Marguerite’s Theorem (2023) on Netflix
Marguerite is the only woman in her year at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, finishing a thesis on Goldbach's conjecture. On the day she presents it, an error is found in her work.
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Plot summary
Marguerite Hoffmann is a mathematics student at the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the only woman in her year. Brilliant and entirely devoted to her subject, she is finishing a thesis under the supervision of Laurent Werner, and her aim in it is a proof of Goldbach's conjecture. Marguerite has to present the finished work to an audience of researchers. On the day of the presentation, a mistake is found in her thesis. She is devastated, and the future that had seemed all planned out collapses with it.
Cast
- Karl Ruben Noelas Le danseur
- Gautier Boxebeldas Le manager
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Marguerite’s Theorem (2023)
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- To keep the mathematics on screen authentic, director Anna Novion worked with French mathematician Ariane Mézard, who supplied every equation the characters write. Mézard even made real progress on Goldbach's conjecture, the problem at the heart of Marguerite's work, while working on the film.
