The first scene in "A Beautiful Mind"

Pseudoscience-is-malarkey · « **on:** 03/04/2023 15:34:08 »

The movie starts off with a mathematics professor telling his new PhD hopefuls that mathematicians were the most important factor in winning WWII. Is that a ridiculous thing to say?

Bored chemist · « **Reply #1 on:** 03/04/2023 15:42:24 »

You should discuss it with the codebreakers.

Pseudoscience-is-malarkey · « **Reply #2 on:** 03/04/2023 19:42:11 »

Quote from: Bored chemist on 03/04/2023 15:42:24

You should discuss it with the codebreakers.

I don't speak codebreaker.

alancalverd · « **Reply #3 on:** 03/04/2023 20:11:05 »

And once the codes were broken, the invention of integer programming made the Pacific war logistics easier to plan. Problem with simple linear algebra was that it would demand 0.7 of an aircraft carrier and 3.5 destroyers for a given mission: fractional ships don't float.

Artillery is physics, and physics is mathematics. Air navigation is mathematics.

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