Challenging Conjectures; Challenging Conjectures
- Credits (2011)
- The following was videotaped August 30 to September 2, 1965 at Cornell University during the 46th Summer Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, celebrating the association's 50th anniversary. The lectures were part of the Individual Lectures Project of the Committee on Educational Media of the Mathematical Association of America.
- The Mathematical Association of America presents
- Challenging Conjectures
- A lecture by Professor R.H. Bing, University of Wisconsin, Retiring Presidential Address 1965
- Credits (1965) Challenging Conjectures [Challenging Theorems crossed out], A Lecture by R.H. Bing
- An Individual Lectures Project, Committee on Educational Media, Mathematical Association of America Production
- The Retiring Presidential Address, 1965
- Introduction by Professor R.L. Wilder, University of Michigan, President of MAA
- Wilder mentions R.L. Moore
- Explains change in title from "Challenging Theorems" to "Challenging Conjectures"
- R.H. Bing takes the podium
- Bing begins the lecture
- "Science" article in June 18th issue, "What Are Professors For?"
- "Reader's Digest" article, "Is There a Teacher on the Faculty?"
- On importance of innovation for professors
- Overhead projector: Continuum Hypothesis
- Normal Moore Space Conjecture
- Moore Space
- Fixed point conjecture for cellular plane sets
- Poincare conjecture
- Milnor's precise statement of Poincare conjecture
- Annulus conjecture
- Evidence of amount of mathematical research being done
- Scholarly needs today and for the future
- End of lecture
- End credits (1965)
- An Individual Lectures Project, Committee on Educational Media, Mathematical Association of America Production
- Produced for CEM by Professor A.N. Feldzamen, University of Wisconsin
- Directed by Louis P. Levine
- Financial support from the National Science Foundation; ©1965 Mathematical Association of America
- Grateful appreciation is expressed to Professor Alex Rosenberg of the Mathematics Department, Cornell University and the Staff of the Statler Auditorium
- Technical facilities by Tele-Tape Productions, New York City
- Recorded 1965 by videotape in the Statler Auditorium, Cornell University during the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America
- End credits (2011)
- Digital re-mastering of this film in 2011 was a joint project of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and the Mathematical Association of America with generous support from the Simons Foundation.
- Technical support and production: Monaco Labs, Zala Films
- ©1965, 2011 Mathematical Association of America, All Rights Reserved