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Symmetry and the Monster
Series exploring the quest to understand one of most famous mathematical problems
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Episodes
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EPISODE
The Essay
Mark Ronan follows the discovery by Evariste Galois of the 'building blocks' of symmetry.
Apr 2008
EPISODE
The Essay
Mark Ronan charts the progress of the Norwegian Sophus Lie as he develops Galois's ideas.
Apr 2008
EPISODE
The Essay
Mark Ronan follows the work in the 1930s of Harvard mathematician Richard Brauer.
Apr 2008
EPISODE
The Essay
Prof Mark Ronan explains how Bernd Fischer discovered a structure of 196,883 dimensions.
May 2008