Hobgoblins in Our Equations
Gödel’s Lost Letter and P=NP 2019-11-01
Summary:
With consequences for physics Britannica source Paul Painlevé was a French mathematician who specialized in classical mechanics. He is known for a conjecture in 1895 about anomalies in Isaac Newton’s equations that was proved in 1988. Tonight, Ken and I celebrate Halloween with some mathematical horrors that may have real physical consequences. Painlevé is also […]