AweSums
Presentation Slides [2021]
Presentations for the lectures given by Prof Peter Lynch in the course
AweSums are in two forms.
- The files under "Presentation" are in full colour, with slide build-ups.
- The files under "Print Version" are in Black and White.
The Presentation slides are best for viewing on-screen. The Print Versions are more compact.
They can be printed with multiple slides to a page, typically with six slides per sheet.
| Lecture |
Content |
Presentation |
Print Version |
| 0 |
Taster Lecture |
PDF |
PDF |
| 1 |
Introduction. Spirals. Golden Ratio. Visual Maths I. |
PDF |
PDF |
| 2 |
Beginning of Numbers. Shackleton. Babylon. Georg Cantor. Set Theory.
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PDF |
PDF |
| 3 |
Nippur Tablet. Cutting the Plane. Set Theory II. Infinite Sets.
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PDF |
PDF |
| 4 |
Hilbert's Hotel. Topology I. The Pythagoreans.
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PDF |
PDF |
| 4A |
Extra: Introduction to Numerical Weather Prediction.
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PDF |
N/A |
| 5 |
Quadrivium. Irrationals. Astronomy-I. Real Number Line.
Pascal's Triangle. |
PDF |
PDF |
| 6 |
Euler's Gem. Cantor's Theorem. Astronomy-II. Parity of Rationals. |
PDF |
PDF |
| 7 |
Gauss. Prime Numbers. Random Numbers. Topology III. Hilbert. |
PDF |
PDF |
| 8 |
Möbius Band. Mössner's Magic. Sieve of Eratosthenes. Hilbert's 23. |
PDF |
PDF |
| 8A |
Extra: Music and Maths: Symmetry and Symbiosis. |
PDF |
N/A |
Additional Links, Files, Etc.
Below are links to additional files relevant to the course.
- Maths Means Nothing if we Don't Know where the Sums Come From.
Article by Piers Bursill-Hall in The Sunday Times, 7 November 2021.
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