Maths football match

Some mathematicians are inclined to name research work by football players to attract public interest in this basic science.

Removed from the UEFA Cup, then lost to Manchester United in the Carling Cup final, Tottenham fans were comforted because the team's David Bentley was honored in multidimensional space mathematics.

The name of Tottenham's David Bentley player is named for a mathematical work.

Science in the world has a tradition of naming important research objects by name. When astronomers discovered new asteroids, they often named them to pay homage to famous individuals, including Pharaohs (2436 Hatshepsut), popes (8661 Ratzinger) and musicians. (1815 Beethoven, 3834 Zappafrank and 15092 Beegees).

Similarly, biologists also find ways to honor someone whenever they discover a new species. In 2007, Joe McHugh discovered a species of Peruvian viscous beetle and immediately named it enisphindus roxannae after his wife Roxanne.

These precedents have opened a trend to buy the naming rights in the science of some rich people. In order to save money for a Central American monkey species, scientists received $ 650,000 from Joe Cavelli, a casino merchant. In return, the name of the monkey was named Celiicebus aureipalatii, according to the merchant's wishes.

In order to give the public a scientific interest and raise $ 3,000 to help poor children in Guatemala, Professor Marcus Du Sautoy of Oxford decided to "sell" the symmetrical object name (symmetry) in a multidimensional space (real The abstract mathematical form has an infinite number and is connected by elliptic curves, a work he studied for many years.

There have been many people buying names of symmetry groups. Among them, mathematician Tony Mann of Greenwich University proposed to name the group symmetry {Set [C [1], C [2], C [3], C [4]] = [40, 13, 4, 4]} is David Bentley, according to Tottenham player. The reason Mann gave the last two numbers in the formula corresponds to the 4-4 score in Tottenham's encounter with Arsenal that Bentley has shone.

When Jermaine Defoe returned to Tottenham, Mann continued to buy the name of another symmetry group to name the player. The reason Mann made this time is to mark the occasion Defoe helps Tottenham become the best team in London.

However, according to Mann's friends, the underlying cause of his purchase of the naming rights of symmetry was to tease Professor Du Sautoy, an avid Arsenal fan (Tottenham and Arsenal are the same two rivals). city).

World history has recorded the connection between mathematics and football. The mathematician Harald Bohr used to play for the Danish National team as a defender.

At the London 1908 Olympics, Denmark defeated France 17-1 in the semifinals, but lost 2-0 to England in the final. When Harald Bohr returned, he was welcomed by the people as a hero.

When Harald defended his doctoral thesis at Copenhagen University in 1910, there were more fans of football than the mathematicians in the auditorium. They came to see their players honored in the field of science.