Introduction

About the lecture

In this mini-lecture, we provide motivation for why studying graphs is useful and give an overview of what we will learn in this course. In particular, we consider: (i) a table of height versus age values; and (ii) the graph of these numbers, which helps us better understand the relationship between the two quantities (height and age).

About the lecturer

Keith Ball is a Professor of Mathematics and the University of Warwick. His research interests are in functional analysis, high-dimensional and discrete geometry, and information theory. From 2010-14, Professor Ball served as the scientific director of the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) based in Edinburgh. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2013 and awarded the Whitehead Prize by the London Mathematical Society in 1992. Professor Ball is the author of Strange Curves, Counting Rabbits, and other Mathematical Explorations (2006), a recreational maths book aimed at those familiar with basic calculus.