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!

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Status	Returning Series
Original Name	Voyages au pays des maths
First Air Date	September 23, 2021
Last Air Date	October 10, 2023
Seasons	2
Episodes	20
Episode Runtime	10min
Language	French
Original Language	French
Production Countries	France
Production Companies	Les Films d'Ici ARTE GEIE Le Blob Les Films du poisson rouge
Networks	arte.tv

S02E10

Entscheidungsproblem: The End of Mathematics?

Imagine a world where a machine could calculate true and false... Failing that, Church, Herbrand, Gödel and Turing each tried in their own way to determine whether an algorithm could decide whether or not a mathematical assertion could be proved. The Entscheidungsproblem, the decision problem that rocked maths and, in the process, laid the foundations of computer science.

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