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The Discrete Charm of Geometry

The Discrete Charm of Geometry

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 8, 2015

Runtime

1h 6m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Буквальная геометрия

Production Companies

Gorky Film Studios

Director

Ekaterina Eremenko

Description

A team of mathematicians is working together on a big project. Excitement of discovery, hope and disappointment, competition and recognition are shown from an infinitely close distance. Scientists united by the idea of discretization, which, in short, means: constructing continuous objects from basic building blocks. Akin to the scientists' search for the right discretization of continuum, this film itself is composed of fragments - individual characters of different ages, temperaments and scientific approaches - which form a single continuous melody. The question of where the boundaries lie between mathematics and the lives of those who are involved in it and how much they are willing to sacrifice is as important as the search for precise scientific answers. A unique and unprecedented dive into the unknown world of mathematicians.