About
Block designs are used in agriculture in connection with the planting of wheat. But earlier they arose in the so-called 'schoolgirls problem'. What are block designs, what is the schoolgirls problem, and what is their connection with geometry and music?
The talk
Credits and licence
- Institution
- Gresham College
- Speaker
- Professor Robin Wilson
- Year
- 2006
- Level
- For everyone
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Mathematics
- Source
- Gresham College
- Licence
- Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
- Attribution
- Gresham College states: "We positively encourage the use of the Gresham College lecture transcripts, audio and video files for educational purposes. However, we do not allow use of Gresham College materials for commercial, personal or institutional gain."
- Who can watch
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