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A portrait of two very different mathematicians, porridge pulleys and Pi features Fields
medalist Vaughan Jones, one of the world’s foremost knot theorists and an avid windsurfer, and
Hendrik Lenstra, a number theorist with a passion for Homer and all things classical.
porridge pulleys and Pi poses the question: how do we get first-rate research
mathematicians? Hendrik Lenstra and Vaughan Jones have had an extraordinary impact on
mathematics; this charming documentary gives the viewer a taste of their personalities, mathematical
and otherwise. A whirlwind tour of knots, genomics, cryptography, music, Homer, elliptic curves,
art and windsurfing, the video contains sections on the history of Pi, and a surprising discovery
involving a cocoa tin and an Escher print.
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