Journey into Maths Country — Season 1, Episode 3: To Infinity, and Beyond
Documentary • 10 min • 2 seasons, 20 episodes • ★ 8.5/10
Episode synopsis
A circle is also a triangle and a triangle is a square. Sound impossible? Not in the realm of topology, which even applies to 3-dimensional spaces and anything from donuts, UFOs and potatoes. The discipline's inventor, Henri Poincaré, created one of the most difficult problems in mathematics.
About Journey into Maths Country
Math is an exotic and confusing country. We speak a bizarre language, full of homeomorphisms, differential varieties, transfinite numbers. But we also find epic landscapes, dizzying ideas and even, sometimes, useful things!