The Monster
Abschlussbedingungen
Due: Freitag, 19. März 2021, 12:00
Watch the video about group theory and a monster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH0oCDa74tE
Answer the following questions.
- Why is the size of a group in and of itself not interesting?
- Why are groups “useful”?
- Why is the number 3 mentioned in the video? How does it help us understand what groups are?
- What is a multiplication table for groups?
- Why is it desirable to have an abstract definition of a group?
- According to the video, what is “one of the most monumental achievements in the history of math”?
- What are the “happy family” and “pariahs”?
- Why did the presenter choose this number?