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Cédric Villani's Hand (Cercignani's conjecture)

Jean-Michel Alberola2011

Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
Paris, France

For the 2011 exhibition Mathematics, A Beautiful Elsewhere at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Jean-Michel Alberola shot the lm La Main de Cédric Villani (la conjecture de Cercignani), featuring the French mathematician Cédric Villani presenting Cercignani’s conjecture on a blackboard,
the problem that gave him his rst signi cant results. Cédric Villani sketches out the problem sequentially, arriving at a nal pronouncement, proof, and implications.

Details

  • Title: Cédric Villani's Hand (Cercignani's conjecture)
  • Creator: Jean-Michel Alberola
  • Date Created: 2011
  • Physical Dimensions: 8'
  • Provenance: Acquisition 2012
  • Rights: © Jean-Michel Alberola / ADAGP, Paris
  • Medium: color video

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