Zorn's Lemma - The Movie

Speaker

Daniel Mansfield

Affiliation

UNSW

Date

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 5:00pm - 6:15pm

Venue

RC-4082

Abstract

This is the first of what I hope will be many mathematically themed movie nights.

We shall begin with some background on this famous and controversial lemma of Zorn. Followed by a screening of Hollis Frampton's Zorn's Lemma 

www.imdb.com/title/tt0131149/

This film has been described as "An exercise in mathematical logic in cinema". In this seminar, we shall grade Frampton's exercise and assess the mathematics behind his film.