Mermaid Garment
x=(9)3
x/3+sqrt(x)=y
y=370
∫ sin(ax) dx
- cos(ax)/a + C
Published by Euclid circa 300 BCE, this treatise was used in schools up through the 1960s.
Elements
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In this 1999 film, a brilliant janitor played by Matt Damon solves a graph theory problem on a blackboard.
Good Will Hunting
t2+3t−10=4+8t
t=7, t=-2
∫ tanx dx
- ln|cosx| + C = ln|secx| + C
Published by Newton in 1687, this book outlined his laws of motion and gravitation.
Principia
Denoted by the placement of a bar over a given complex variable z, it is defined as z̄=a-ib.
The conjugate
In this 2011 book adaptation, fictional statistician Peter Brand helps Billy Beane overhaul the Oakland Athletics organization.
Moneyball
At which values of x does the following inequality hold?
(x+1)2≥3x+1
(-inf,0] U [1,inf)
∫ cotx dx
ln |sinx| + C
Originally written in 13 books, this set of problems by ancient Greek mathematician Diophantus now only 10 survive.
Arithmetica
Given two complex numbers, a+bi & c+di, this is their product.
ac-bd+i(bc+ad)
This 2014 biopic, starring Eddie Redmayne, tells the life story of Stephen Hawking.
The Theory of Everything
2(w+3)−10=6(32−3w), solve for w.
w=49/5
∫ sin3x dx
1/12 (-9 cos(x) + cos(3 x))
Written by Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1801, this text essentially founded modern number theory.
Disquisitiones Arithmeticae (Arithmetical Investigations)
By Euler's Formula, eiθ equals this.
cosθ + i*sinθ
This 2001 biopic depicts mathematician John Nash's battles with schizophrenia.
A Beautiful Mind
Let σ =
(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
8 4 3 2 7 6 1 5)
Express σ as a product of transpositions.
σ = (1, 7)(1, 5)(1, 8)(2, 4)
1 + ∫sin7x cos4x dx [0, 2pi]
0!
Written in 1940 by British mathematician G.H. Hardy, this essay claims that the study of math is valuable in isolation of practical application.
A Mathematician's Apology
According to the fundamental theorem of algebra, or d'Alembert's theorem, every non-constant single-variable polynomial in the field C has this.
At least one complex root.
In this 2017 drama, McKenna Grace plays a genius seven-year-old who attempts to finish her mother's work on the Navier-Stokes problem.
Gifted