École Polytechnique
D'un infini à l'autre - Voyages de l'infiniment grand à l'infiniment petit
École Polytechnique

D'un infini à l'autre - Voyages de l'infiniment grand à l'infiniment petit

Sébastien Descotes-Genon
Olivier Drapier
Nicolas Arnaud

Instructors: Sébastien Descotes-Genon

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There are 4 modules in this course

Ce module introduit les aspects par lesquels l'infiniment petit et l'infiniment grand, bien que très différents, se ressemblent, tant par les concepts que par les techniques. Il s'intéresse ensuite à l'un des phénomènes les plus courants des deux infinis, à savoir la lumière.

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Ce module présente différents phénomènes qui nous renseignent sur des phénomènes astrophysiques, mais qui ont aussi leur intérêt propre du point de vue de l'infiniment petit : ce sont les neutrinos, les rayons cosmiques et les noyaux atomiques.

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Ce module décrit différents aspects de la matière et le rôle qu'ils ont joué au cours de l'évolution de l'Univers depuis le Big Bang, que ce soit la matière ordinaire (faite de protons et de neutrons), l'antimatière ou bien encore la matière noire.

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Ce module s'intéresse aux aspects communs de l'infiniment grand et de l'infiniment petit, en termes de concepts théoriques mais aussi de techniques expérimentales, illustrant ainsi les convergences entre ces deux infinis.

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Sébastien Descotes-Genon
École Polytechnique
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