mathematics theme

Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. The theme is used whenever a notable idea from this area of knowledge is featured in the story.

6 total · 6 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ahp5x35 minor The Pythagorean theorem was conspicuously written on the blackboard in Alfred Hitchcock's classroom set sketch.
bridesheadrevisited1981e1x01 minor A group of young ambitious aspiring academics met in Charles' apartments to discuss books on logic.
movie: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) minor A soldier studied the geometric series for the fun of it and spelled out the formula for its sum.
movie: Battlefield Earth (2000) minor Johnnie tried and failed to convince his cellmates of the truth of the proposition that all three angles of an equilateral triangle must be identical.
movie: Thunderbirds (2004) minor Alan's teacher was teaching a lesson about the Pythagorean theorem.
theamericanshortstory11 minor Paul derailed his school teacher's explanation of the Pythagorean theorem with his muttering.