Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón: Math is forever
Eduardo Sanc de Kabeson (Eduardo Saenz de Cabezon): Matematika je večna
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u kafiću ili diskoteci,
vremena u razgovoru dođete do:
the question comes up,
your job is interesting,
(Laughter)
neizbežno se
jedna od ove dve fraze:
ali ne mojom krivicom,
but it wasn't my fault.
(Smeh)
was awful." (Laughter)
they're not asking you
of mathematical science.
koje nikada više neću koristiti?" (Smeh)
I never used in my life again? (Laughter)
čemu služi matematika,
what math is for,
zauzima napadački stav,
will assume an attacking position,
will take a defensive position.
među kojima se svrstavam.
among which I include myself.
koji će vam reći da to pitanje
who would tell you
sama po sebi ima smisao,
have a meaning all their own --
sopstvenu logiku koja se izgrađuje
stalno tražiti moguće primene.
for all possible applications.
What's the use of love?
Kakvo je to pitanje? (Smeh)
What kind of question is that?
predstavnik takvog napada.
of this type of attack.
se nalazi u osnovi svega. (Smeh)
math is behind everything."
navode mostove i kompjutere.
bridges and computers.
srušiće vam se most. (Smeh)
your bridge will collapse."
have also started saying
and credit cards are prime numbers.
nalaze primarni brojevi.
vaš profesor matematike ako ga pitate.
would give you if you asked him.
ne mora da služi ničemu,
doesn't need to have a purpose,
da je ona u stvari u osnovi svega?
is behind everything we do?
koji tvrde drugačije, zar ne?
claiming something else?
pitajte me čemu služi matematika.
76.34 percent of you asked the question,
ne znam šta rade.
istina je da matematika
to serve a purpose,
da je ona dragocena logička struktura,
a beautiful structure, a logical one,
kolektivnih nastojanja
of the greatest collective efforts
u svojoj istoriji.
da mesto na kome naučnici i tehničari
are looking for mathematical theories
modele koji im omogućavaju da napreduju,
koja prožima sve.
which permeates everything.
somewhat deeper,
kreativnost, a matematika
and tames creativity.
za to ranije, iznenade se da, kada uzmete
who hasn't heard this before
that if you take
onaj koji normalno koristimo,
the size we normally use,
tako da ga možete presaviti 50 puta,
fold it 50 times,
jednaka udaljenosti Zemlje od Sunca.
the distance from the Earth to the sun.
Izračunajte i videćete da je moguće.
ima smisla samo zbog toga
of science, only makes sense
ovaj prelepi svet u kome živimo.
this beautiful world we live in.
pomaže nam da izbegnemo zamke
of this painful world we live in.
koje ovo direktno primenjuju.
in this way quite directly.
ponekad i sa zavišću,
with envy sometimes,
what supports them.
support them,
jeste strogost matematike.
is the rigor of math.
jer su njeni rezultati večni.
because its results are eternal.
ili vam je neko nekada rekao
at some point
your definition of forever!
(Smeh)
I assure you it's true. (Laughter)
Pitagorina teorema bi bila istinita.
would still be true.
sa jednom dobrom hipotenuzom, (Smeh)
and a good hypotenuse get together
na najvišem nivou. (Aplauz)
It works like crazy.
to come up with theorems.
stvaranju teorema.
Ali nije uvek tako lako znati
the difference between
a šta je samo pretpostavka.
and a mere conjecture.
veliko, ogromno, beskonačno polje.
enormous, infinite field.
ne ostavljajući razmak.
without leaving any gaps.
Krugove ne, ostavljaju praznine.
Not circles, those leave little gaps.
koji bih mogao da koristim?
ima najmanje stranice.
but has a smaller border.
da je najbolje koristiti šestouglove,
said the best is to use hexagons,
Ali to nije dokazao.
hajde, šestouglovi!"
Let's go with hexagons!"
pretpostavka, rekao je: "Šestouglovi!"
it remained a conjecture.
na papiste i antipapiste,
split into Pappists and anti-Pappists,
dokazao da su Papus
the best shape to use was the hexagon.
najbolje je koristiti šestouglove.
the honeycomb theorem,
uvek i zanavek,
(Smeh)
you may have. (Laughter)
to three dimensions?
jednakim delovima,
with equal pieces,
(Laughter)
koji bih mogao da koristim?
Kelvinovi stepeni i tako to, rekao je
Kelvin degrees and all,
skraćeni oktaedar, (Smeh)
a truncated octahedron
ovo ovde! (Aplauz)
skraćeni oktaedar kod kuće? (Smeh)
octahedron at home? (Laughter)
dolaze nam gosti.
we're having guests."
Ali Kelvin nije ovo dokazao.
(Laughter)
Kelvinova pretpostavka.
Kelvin's conjecture.
Kelvinists and anti-Kelvinists
na kalviniste i antikalviniste, (Smeh)
found this little thing over here --
veoma maštovito ime
the very clever name
ali nije tako čudan,
but it isn't so strange,
zbog svojih geometrijskih svojstava,
Centra za vodene sportove
for the Beijing Olympic Games.
8 zlatnih medalja i postao
won eight gold medals,
dok ne dođe neko bolji, zar ne?
comes along, right?
sa strukturom Veire i Felan,
with the Weaire-Phelan structure.
until something better shows up.
really stands a chance
makar bilo i za 1700 godina,
or even if it's in 1700 years,
da je ovo najbolji mogući oblik.
it's the best possible shape for the job.
istina zauvek, uvek i zanavek.
a truth, forever and ever.
nekome da ćete ga voleti zauvek, (Smeh)
ali ako želite da kažete
that you'll love them forever and ever,
poklonite mu teoremu! (Smeh)
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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