パンサー尾形貴弘が数学の難問を大真面目に解説する「笑わない数学」。最終回のテーマは「ガロア理論」。革命下のパリ、20歳の天才青年が残した遺稿が数学を変えた!
19世紀前半、パリの若き革命家として知られたエヴァリスト・ガロア。王政打倒に励むかたわら、「第2の数学の夜明け」とも呼べる偉大な理論を誰にも理解されることなく孤独に育んでいた。死の前夜に書き上げた遺稿は、のちに現代数学の扉を開くことになる。心が震えるほど美しく、それでいて抽象的でとらえどころのない理論の核を今回ビジュアル化。カギを握る「対称性」という概念とは?不遇の天才ガロアの物語と共に紹介!
Panther Takahiro Ogata explains difficult mathematical problems in a very serious manner in "Mathematics without Laughing". The theme of the last episode is "Galois Theory." In Paris during the Revolution, a posthumous manuscript left by a 20-year-old genius changed mathematics! Evariste Galois was known as a young revolutionary in Paris in the first half of the 19th century. While working hard to overthrow the monarchy, he nurtured his great theory, which could be called the "second dawn of mathematics," in solitude, without anyone understanding it. The posthumous manuscript he wrote on the eve of his death would later open the door to modern mathematics. This time, the heart-stirringly beautiful, yet abstract and illusive core of his theory is visualized in this episode. What is the key concept of "symmetry"? The story of Galois, the ill-fated genius of mathematics, is featured.