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Symmetry and the Monster

Wednesday 30 April 2008 23:00-23:15 (Radio 3)

Series exploring the quest to understand one of most famous mathematical problems.

Duration:

15 minutes

Playlist:

3/4. Professor Mark Ronan follows the work, in the 1930s, of mathematician Richard Brauer, who was forced to leave Germany for North America by the Nazis. At Harvard, where he influenced a new generation of mathematicians, he brought the quest to understand symmetry closer to fruition.




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