Math in Movies: Donald in Mathmagicland
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This movie appeared in the year 1959. More information can be found here [external IMDb link] Direct video download links: Quicktime MP4, Webm and Ogg Vorbis. Donald learns the Math of Billiards. It is a pretty good example, where reflections appear. The mathematics of billiards in a rectangle is already interesting and leads to questions in and basic Diophantine number theory appears because for most angles the billiard shots are not closed. The DVD can be obtained here. |
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