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The Millennium Maths Problems

Solve this and you'll win $1 million...

... Dollars. Graihagh Jackson spoke to Cambridge University's Tom Crawford to find out what these problems are... Tom - So, yeah. These are sort of a second reincarnation of ...

Hands on a fence

Game theory: The prisoner's dilemma

... game theory to model early human behaviour and he spoke to Tom Crawford... Sergey - In our models we included two different ... group or territory over some amazing opportunities. Tom - So would I be right in thinking the idea of us versus ...

How fluids move has puzzled scientists and mathematicians for centuries...

Navier Stokes: equation to rule them all

... body. Fluids expert and mathematician Keith Moffatt took Tom Crawford down to the deep dark depths of Cambridge's maths lab... Tom - We've just gone underground and we're stood outside a ...

A bottle of Champagne and a glass

The Poincare problem solved!

... Pointcare problem but then refused the $1 million reward! Tom Crawford went along to the Millennium Bridge in London to ... I think most suspension bridges are anyway, so it's fine. Tom - It's quite windy today, but I'm feeling quite safe ...

An alien walking with a backpack

Could we use maths to talk to aliens?

... daily lives. But would aliens be able to understand it? Tom Crawford spoke to Professor Ian Stewart from the University ... what’s important might set things up in a different way. Tom - It almost sounds to me like you’re saying the maths ...