Alex Kontorovich on the Absolute Truth of Pure Math

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

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Pure Mathematicians, I Love the Proof

01:49 • 2min

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Pure Math - The Absolutism of It

03:35 • 2min

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Euclid's Theorems

05:54 • 2min

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How to Prove Parallel Postulate From Other Geometries?

07:53 • 2min

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Euclid's Fifth Postulate

09:41 • 2min

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Flying From New York to Rome

11:33 • 2min

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Is There Parallel Lines on the Surface of Our Curved Earth?

14:00 • 2min

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Is Mathematics an Invention or a Discovery?

15:51 • 2min

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The Philosophy of Absolute Truth

18:07 • 2min

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I've Defended My Thesis, Ah, That Had Never Been Published, and She Gave It to Me

20:01 • 2min

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How to Get to the Top of a Mathematical Field

21:35 • 2min

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You're Showin' Your Age There

23:06 • 2min

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Is That What You're Gonna Say to Day Yr?

24:44 • 4min

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X I Z - I'm Not Getting This Membership

29:09 • 2min

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The Mathematics of Wine Glasses and Champagne Flutes

31:02 • 2min

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The Three Wine Glasses

33:07 • 2min

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The Arithmetic Properties of Circles

34:47 • 2min

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Numbers, Geometry and Arithmetic Have Now Collided

36:23 • 2min

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The Curvilinear Triangle

38:09 • 2min

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The Local Global Conjecture

40:08 • 1min

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The State of the Art Theorem

41:38 • 2min

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Theorem: Almost All Numbers Are Squares

43:51 • 2min

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Is There an Infinite Number of Counter Examples?

45:35 • 2min

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What's the Point of a College Education?

47:41 • 3min

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I Love Chess, but I Don't Want to Watch Harry Potter Movies

50:55 • 2min

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How to Overcome Adversity

53:01 • 2min

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The Grotendek Method of Solving Math Problems

55:06 • 3min