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havaforever · 1 year ago

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LE THEOREME DE MARGUERITE -

Rivé aux émotions d’une mathématicienne qui se sent en décalage avec le monde, ce récit d’apprentissage passe par différentes atmosphères et s’appuie sur une mise en scène énergisante, des belles trouvailles et des moments de grâce.

Un peu prévisible mais touchant et souvent humoristique, ce film donne à ressentir la passion de Margueritte tout en explorant un milieu méconnu, très majoritairement masculin et concurrentiel. C'est ce qui fait l'intérêt du film, même si son charme réside bien ailleurs.

C’est la narration qui reste étonnante, faite de petits bouts étonnants comme les parties de majong clandestines, ou les scènes en boite de nuit avec la belle Noah. L'ensemble reste sans prétention, ce qui lui donne assez de rondeur pour reconnaître au film une capacité à exciter même l’imagination des non matheux desquels je fais partie. Rien d’évident à filmer le ping-pong intellectuel fait de fonctions et d'intégrales, mais il se mène comme un pas de deux à suspense, et on se laisse alors cueillir par le phrasé tremblé de la Franco-Suisse Ella Rumpf.

Malgré une fin un brin fleur bleue, Anne Novion réussit un pari difficile : restituer la fougue, la créativité, l’obsession de la recherche en mathématiques…rendre cinématographique une discipline réputée peu sympathique et à laquelle personne – ou presque – ne comprend rien.

Elle parvient à nous faire ressentir la passion de celles et ceux qui la pratiquent à un haut niveau tout comme ses applications dans la vie de tous les jours. Elle nous ouvre également les portes d'un monde finalement semblable à tant d'autres, gouverné par l'esprit de compétition, les abus de pouvoir et un certain machisme masculin. C’est sur le registre de la traduction du langage mathématique en langage cinématographique et poétique que le film s’avère le plus original. Les lignes de raisonnement et équations abstraites (et véridiques) se projettent sur les murs transformés en tableau noir, telles des hiéroglyphes indéchiffrables pour le commun des mortels.

NOTE 13/20 - Ella Rumpf, nous attache à son caractère presque autiste, comme en sont dotés certains HPI. Les esprits chagrins diront que tout est cousu de fil blanc dans la progression dramatique et que cette boss des maths finira bien à un moment ou à un autre par s'ouvrir un tant soit peu au monde extérieur et à l'amour, comme de bien entendu, pour un succédané de comédie romantique.

Mais c'est justement ça qu'on aime.

#Cinéma #LE THEOREME DE MARGUERITE #math #13

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englishindubellay · 17 days ago

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Le Théorème de Marguerite

Si vous êtes allergique aux mathématiques, ne fuyez pas. Le Théorème de Marguerite, le nouveau long métrage d’Anna Novion qui sort en salles mercredi 1er novembre, est bien plus qu’une longue démonstration rébarbative noyée sous les chiffres.

Should you be allergic to maths, do not run away. Marguerite’s Theorem, Anna Novion’s latest movie that will be released on Wednesday, November 1st, is much more than a long, boring demonstration where figures galore.

Effacez de vos mémoires les douloureux souvenirs de Pythagore et Thalès, il se pourrait que les maths se révèlent aussi sous un jour artistique et ludique.

Erase from your brain the painful memories of Pythagoras and Thales as maths may also appear under an artistic and amusing form.

Le visage diaphane, le front baissé et le regard déterminé, Marguerite n’a pas le temps de s’amuser.

With her translucent face, her forehead down and eyes full of determination, Marguerite has no time for fun. Aussi désuète que son prénom, Marguerite n’a qu’une seule obsession : présenter sa thèse devant le jury d’experts de Normale Sup.

Marguerite is as old-fashioned as her first name, and her one and only obsession is to present her thesis before Normal Sup’s jury of experts. Car Marguerite est brillante, elle bûche depuis trois ans, et même depuis son enfance, sur la conjecture de Goldbach qui s’avère être l’un des plus vieux problèmes non résolus de la théorie des nombres et des mathématiques.

Indeed Marguerite is smart and she has been working her socks off for three years if not since her childhood on Goldbach’s conjecture which happens to be one of the oldest unsolved problems in number theory and mathematics.

Surnommée par ses pairs la « mathématicienne en chaussons », Marguerite est, malgré elle, la star des amphis.

Dubbed by her peers the « mathematician in slippers », Marguerite is, despite herself, the star of lecture-halls. Seule fille dans ce milieu essentiellement masculin, elle intrigue autant qu’elle impressionne.

