My Favorite Theorem

Kevin Knudson & Evelyn Lamb
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My Favorite Theorem

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.

  1. 10 JUN

    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.

    30 min

  2. 3 APR

    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

  3. 23 JAN

    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.

    34 min

  4. 12/11/2023

    Episode 89 - Allison Henrich

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

    35 min

  5. 09/10/2023

    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

  6. 07/09/2023

    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.

    24 min

  7. 20/07/2023

    Episode 86 - Sarah Hart

    Gresham Professor of Geometry Sarah Hart likes cycloids and we talk at length about all their fascinating properties. Also, Moby Dick (or The Whale).

    41 min

  8. 02/06/2023

    Episode 85 - Matthew Kahle

    Euler's polyhedral formula continues to amaze Matthew Kahle as he finds it showing up in different places in mathematics. Also, Bach.

    31 min
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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.

Information

  • Creator
    Kevin Knudson & Evelyn Lamb
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    93
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Kevin Knudson & Evelyn Lamb
  • Show Website
    My Favorite Theorem

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