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  1. Differential Topology (3 Parts) (1965 Film)

    Director
    A N Feldzamen
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The three films in this series are telerecordings of Professor Milnor lecturing to the Mathematical Association of America. Professor Milnor, who is regarded as the father of modern differential topology,...

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  2. Recently added to the Moving Image Gateway

    Date
    23 Oct 2014, 11:47
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,600 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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  3. Geometry of 3-Manifolds (2008)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    Video lecture, including slides and notes, on the subject of low-dimensional topology. Includes question and answer session. [67 minutes]

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  4. With Complements from Heidelberg (1997 Video)

    Director
    Steve Hoy
    Producer
    John Jaworski
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min.

    Leading topologists from around the world, in Heidelberg for an international conference, talk about their understanding and use of topology. Animated grapics illustrate the Alexander Horned Sphere and...

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  5. Turning a Sphere Inside out (1976 Film, Video)

    Producer
    Nelson R Max
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In 1958 Stephen Smale demonstrated that it must be possible to turn a sphere inside out in three dimensions, without tearing or creasing the surface, but allowing the sphere to pass through itself. He was...

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  6. Space Filling Curves (1973 Film)

    Director
    William Hansard
    Producer
    Nelson L Max
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Presents two examples of space filling curves - continuous curves passing through every point in a square. The curves are constructed graphically as limit curves, using a computer animated sequence of...

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  7. Life, The Universe and Mathematics (2000 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Mathematics; Science
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    CD-ROM resource exploring fundamental questions of science using interactive models and animations. Modules include topology; labyrinths and knots; cosmic geometry; complexity and cellular automata; life;...

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  8. Pits, Peaks and Passes (2 Parts) (1965 Film)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Part 1: Professor Marston Morse’s work on critical point theory in the 1930s has led to major results in topology and inspired much current research. These films are a record of Professor Morse explaining...

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  9. Regular Homotopies in the Plane (2 Parts) (1973 Film)

    Director
    William Hansard
    Producer
    Nelson L Max
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    These two computer-animated films describe and prove an elementary theorem on topology known as the Whitney-Graustein theorem: two regular curves in the plane are regularly homotopic if, and only if they...

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  10. Gauss-Bonnet Theorem, The (1977 Film)

    Producer
    Carl Allendoerfer
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Introduces some of the basic concepts of differential geometry and topology. Defines the notions of Gaussian curvature for curves and surfaces and then introduces the principal curvatures on a surface and...

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