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Maths and Money

Professor Sarah Hart · Gresham College

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About

People have used money – and made counterfeits - for thousands of years. Archimedes came up with a clever way of finding out if you’ve been cheated by a goldsmith. Making coins with the right proportions of the right metals presented a huge mathematical challenge for Fibonacci and other mathematicians in the middle ages. This lecture will discuss mathematical elements of coin design, denominations, and why former Gresham Professor of Astronomy Sir Christopher Wren favoured decimal coinage.

Lectures

  1. The Maths of Coins and Currencies 2022-10-11 · YouTube
  2. The Maths of Game Theory 2022-11-22 · YouTube
  3. Lottery-Winning Maths 2023-01-31 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Sarah Hart
Year
2022
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Economics, Psychology and the brain, History
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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