Meet the Brothers Chudnovsky
- By Lexi Krock
- Posted 07.01.05
- NOVA scienceNOW
In these interview highlights, Gregory and David Chudnovsky, mathematicians at Brooklyn Polytechnic University, ruminate on why math is considered hard, the beauty of mathematical equations, and why mathematicians like themselves rely on computers.
Mathematicians Gregory and David Chudnovsky point out how people use number theory every day.
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