Speaker:
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Time:
2017-12-22 12:30-13:30
Venue:
The Wei Jin Road teaching campus cultural activities center staff multi-function hall
starttime:
2017-12-22 12:30-13:30
Profile:
- Theme：
- Volume versus Perimeter
- Time：
- 2017-12-22 12:30-13:30
- Venue：
- The Wei Jin Road teaching campus cultural activities center staff multi-function hall
- Speaker：
Abstract
How to enclose an area of largest volume by a given rope? The problem has been raised not later than the period of ancient Greek, about eigthth century to sixth century BC. Mathematically, this question is to ask how is the relation between the length of perimeter and the volume of the enclosed area? This is also equivalent to the well-known problem, that how to enclose a largest land by riding a horse in a fixed period? As our knowledge of mathematic as well as physics grows, the problem has been derived and studied in various background. In this lecture, we will introduce some history, developments as well as remaining issues about the question.
Relevant Discipline:
Organizers: Trade Unions, Library, Office of Science and Technology, Young Teachers Association, Student Association of Innovation and Practicums
All students and staff of Tianjin University are welcome.
