Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón: Math is forever
Eduardo Saenss de Kabesons: Matemātika ir mūžīga
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the question comes up,
"Un ar ko tu nodarbojies?"
your job is interesting,
jūs viņai sakāt: "Esmu matemātiķis."
(Laughter)
viens no diviem apgalvojumiem:
bet tā nebija mana vaina,
but it wasn't my fault.
was awful." (Laughter)
no matemātikas?"
they're not asking you
matemātisko zinātņu pielietojumu.
of mathematical science.
ko pēc tam nekad neizmantoju?"
I never used in my life again? (Laughter)
kāds ir matemātikas pielietojums,
what math is for,
ieņem uzbrūkošu pozīciju,
will assume an attacking position,
ieņem aizsardzības pozīciju.
will take a defensive position.
kuriem sevi pieskaitu es.
among which I include myself.
ka šis jautājums ir bezjēdzīgs,
who would tell you
have a meaning all their own --
pielietošanas iespējas.
for all possible applications.
Kāda ir mīlestības jēga?
What's the use of love?
Kas tas vispār par jautājumu?
What kind of question is that?
ir šāda uzbrukuma paraugs.
of this type of attack.
matemātika ir visa pamatā.
math is behind everything."
piesauc tiltus un datorus.
bridges and computers.
tavs tilts sabruks.
your bridge will collapse."
viena vienīga matemātika.
have also started saying
un kredītkaršu pamatā ir pirmskaitļi.
and credit cards are prime numbers.
matemātikas skolotājs, ja pajautāsiet.
would give you if you asked him.
nav jābūt noderīgai,
doesn't need to have a purpose,
ka tā ir visa pamatā?
is behind everything we do?
kas saka vēl ko citu, vai ne?
claiming something else?
kāda ir matemātikas jēga.
76.34 percent of you asked the question,
to serve a purpose,
a beautiful structure, a logical one,
viens no lielākajiem panākumiem,
of the greatest collective efforts
savas pastāvēšanas laikā.
ka zinātnieki un speciālisti,
are looking for mathematical theories
modeļus, kas ļautu tiem tikt uz priekšu,
kas to visu padara iespējamu.
which permeates everything.
somewhat deeper,
pār intuīciju un radošumu.
and tames creativity.
ir pārsteigts, uzzinot,
who hasn't heard this before
that if you take
tādu, kā lietojam ikdienā,
the size we normally use,
lai, to salokot 50 reizes,
fold it 50 times,
attālumu no Zemes līdz Saulei.
the distance from the Earth to the sun.
Izrēķiniet un redzēsit, ka tā ir taisnība.
visas zinātnes vienīgā jēga ir tā,
of science, only makes sense
brīnišķīgo pasauli, kurā dzīvojam,
this beautiful world we live in.
of this painful world we live in.
in this way quite directly.
pa gabalu, mazliet ar skaudību,
with envy sometimes,
what supports them.
ir visas pamata zinātnes,
support them,
padara zinātni par zinātni.
is the rigor of math.
jo matemātikas rezultāti ir mūžīgi.
because its results are eternal.
at some point
vai dzirdējuši sakām,
your definition of forever!
ko saprotam ar "mūžīgi".
I assure you it's true. (Laughter)
Pitagora teorēma joprojām būtu spēkā.
would still be true.
un kārtīga hipotenūza,
and a good hypotenuse get together
It works like crazy.
to come up with theorems.
teorēmu – mūžīgo patiesību – veidošanai.
the difference between
un kas – tikai pieņēmums.
and a mere conjecture.
liels, milzīgs, bezgalīgs laukums.
enormous, infinite field.
tā, lai nepaliek neviens caurums.
without leaving any gaps.
Apļus gan ne, paliks tukšumiņi.
Not circles, those leave little gaps.
bet kuras malas būtu vismazākās.
but has a smaller border.
said the best is to use hexagons,
sešstūrus, kā to dara bites.
aiziet, sešstūri, uz priekšu!"
Let's go with hexagons!"
vien izteica pieņēmumu: "Sešstūri!"
it remained a conjecture.
papiniekos un antipapiniekos,
split into Pappists and anti-Pappists,
the best shape to use was the hexagon.
medus kāres teorēmu,
the honeycomb theorem,
you may have. (Laughter)
to three dimensions?
ja pārejam trīs dimensijās?
ar vienādām figūrām,
with equal pieces,
(Laughter)
Kelvin degrees and all,
nosaukti grādi un vēl viss kaut kas,
nošķeltu oktaedru...
a truncated octahedron
octahedron at home? (Laughter)
Kaut vai plastmasas.
mums ir viesi!
we're having guests."
(Laughter)
Kelvin's conjecture.
Kelvinists and anti-Kelvinists
kelvinistos un antikelvinistos.
mazliet vairāk nekā simt gadu vēlāk –
atklāja šitādu lietiņu
found this little thing over here --
the very clever name
bet tik dīvaina tā nemaz nav,
but it isn't so strange,
tās ģeometrisko īpašību dēļ
for the Beijing Olympic Games.
astoņas zelta medaļas
won eight gold medals,
comes along, right?
kad atradīsies kāds vēl labāks.
with the Weaire-Phelan structure.
until something better shows up.
really stands a chance
kaut vai pēc 1700 gadiem,
or even if it's in 1700 years,
it's the best possible shape for the job.
mūžīgu patiesību uz mūžīgiem laikiem.
a truth, forever and ever.
ka mīlēsiet viņu mūžīgi,
ka mīlēsiet viņu mūžīgi mūžos,
that you'll love them forever and ever,
nepaliek tikai kā hipotēze.
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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