaziyyat təhsilinin
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is based on a foundation of arithmetic and algebra.
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əsası hesablama və cəbrdir
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And everything we learn after that
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Ardınca öyrəndiyimiz hər şey
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is building up towards one subject.
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yalnız bir predmetə istiqamətlənir
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And at top of that pyramid, it's calculus.
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Və bu piramidanın zirvəsi riyazi analizdir.
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And I'm here to say
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Mən demək istəyirəm ki
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that I think that that is the wrong summit of the pyramid ...
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məncə bu piramidanın düzgün zirvəsi deyildir
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that the correct summit -- that all of our students,
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və bütün tələbələr,
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every high school graduate should know --
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məktəb məzunları bilməlidir ki
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should be statistics:
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zirvə statitika olmalıdır
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probability and statistics.
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ehtimal və statitika
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(Applause)
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(Alqışlar)
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I mean, don't get me wrong. Calculus is an important subject.
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Məni düzgün başa düşün. Riyazi analiz çox vacib predmetdir
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It's one of the great products of the human mind.
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Bu insan ağlının ən dahiyanə məhsullarından biridir.
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The laws of nature are written in the language of calculus.
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Təbiətin qanunları riyazi analiz dilində yazılmışdır.
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And every student who studies math, science, engineering, economics,
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Riyaziyyat, texniki elmlər və iqtisadiyyatı öyrənən hər bir tələbə
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they should definitely learn calculus
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şübhəsiz, universitet təhsilinin
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by the end of their freshman year of college.
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birinci ilinin sonunda riyazi analizi öyrənməlidir.
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But I'm here to say, as a professor of mathematics,
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Lakin mən bir riyaziyyat professoru kimi deməliyəm ki,
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that very few people actually use calculus
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çox az adam gündəlik həyatında riyazi analizdən
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in a conscious, meaningful way, in their day-to-day lives.
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şüurla, tam mənada istifadə edir.
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On the other hand,
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Digər tərəfdən,
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statistics -- that's a subject that you could,
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statistika elə bir predmetdir ki, siz ondan
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and should, use on daily basis. Right?
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hər gün istifadə edə bilərsiniz və etməlisiniz. Doğrudurmu?
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It's risk. It's reward. It's randomness.
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Bu riskdir. Mükafatdır. Təsadüfilikdir.
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It's understanding data.
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Bu rəqəmlərin dərk edilməsidir.
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I think if our students, if our high school students --
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Məncə, bizim məktəb şagirdləri, tələbələri -
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if all of the American citizens --
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bütün Amerika vətəndaşları -
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knew about probability and statistics,
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ehtimal və statistika haqqında təsəvvürlərə malik olsaydı,
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we wouldn't be in the economic mess that we're in today. (Laughter) (Applause)
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biz bugün iqtisadi durğunluq yaşamazdıq.
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Not only -- thank you -- not only that ...
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Yalnız bu deyil - təşəkkür - yalnız bu yox
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but if it's taught properly, it can be a lot of fun.
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əgər düzgün tədris edilsə bu çox əyləncəli də ola bilər
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I mean, probability and statistics,
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Mən ehtimal və statistikanı nəzərdə tuturam,
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it's the mathematics of games and gambling.
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bu oyunların və qumarın riyaziyyatıdır.
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It's analyzing trends. It's predicting the future.
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Bu tendensiyaların analizidir, gələcəyin öncədən xəbər verilməsidir.
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Look, the world has changed
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Bir baxın, dünya analoq formadan
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from analog to digital.
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rəqəmsal formaya keçir.
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And it's time for our mathematics curriculum to change
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Artıq riyazi təhsilin də analoq formasından
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from analog to digital,
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rəqəmsal formasına keçməyinin əsl vaxtıdır.
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from the more classical, continuous mathematics,
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Daha klassik kəsilməz riyaziyyatdan,
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to the more modern, discrete mathematics --
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daha müasir diskret riyaziyyata.
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the mathematics of uncertainty,
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Qeyri-müəyyənliklər,
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of randomness, of data --
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ehtimallar və verilənlər riyaziyyatına -
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that being probability and statistics.
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Bu isə ehtimal nəzəriyyəsi və statistikadır.
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In summary, instead of our students
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Xülasə, mən düşünürəm ki,bizim tələbələr
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learning about the techniques of calculus,
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riyazi analiz üsullarını öyrənmək əvəzinə
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I think it would be far more significant
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onların orta qiymətdən üç siqma meylinin
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if all of them knew what two standard deviations
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nə olduğunu bilmələri
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from the mean means. And I mean it.
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daha çox vacibdir. Və, mən bunu demək istəyirdim.
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Thank you very much.
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Çox sağ olun.
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Translated by Vugar Rustamli
Reviewed by Kanan Karimzada

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Arthur Benjamin - Mathemagician
Using daring displays of algorithmic trickery, lightning calculator and number wizard Arthur Benjamin mesmerizes audiences with mathematical mystery and beauty.

Why you should listen

Arthur Benjamin makes numbers dance. In his day job, he's a professor of math at Harvey Mudd College; in his other day job, he's a "Mathemagician," taking the stage in his tuxedo to perform high-speed mental calculations, memorizations and other astounding math stunts. It's part of his drive to teach math and mental agility in interesting ways, following in the footsteps of such heroes as Martin Gardner.

Benjamin is the co-author, with Michael Shermer, of Secrets of Mental Math (which shares his secrets for rapid mental calculation), as well as the co-author of the MAA award-winning Proofs That Really Count: The Art of Combinatorial Proof. For a glimpse of his broad approach to math, see the list of research talks on his website, which seesaws between high-level math (such as his "Vandermonde's Determinant and Fibonacci SAWs," presented at MIT in 2004) and engaging math talks for the rest of us ("An Amazing Mathematical Card Trick").

More profile about the speaker
Arthur Benjamin | Speaker | TED.com

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