Roof of the World, The

Synopsis: The collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge in the 1940s, the destruction of cooling towers at the Ferrybridge Power Station and the loss of two Lockheed Electra aircraft in the 1950s were all caused by a similar effect, involving turbulence, resonance and vibration. Understanding that phenomenon involves a number of complicated mathematical processes, including the use of matrices, eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
Series: Introduction to Pure Mathematics, Course M203
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min.
Year of production: 1998
Availability: Off-air recording licence
Sale; 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Mathematics
Keywords: air crashes; eigenvalues; matrices; pure mathematics

Producer

Anne-Marie Gallen

Cast

Joan Walker

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