MathFilm Festival 2008: Chemnitz

An ihrem 27. Geburtstag bricht über Catherine (G. Paltrow) ein emotionales Gewitter herein: Der Tod ihres Vaters (A. Hopkins), eines brillanten, aber in geistige Umnachtung verfallenen Mathematikprofessors, und die Entdeckung eines sensationellen mathematischen Beweises. Catherine behauptet, dass der Beweis von ihr stamme. Hat Catherine die Genialität ihres Vaters geerbt oder womöglich dessen Krankheit?

Almost everyone will know M.C. Escher, the famous Dutch artist, whose later work has very strong links to mathematics. Michele Emmer's film explores this relationship and uses the possibilities of this medium to full extent to show spectacular examples of Escher's work. The related mathematics is explained and skillfully visualised. Several well-known mathematicians, including H.M.S. Coxeter and Roger Penrose, appear in the film, commenting on some of the material.

Turning a Sphere Inside Out is about the problem of turning a sphere inside out by passing the surface through itself without making any holes or creases.

Eine Kollektion faszinierender mathematischer Kurzfilme. Diese Highlights der mathematischen Visualisierung sind für ein wissenschaftlich interessiertes Publikum produziert worden. Die Filme erläutern Themen aus der Schulmathematik, zeigen Simulationen von realen Phänomenen und führen anschaulich bis hin zur aktuellen Forschung in der reinen und angewandten Mathematik.

Leonhard Euler was the most exceptionally gifted mathematician of the Eighteenth Century and a great figure in the history of Western culture.

A documentary by Goerge Csicsery about the life and work of the distinguished logician. Julia Robinson was the only female president of the American Mathematical Society and became famous for her work on Hilbert's 10th problem about the solvability of integer equations.

Tate describes in his lecture three Millennium Prize Problems: the Riemann Hypothesis, the Conjecture of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer, and the "P=NP?" problem.

Muqarnas - stalactite vaults - form an essential part of Islamic architecture. The relation between layout and spatial arrangement is the topic of this video.

This award winning animation of non-Euclidean hyperbolic space combines extraordinary techniques of computer graphics, insight into higher mathematics, and clever pedagogy to bring an understanding of fairly recent research to a broad audience. It can be appreciated by high school students, math buffs, and professional mathematicians alike.

The short and tragic life story of Wolfgang Döblin, brilliant mathematician, son of the famous german writer Alfred Döblin who fled Nazi Germany.