Presents
Mathematics,
GOD
and Nintendo
a
talk by
A/P Peter Pang
Department of Mathematics, NUS
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Colloquium
Room A (S14 #03-10) Department
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Abstract:
When I was asked to teach a mathematics module to non-specialist
students (from various Faculties across NUS) in the University Scholars Programme, I thought “isn’t this like ‘mathematics for
poets’?” As a mathematician, how would I want a poet to think of
mathematics? I started questioning myself what mathematics means to me.
Following a rather steep learning curve, I started discovering aspects
of mathematics that I had hitherto never thought about. I also
discovered that mathematics means something very different to different
mathematicians and scientists. How do I want to communicate this to
non-specialist students? I have since taught the module a few times,
and this experience is what I want to share with a general audience in this
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