Seminar
Bruce Peterson
Professor, Mathematics
"THE MOST INTERESTING THEOREM YOU NEVER SAW"
In 1639, Gerard Desargues discovered a beautiful truth about the familiar Euclidean plane. Strangely, however, Desargues' Theorem, although a true statement about the plane is not a theorem of plane geometry. How can this be? We will prove the theorem, explain the apparent contradiction and discuss what it means for a theorem to be part of a mathematical system. No background other than high school mathematics is required.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Warner 202
3:15 p.m.
Refreshments at 3:00 p.m.
All are welcome to attend!