Is it about math?

Winfield 2022-11-07 17:12:58

I saw the introduction of this movie a long time ago and thought it was a Hollywood-style case-solving story. After reading the beginning, I found that it was not the typical European director's style... (I actually watched it dubbed in Spanish, and it made my head big.)

The old professor is indeed very charming. If there is such a Prof in school, even mathematics Even if it sucks, I will listen to it (laughs~). However, the film went down layer by layer, and found that useless characters seemed to appear one after another, such as Martin's roommate (used to confuse the audience?), and the nurse, which seemed useless... It feels like some European directors A lot of characters appear, and at the end, if you think about it carefully, it turns out that some people are useful, and some people are useless.

It's just that this film uses mathematics as a gimmick, but in the end it is a loyal supporter of the butterfly effect. The seemingly mysterious sequence does not appear according to a pre-planned law, but everything seems to be understandable in this way, understandable They are random, but in fact they can be found behind their laws, even if it may be extremely complicated. That's exactly what the crazy mathematician in the movie was trying to say. From this point of view, the film is rather clever.

However, at least this is not mathematics in the eyes of ordinary people. In my opinion, mathematics should be rigorous and correct even if it gives a completely useless answer. There is really little research on the relationship between mathematics and philosophy, or what great philosophers are also mathematicians.

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The Oxford Murders quotes

  • [last lines]

    Arthur Seldom: "The butterfly that flutters it's wings and causes a hurricane on the other side of the world." Sound familiar? Are you that butterfly, Martin?

  • Martin: I believe in the number pi.

    Arthur Seldom: I'm sorry, I didn't understand you. Uh, what was it you said you believed in?

    Martin: In the number pi, in the golden section, the Fibonacci series. The essence of nature is mathematical. There is a hidden meaning beneath reality. Things are organized following a model, a scheme, a logical series. Even the tiny snowflake includes a numerical basis in its structure, therefore, if we manage to discover the secret meaning of numbers, we will know the secret meaning of reality.