Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón: Math is forever
에두아르도 사엔즈 데 까베존 (Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón): 수학이여 영원하라!
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the question comes up,
잠시 후에 질문이 나오겠죠.
your job is interesting,
(Laughter)
(웃음)
but it wasn't my fault.
내 잘못이 아니예요.
was awful." (Laughter)
(웃음)
뭘 위해서 배우는 거죠?"
they're not asking you
무엇 때문에 필요한 건지 묻는다면
of mathematical science.
I never used in my life again? (Laughter)
왜 공부해야 했냐는 거죠. (웃음)
what math is for,
있냐는 질문을 받을 때
will assume an attacking position,
공격적인 입장을 취하고
will take a defensive position.
방어적인 입장을 취할 것입니다.
among which I include myself.
그속에 제가 포함됩니다.
who would tell you
이렇게 말하는 수학자들입니다.
have a meaning all their own --
아름다운 체계입니다.
for all possible applications.
What's the use of love?
사랑은 어디에 씁니까?
무슨 그런 질문이 있습니까?
What kind of question is that?
이런 공격을 하는 사람이죠.
of this type of attack.
math is behind everything."
모든 것의 뒤에는 수학이 있어요."
bridges and computers.
your bridge will collapse."
다리가 무너질 거예요."
have also started saying
and credit cards are prime numbers.
질문을 한다면 이렇게 답하겠죠.
would give you if you asked him.
doesn't need to have a purpose,
is behind everything we do?
말하는 사람?
claiming something else?
이상한 0.8 %를 기억합니까?
있는지 질문하세요.
76.34 percent of you asked the question,
76.34 %는 그 질문을 했고
to serve a purpose,
a beautiful structure, a logical one,
of the greatest collective efforts
are looking for mathematical theories
which permeates everything.
수학은 모든 것에 스며들어 있습니다.
somewhat deeper,
과학 뒤에 뭐가 있는지
and tames creativity.
창의력을 길들입니다.
who hasn't heard this before
that if you take
the size we normally use,
0.1 mm 두께의 종이를
fold it 50 times,
the distance from the Earth to the sun.
거리만큼 늘어납니다.
불가능하다고 말합니다.
of science, only makes sense
this beautiful world we live in.
잘 이해하도록 하니까요.
of this painful world we live in.
함정을 피하도록 돕습니다.
in this way quite directly.
우리를 돕는 과학이 있습니다.
with envy sometimes,
멀리서 바라보는 것도 있는데
what supports them.
support them,
is the rigor of math.
과학은 수학의 적용이죠.
because its results are eternal.
그 결과가 영원하기 때문이죠.
at some point
your definition of forever!
I assure you it's true. (Laughter)
그게 참이라는 것을 확신해요. (웃음)
would still be true.
여전히 참일 것입니다.
and a good hypotenuse get together
It works like crazy.
정말 기가막히게 맞죠.
정리를 생각해냅니다.
to come up with theorems.
the difference between
and a mere conjecture.
알기가 쉽지 않습니다.
enormous, infinite field.
무한한 영역을 갖고 있어요.
without leaving any gaps.
똑같은 조각으로 덮고 싶어요.
Not circles, those leave little gaps.
원은 조그만 틈을 남기니까 안 되고요.
but has a smaller border.
작은 경계를 가지는 것이죠.
said the best is to use hexagons,
제일 좋은 방법은 벌들처럼
Let's go with hexagons!"
육각형으로 하자!"고 했습니다.
it remained a conjecture.
추측으로 남아있었죠.
split into Pappists and anti-Pappists,
파푸스 찬성파와 반대파로 나뉘었죠.
파푸스와 벌들이 옳았음을 증명했어요.
the best shape to use was the hexagon.
the honeycomb theorem,
벌집 정리가 되었고
you may have. (Laughter)
진리가 될 것입니다.(웃음)
to three dimensions?
with equal pieces,
(Laughter)
(웃음)
가장 좋은 모양일까요?
Kelvin degrees and all,
정팔면체라고 했습니다.
a truncated octahedron
octahedron at home? (Laughter)
집에 없는 분 계시나요? (웃음)
we're having guests."
손님이 올 거에요."
(Laughter)
(웃음)
Kelvin's conjecture.
Kelvinists and anti-Kelvinists
켈빈파와 반 켈빈파로 나뉘었어요.
작은 걸 찾아냈죠.
found this little thing over here --
the very clever name
아주 똑똑한 이름을 붙였죠.
but it isn't so strange,
그렇게 이상하지는 않아요.
for the Beijing Olympic Games.
수영 센터를 짓는데 사용되었어요.
won eight gold medals,
금메달 8개를 따서
comes along, right?
나타날 때까진요.
with the Weaire-Phelan structure.
until something better shows up.
그것이 최고입니다.
really stands a chance
왜냐하면 이것은 정말
or even if it's in 1700 years,
가능성이 있으니까요.
it's the best possible shape for the job.
증명할 때까지 말입니다.
a truth, forever and ever.
영원히 가겠죠.
that you'll love them forever and ever,
언제나 사랑한다고 말하고 싶다면
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón - Math educatorEduardo Sáenz de Cabezón links science with humor and stories.
Why you should listen
Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón links science with humor and stories. He studied theology and has a PhD in mathematics from the University of La Rioja. He speaks on these two topics in universities and secondary schools as a storyteller for children, youth and adults. Sáenz de Cabezón has also been a professor of Computer Information Systems, Discrete Mathematics and Algebra at the University of La Rioja since 2010.
He won the FameLab contest for scientific monologues in Spain in 2013.
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