As the only girl in this predominantly male environment, people are as intrigued as impressed.

« Un don », comme le qualifie sa mère (Clotilde Coureau) qui fait aussi la fierté de son directeur de thèse incarné par Jean-Pierre Darroussin, très juste dans le rôle du mentor.

She has « a gift » her mother (Clotilde Coureau) says, a gift which is also a source of pride for her PhD director featuring Jean-Pierre Darroussin who plays a perfect mentor.

How do the the authors of documents 1 and 2 see the future of the humanities ?

Robert Shrimsley, a columnist writing in The Financial Times in 2018, has the same concerns regarding the future of the humanities as Aneesg Raman and Maria Flynn, two experts focusing on employment who wrote a contribution for The New York Times in 2024.

What all the authors first describe is the decline of the humanities, which seem to have a very uncertain future. Shrimsley, who also speaks as the father of children with a strong taste for history and art, explains that, for years, not only have British politicians promoted Stem subjects as being the most valuable ones economically speaking but they have also so strongly despised arts degrees in their discourse that the latter havebecome highly undervalued. Raman and Flynn make the same remarks: for several decades, Stem subjects, along technical and data skills, have been regarded as a top priority in the US, most of the time to the detriment of the humanities, which suffered a severe decline in American colleges. All the authors note the contrast between the value given to science degrees, which, in a technology-driven world, are thought to be a route to the most lucrative jobs, and arts degrees and their soft skills which therefore have come to be considered as totally pointless in such an economy.

Yet, although the future of the humanities is clearly presented as endangered, all the authors also suggest that there are grounds to remain optimistic and hopeful.

While, back in 2018, Shrimsley could not help but feel that, in the near future, the humanities may be brought back into favour, in 2024, for Raman and Flynn, it is not a just a feeling anymore: it has become a certainty. To all the authors, human abilities, from critical thinking to creativity to empathy, will be at the heart of economicgrowth, and all the more so as artificial intelligence keeps transforming society.

Raman and Flynn explain how central communication and collaboration will become and call for change, in the same way as Shrimsley, to make sure society does not become totally dehumanized.

Thus, the authors believe that the future of the humanities could be brighter than expected.

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How far do you agree with the idea that the world now needs the humanities more than ever ?

In 2024, in England, maths entries at A-level reached record levels. Given this strong enthusiasm for maths and STEM subjects, arguing that the world now needs the humanities more than ever would seem odd. Why would so many students opt for STEM if the humanities were really needed more than ever?

The popularity of STEM and the ensuing decline in the humanities is explained by several factors. First, for years, both in the US and the UK, political discourse has promoted STEM, presenting them as highly valuable, as explained by Robert Shrimsley and the two contributors writing in The New York Times.

Moreover, with the widespread belief that STEM graduates land the highest-paying jobs, STEM have logically become more popular. This explains why the number of students taking a wide range of subjects at A-level has considerably fallen, as shown in document 5.

Yet, all this is deceptively simple: the popularity of STEM subjects does not mean that the humanities can be dismissed, quite the opposite. I find the narrowing of students’ choices at A-level worrying because it means they will lack soft skills. The main character of Anna Novion’s movie, Marguerite, is a brilliant mathematician who struggles precisely because she lacks such skills. It is only when she opens to others and develops her creativity that she can succeed. The prevalence of STEM will undoubtedly lead to a more dehumanized society, and I share Shrimsley’s fears on this point.

Besides, to me, the humanities are all the more essential as we live in a world which is saturated with technology. As technical skills will increasingly be outsourced to machines, the so-called “softer skills” will be the only way to stand out when looking for a job and to keep this powerful technology in check. I therefore fully agree with the view defended in The New York Times that creativity and empathy will be at the heart of economic growth. For instance, in 2019, climate change became a top concern after Greta Thunberg demonstrated her mastery of skills that have little to do with climate science: in her speech to the UN Climate Action summit, she moved the world when she exclaimed “How dare you!” and brought her message to a global audience. For me, all this proves that the humanities are now more than ever needed to solve the world’s most pressing

issues.

Finally, I think that to avoid the kind of situation caricatured in the cartoon when the culture of debate blurs the line between personal opinion and obvious facts, it is crucial that students study a great variety of subjects so as to be equipped to navigate a complex world. I believe that both STEM and the humanities are more needed than ever to counter the half-truths and manipulation that undermine democracy. That is why I agree with the Labour government’s decision to embed critical thinking skills across multiple subjects to teach children how to spot extremist content and misinformation online, a reform which was presentedin the wake of the misinformation-driven riots of August 2024.

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