Name: 數學恆久遠
Uploaded: 2015-04-07T15:53:05Z
Duration: 9 min 31 s
Description: 數學是用來幹嘛的？這是那些一想到數學就昏昏欲睡的學生想破頭也想不明白的問題，數學家 Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón 以幽默而優雅的方式進行了回答。作為任何科學的基礎，數學之美被 Eduardo 展現得淋漓盡致，而且，鑽石未必長久，數學定理才是真正的恆久遠。

In fact, if you would like to cover the distance from the Earth to the sun by folding a 0.1-millimeter piece of paper, 50 folds gets you close to the sun, but not quite, and 51 folds gets you way beyond the sun. But saying you should fold a piece of paper "50 point something times” would have sounded strange!

數學是用來幹嘛的？這是那些一想到數學就昏昏欲睡的學生想破頭也想不明白的問題，數學家 Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón 以幽默而優雅的方式進行了回答。作為任何科學的基礎，數學之美被 Eduardo 展現得淋漓盡致，而且，鑽石未必長久，數學定理才是真正的恆久遠。

數學恆久遠

Mathematics provides more than practical tools; its truths endure longer than the hardest diamond. A single sheet of paper folded 50 times would reach nearly from Earth to the sun, defying intuition and showing math's power to reveal reality. Theorems, once proved, remain eternally true even as the world changes. Math's rigor forms the backbone of science, quietly supporting breakthroughs from honeycombs to Olympic architecture.