What's in a Name? The Matrix as an Introduction to Mathematics

Authors

Kris H. Green, St. John Fisher UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2008

Abstract

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In my classes on the nature of scientific thought, I have often used the movie The Matrix to illustrate the nature of evidence and how it shapes the reality we perceive (or think we perceive). As a mathematician, I usually field questions related to the movie whenever the subject of linear algebra arises, since this field is the study of matrices and their properties. So it is natural to ask, why does the movie title reference a mathematical object?

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Article copyright 2008 by Math Horizons. The final published version is available through the publisher here: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25678769.

Publication Information

Green, Kris H. (2008). "What's in a Name? The Matrix as an Introduction to Mathematics." Math Horizons 16.1, 18-21.

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