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What is the use of mathematics? This is the main topic of this conference by Daniel Perrin, intended for high school students and their teachers. From the architectural feats of ancient Greece to the problems of digital data protection, including the dating of famous paintings or TV games and cartoons, we will learn to recognize where mathematics is hidden around us and why it is useful and alive. For other educational videos, http://video.math.cnrs.fr/