Recreational mathematicians

Alexander Bogomolny

Alexander Bogomolny (January 4, 1948 – July 7, 2018) was a Soviet-born Israeli American mathematician. He was Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Iowa, and formerly research fellow at the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, senior instructor at Hebrew University and software consultant at Ben Gurion University. He wrote extensively about arithmetic, probability, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and mathematical games. He was known for his contribution to heuristics and mathematics education, creating and maintaining the mathematically themed educational website Cut-the-Knot for the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Online. He was a pioneer in mathematical education on the internet, having started Cut-the-Knot in October 1996. (Wikipedia).

Alexander Bogomolny
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Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev: The Current State of Ukraine’s Government

Yuriy Sergeyev is a former Ukrainian diplomat and politician, who has served as Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. He is here at Yale as a visiting fellow in the Council on European Studies at the MacMillan Center. Episode April 20, 2016

From playlist The MacMillan Report

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Vladimir Alexandrov: The Black Russian

October 1, 2014 Professor Alexandrov is an expert on 19th- and 20th-century Russian prose— especially the works of Leo Tolstoy, Andrei Bely and Vladimir Nabokov—and on literary theory. Professor Alexandrov is the author of the books Andrei Bely: The Major Symbolist Fiction, Nabokov's Other

From playlist The MacMillan Report

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Борис Н. Петров - Boris N. Petrov: Space Pioneer, Automatic Control Engineer(USSR)

The life of automatic control engineer Boris N. Petrov, a pioneer of the Russian space program. Борис Н. Петров Solved automatic control issues in rockets and ballistic missiles, He published many papers on control science with Vladislav Rutkovsky who narrates the story of his life. Leade

From playlist Russian Engineering

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Союз - Аполлон / Space: Apollo-Soyuz Leader Boris Petrov

Control engineer Boris N. Petrov was the leader on the Russian side of the Apollo-Soyuz Program 1975. His work included solving fuel consumption problems for rockets and a myriad of other technical issues. The Edison Tech Center interviewed Vladislav Rutkovsky - living pioneer in Russian

From playlist Russian Engineering

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From Triangle to Surprise Conic!

Plot a point P inside a triangle. Through P, construct lines parallel to triangle's sides. Why the surprise conic? 😮Inspired by & posted in memory of Alexander Bogomolny, whose legacy continues to inspire many: cut-the-knot.org geogebra.org/m/QCV8byjg #MTBoS #ITeachMath #GeoGebra

From playlist Geometry: Challenge Problems

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History vs. Vladimir Lenin - Alex Gendler

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/history-vs-vladimir-lenin-alex-gendler Vladimir Lenin overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas II and founded the Soviet Union, forever changing the course of Russian politics. But was he a hero who toppled an oppressive tyranny or a villain who replaced

From playlist History vs.

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Assessing the human rights situation in Russia through the cases of persecuted academics

Panel co-organized by the Azat Miftakhov Committee and Memorial Human Rights Center with the participation of mathematicians and human rights organizations.

From playlist Azat Miftakhov Days Against the War

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Knot polynomials from Chern-Simons field theory and their string theoretic... by P. Ramadevi​

Program: Quantum Fields, Geometry and Representation Theory ORGANIZERS : Aswin Balasubramanian, Saurav Bhaumik, Indranil Biswas, Abhijit Gadde, Rajesh Gopakumar and Mahan Mj DATE & TIME : 16 July 2018 to 27 July 2018 VENUE : Madhava Lecture Hall, ICTS, Bangalore The power of symmetries

From playlist Quantum Fields, Geometry and Representation Theory

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Seiberg-Witten Theory, Part 2 - Edward Witten

Seiberg-Witten Theory, Part 2 Edward Witten Institute for Advanced Study July 20, 2010

From playlist PiTP 2010

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Peter Sarnak - Nodal domains of eigenmodes of the Laplacian and of random functions [2013]

