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Richard Courant

Richard Courant (January 8, 1888 – January 27, 1972) was a German American mathematician. He is best known by the general public for the book What is Mathematics?, co-written with Herbert Robbins. His research focused on the areas of real analysis, mathematical physics, the calculus of variations and partial differential equations. He wrote textbooks widely used by generations of students of physics and mathematics. He is also known for founding the institute now bearing his name. (Wikipedia).

Richard Courant
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Richard II by William Shakespeare - Starring John Gielgud - 1960

The audio drama performed by The Shakespeare Recording Society. Sir John Gielgud Sir Michael Hordern Leo McKern Keith Michell and cast Copyright 1960 Caedmon, The Shakespeare Recording Society, Inc. Published by HarperCollinsAudioBooks

From playlist John Gielgud's Recordings

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Lagrange Bicentenary - Jacques Laskar's conference

Lagrange and the stability of the Solar System

From playlist Bicentenaire Joseph-Louis Lagrange

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Louis Nirenberg Acceptance speech - The Abel Prize

Acceptance speech by Louis Nirenberg from the 2015 Abel Prize Award Ceremony.

From playlist Louis Nirenberg

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Lagrange Bicentenary - Cédric Villani's conference

From the stability of the Solar system to the stability of plasmas

From playlist Bicentenaire Joseph-Louis Lagrange

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22. Charles De Gaulle

France Since 1871 (HIST 276) Charles de Gaulle's importance in postwar French political life was matched by his importance in the nation's collective imagination. This authority was consciously contrived by de Gaulle, who wished to bear upon his figurative body the will of the French pe

From playlist France Since 1871 with John Merriman

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Roman Srzednicki (6/25/17) Bedlewo: On a problem of Whitney and the retract theorem of Ważewski

In their classic book “What is Mathematics?” Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins presented a solution of Whitney’s problem of an inverted pendulum on a railway carriage. Since the appearance of the book in 1941, the solution was contested by several mathematicians, including distinguished

From playlist Applied Topology in Będlewo 2017

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What is Mathematics?

In this video I talk about an amazing book written by two legendary mathematicians. The book is called "What is Mathematics?" and it was written by Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins. I talk about various sections in this book and spend a lot of time talking about the Mathematical Analysi

From playlist Book Reviews

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Srinivasa Varadhan - The Abel Prize interview 2007

0:00 Abel Prize Ceremonies (Norwegian) 01:00 Interview with Skau and Raussen starts 02:30 Why so long for probability or statistics to be recognised? 04:35 Born and raised on Chennai, studied at Madras; mathematical influences 05:52 Excellent math. teacher, math. for enjoyment 07:30 Why gr

From playlist The Abel Prize Interviews

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Richard Bailleul - Deciphering bio-mechanical drivers of morphological diversity...

Deciphering bio-mechanical drivers of morphological diversity in early animal development Abstract: The development of an embryo occurs through the succession of timely orchestrated processes. Early-occurring mechanisms are critical in laying the foundations for all downstream development

From playlist Workshop "Tissue growth and movement" - 10-14 January 2022

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Numerical Solution of Differential Equations: Oxford Mathematics 3rd Year Student Lecture

This introductory lecture for the 3rd Year Oxford Mathematics Undergraduate Course "Numerical Solution of Differential Equations I" by Professor Endre Suli introduces the subject through the various problems involving differential equations that arise in scientific and engineering applicat

From playlist Oxford Mathematics Student Lectures - Differential Equations

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Jean Delcourt, Lagrange et la géométrie : une théorie du contact

Jean Delcourt présente la conception de Lagrange du contact des courbes. Ecartant le modèle antérieur des courbes considérés comme des polygones à une infinité de côtés infiniment petits, il développe, dans la seconde partie de la Théorie des fonctions analytiques, une théorie du contact f

From playlist Séminaire d'Histoire des Mathématiques

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How do you prove tomorrow is future ? | Arrow of Time

What direction does time flow? This may seem like a strange question, yet it is one that has puzzled Philosophers throughout the ages. If you watch a movie of a Newtonian system evolving, you would not normally notice if it plays in reverse or not. This makes it hard to know the direction

From playlist Something you did not know...

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Lec 3 | MIT 18.086 Mathematical Methods for Engineers II

The One-way Wave Equation and CFL / von Neumann Stability View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/18-086S06 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu

From playlist MIT 18.086 Mathematical Methods for Engineers II, Spring '06

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The Abel Prize announcement 2015 - John Nash & Louis Nirenberg

0:42 The Abel Prize announced by Kirsti Strøm Bull, President of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 2:31 Citation by John Rognes, Chair of the Abel committee 8:50 Popular presentation of the prize winners work by Alex Bellos, British writer, and science communicator 23:09 Phone i

From playlist The Abel Prize announcements

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Jean Louis Etienne - Le Courant Circumpolaire Antarctique : un acteur majeur du climat ?

Conférence donnée devant L'Association des Amis de l'IHÉS à l'IHÉS le 6 novembre 2014. http://www.ihes.fr/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?page_id=93 L'océan Austral n'est pas limité par les continents comme tous les océans du monde; c'est un océan en mouvement qui circule d'ouest en est autour de l'A

From playlist Évenements grand public

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Journées Hénon - 20/21 - André Brahic

Michel Hénon : un modèle pour nous tous

From playlist Michel Hénon Memoriam

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