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Richard E Borcherds

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The Moonshine Conjecture and Advice for Math Students | Richard Borcherds | TEDxNiendorf

Richard Borcherds explains the fascinating "Monster group," modular elliptic functions, and the Moonshine Conjecture. He won a ...

15:42
The Moonshine Conjecture and Advice for Math Students | Richard Borcherds | TEDxNiendorf

5,577 views

1 year ago

Richard E Borcherds
The teapot test for quantum computers

This lecture (or rant) is part of an online undergraduate course on the theory of numbers, and is an addendum to the lecture on ...

12:05
The teapot test for quantum computers

17,297 views

4 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
How to construct the Leech lattice

This lecture describes an astonishingly simple construction of the Leech lattice in 24 dimensions, found by John Conway and ...

9:05
How to construct the Leech lattice

62,066 views

3 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
Complex analysis: Introduction

This lecture is part of an online undergraduate course on complex analysis. This is the first lecture, and gives a quick overview of ...

18:25
Complex analysis: Introduction

107,494 views

4 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
algebraic geometry 9 The Lasker Noether theorem

This lecture is part of an online algebraic geometry course, based on chapter I of "Algebraic geometry" by Hartshorne. It describes ...

13:52
algebraic geometry 9 The Lasker Noether theorem

9,487 views

5 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
history of science 1 Aristotle and falling bodies

Did Aristotle really believe that heavy bodies fall faster than light ones? While many physics professors claim that he did, it seems ...

13:07
history of science 1 Aristotle and falling bodies

7,559 views

5 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
history of science 2 Galileo and hanging chains

Several discussions of the catenary (the curve formed by a hanging chain) claim that Galileo thought a hanging chain formed a ...

6:13
history of science 2 Galileo and hanging chains

2,579 views

5 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
Categories 4 Adjoint functors

This lecture is part of an online course on category theory. We define adoint functors and give severalexamples of them. For the ...

15:15
Categories 4 Adjoint functors

17,222 views

4 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
Introduction to number theory lecture 22. Chevalley-Warning theorem

This lecture is part of my Berkeley math 115 course "Introduction to number theory" For the other lectures in the course see ...

16:02
Introduction to number theory lecture 22. Chevalley-Warning theorem

5,566 views

3 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
Calculus:  Arnold's limit

The Russian mathematician Vladimir Arnold sometimes challenged his audience to find the limit of (sin tan x - tan sin x)/(asin atan ...

6:01
Calculus: Arnold's limit

8,255 views

5 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
Schemes 26: Abstract and projective varieties

This lecture is part of an online algebraic geometry course on schemes, based on chapter II of "Algebraic geometry" by Hartshorne ...

15:30
Schemes 26: Abstract and projective varieties

1,636 views

5 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
algebraic geometry 7 weak nullstellensatz

This lecture is part of an online algebraic geometry course, based on chapter I of "Algebraic geometry" by Hartshorne. It describes ...

19:37
algebraic geometry 7 weak nullstellensatz

14,411 views

5 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
Introduction to number theory lecture 53. Three calculators for number theorists

This lecture is part of my Berkeley math 115 course "Introduction to number theory" For the other lectures in the course see ...

12:34
Introduction to number theory lecture 53. Three calculators for number theorists

18,835 views

3 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
Categories 3 Natural transformations

This lecture is part of an online course on category theory. We define natural isomorphisms and natural transformations of functors ...

15:03
Categories 3 Natural transformations

17,911 views

4 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
algebraic geometry 18 Products of varieties

This lecture is part of an online algebraic geometry course, based on chapter I of "Algebraic geometry" by Hartshorne. It covers ...

18:36
algebraic geometry 18 Products of varieties

5,008 views

5 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
Theory of numbers: Prime tests

This lecture is part of an online undergraduate course on the theory of numbers. We describe how to use Fermat's theorem as a ...

19:41
Theory of numbers: Prime tests

3,062 views

4 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
Modular forms: Theta functions

This lecture is part of an online graduate course on modular forms. We show that the theta function of a 1-dimensional lattice is a ...

18:32
Modular forms: Theta functions

11,701 views

4 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
Algebraic geometry 45: Hurwitz curves

This lecture is part of an online algebraic geometry course, based on chapter I of "Algebraic geometry" by Hartshorne. It discusses ...

17:17
Algebraic geometry 45: Hurwitz curves

1,841 views

5 years ago

Richard E Borcherds
algebraic geometry 11 Quotients of varieties by groups

This lecture is part of an online algebraic geometry course, based on chapter I of "Algebraic geometry" by Hartshorne. It describes ...

15:26
algebraic geometry 11 Quotients of varieties by groups

7,803 views

5 years ago