Gelfand Centennial Conference: A View of 21st Century Mathematics MIT, Room 34-101, August 28 - September 2, 2013 Peter Sarnak Saturday, August 31 10:50AM Nodal domains of eigenmodes of the Laplacian and of random functions Abstract: It is believed that the eigenfunctions of the quantiz

From playlist Number Theory

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Jon Keating: Random matrices, integrability, and number theory - Lecture 2

Abstract: I will give an overview of connections between Random Matrix Theory and Number Theory, in particular connections with the theory of the Riemann zeta-function and zeta functions defined in function fields. I will then discuss recent developments in which integrability plays an imp

From playlist Analysis and its Applications

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Lenin & Trotsky - Their Rise To Power I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?

Felshtinsky, Yuri: Lenin, Trotsky, Germany and the Treaty of Brest- Ltivosk. The Collapse of the World Revolution. November 1917- November 1918, Milford 2012: http://amzn.to/2oILHmK Swain, Geoffrey: Trotsky and the Russian Revolution. New York 2014: http://amzn.to/2CY0gqF Swain, Geoffre

From playlist Who Did What In WW1?

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Peter Sarnak - Randomness in Number Theory [Mahler Lectures 2011]

slides for this talk: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c4i7necOUiWetm6-zWvxAjAW1syMFsdF/view?usp=sharing Randomness in Number Theory Peter Sarnak February 2, 2011 https://video.ias.edu/conversations/sarnak

From playlist Number Theory

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Statistical physics of 2d gas mixtures from symplectic volumes of vortex moduli by Nuno Romao

PROGRAM: INTEGRABLE SYSTEMS IN MATHEMATICS, CONDENSED MATTER AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS ORGANIZERS: Alexander Abanov, Rukmini Dey, Fabian Essler, Manas Kulkarni, Joel Moore, Vishal Vasan and Paul Wiegmann DATE : 16 July 2018 to 10 August 2018 VENUE: Ramanujan Lecture Hall, ICTS Bangalore

From playlist Integrable​ ​systems​ ​in​ ​Mathematics,​ ​Condensed​ ​Matter​ ​and​ ​Statistical​ ​Physics

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Galois, Grothendieck and Voevodsky - George Shabat

Vladimir Voevodsky Memorial Conference Topic: Galois, Grothendieck and Voevodsky Speaker: George Shabat Affiliation: Russian State University for the Humanities Date: September 12, 2018 For more video please visit http://video.ias.edu

From playlist Vladimir Voevodsky Memorial Conference

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Instantons and Monopoles (Lecture 1) by Sergey Cherkis

Program: Quantum Fields, Geometry and Representation Theory ORGANIZERS : Aswin Balasubramanian, Saurav Bhaumik, Indranil Biswas, Abhijit Gadde, Rajesh Gopakumar and Mahan Mj DATE & TIME : 16 July 2018 to 27 July 2018 VENUE : Madhava Lecture Hall, ICTS, Bangalore The power of symmetries

From playlist Quantum Fields, Geometry and Representation Theory

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LITERATURE: Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy was a remarkable novelist in part because he believed in the novel as a tool for social reform, something that would enable us to become kinder, more thoughtful and more generous towards others. If you like our films take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): http://theschool

From playlist GREAT IDEAS

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Instantons and Monopoles (Lecture 2) by Sergey Cherkis

Program: Quantum Fields, Geometry and Representation Theory ORGANIZERS : Aswin Balasubramanian, Saurav Bhaumik, Indranil Biswas, Abhijit Gadde, Rajesh Gopakumar and Mahan Mj DATE & TIME : 16 July 2018 to 27 July 2018 VENUE : Madhava Lecture Hall, ICTS, Bangalore The power of symmetries

From playlist Quantum Fields, Geometry and Representation Theory

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History Lists: Who Is Vladimir Putin? | History

Get the facts about Russian President Vladimir Putin and his rise to power. Newsletter: https://www.history.com/newsletter Website - http://www.history.com /posts Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/History Twitter - https://twitter.com/history HISTORY Topical Video Season 1 Episode 1 W

From playlist Examine the Past | History

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