Let's dive into the history of imaginary numbers - what gave rise to them?
Dr. Kasun Fernando received his PhD in Mathematics from the University of Maryland, College Park. He did his Bachelors from the University of Colombo. He is currently a junior visitor at Centro di Recerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. He is primarily interested in the interplay among Dynamical Systems, Probability Theory and Statistics, and applying Machine Learning techniques to these areas of Mathematics. In particular, his research focuses on statistical properties of dynamical systems, the Bootstrap for dynamically generated data, and normalizing flows.
00:00 Intro
00:15 Why do you like Mathematics?
02:18 Proof reading Sri Lankan text books
03:36 Teaching the applications of Mathematics
04:58 Aren't all numbers imaginary?
07:05 On Noam Chomsky about languages
10:09 History behind imaginary numbers
20:18 Are all numbers Complex?
22:26 Quantum mechanics, Electronics
33:48 Theories Vs Theorems
40:31 Philosophy of Science
