289 episodes
Math Mutation Erik Seligman
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Welcome to Math Mutation, a podcast for people of all ages where we discuss fun, interesting, or just plain weird corners of mathematics that you would not have heard in school.(Feedback email erik@mathmutation.com).
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Math Mutation 288: One Stone To Rule Them All
Earlier this year, after half a century of searching by many talented mathematicians, an amateur finally discovered an aperiodic monotile.
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Math Mutation 287: The Grim State of Modern Pizza
The surprisingly simple GRIM test, and how it helped to debunk the famous Cornell Pizza Studies.
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Math Mutation 286: Adventures In Translation
I discuss my experiences translating "The Revolution of Promises" by Nelson Rodriguez Chartrand.
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Math Mutation 285: Believe My Proofs Or Else
Have you used the logical method known as "proof by intimidation"?
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Math Mutation 284: Don't Square Numbers, Triangle Them
We discuss Buckminster Fuller's focus on triangles in his Synergetics.
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Math Mutation 283: Escape From Infinity
If we deny the existence of infinity, does math still work?
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