93 episodes

Join us as we spend each episode talking with a mathematical professional about their favorite result. And since the best things in life come in pairs, find out what our guest thinks pairs best with their theorem.

My Favorite Theorem Kevin Knudson & Evelyn Lamb

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Join us as we spend each episode talking with a mathematical professional about their favorite result. And since the best things in life come in pairs, find out what our guest thinks pairs best with their theorem.

    Episode 92 - Kate Stange

    Episode 92 - Kate Stange

    Kate Stange is a number theorist who loves quadratic forms (and who doesn't, really). Her favorite theorem is the bijection between them and ideal classes. Also chocolate.

    • 29 min
    Episode 91 - Karen Saxe

    Episode 91 - Karen Saxe

    Karen Saxe is an analyst who spends her days representing mathematics on Capitol Hill. She really likes the isoperimetric inequality and its many uses. Also tennis.

    • 34 min
    Episode 90 - Corrine Yap

    Episode 90 - Corrine Yap

    Corrine Yap loves math, graph theory in particular, and also loves to perform her one-person play about Sonya Kovalevskaya. Also, tofu.

    • 33 min
    Episode 89 - Allison Henrich

    Episode 89 - Allison Henrich

    Allison Henrich studies knots and her favorite theorem is about how one might unknot a knot. Also, music.

    • 35 min
    Episode 88 - Tom Edgar

    Episode 88 - Tom Edgar

    We all know the (probably apocryphal) story of Gauss adding up the first 100 positive integers as a child. Well, Tom Edgar really likes this result and will be happy to tell you about dozens of different ways to prove it. Also, Groundhog Day.

    • 26 min
    Episode 87 - Tatiana Toro

    Episode 87 - Tatiana Toro

    Tatiana Toro is a geometer and therefore loves the ur-theorem of geometry, "due" to Pythagoras. She also likes to walk.

    • 23 min

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