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
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Earlier this year, after half a century of searching by many talented mathematicians, an amateur finally discovered an aperiodic monotile. (Send feedback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 287: The Grim State of Modern Pizza
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The surprisingly simple GRIM test, and how it helped to debunk the famous Cornell Pizza Studies. (Send feedback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 286: Adventures In Translation
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I discuss my experiences translating "The Revolution of Promises" by Nelson Rodriguez Chartrand. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 285: Believe My Proofs Or Else
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Have you used the logical method known as "proof by intimidation"? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 284: Don't Square Numbers, Triangle Them
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We discuss Buckminster Fuller's focus on triangles in his Synergetics. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 283: Escape From Infinity
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If we deny the existence of infinity, does math still work? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 282: The Man With The Map
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In memory of Maurice Karnaugh, we discuss the "K-Map", a nice shortcut for desinging electronic circuits. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 281: Pascal vs Mathematics
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Discussing the final decade of Blaise Pascal's life, when he decided math and physics were unworthy of study. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 280: Rubik's Resurgence
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Thanks to social media, Rubik's Cube is popular again. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 279: Improbable Envelopes
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We discuss the famous Two Envelopes paradox, along with an unconventional solution. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 278: Bicycle Repair Man
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Alan Turing's adventures in bicycle repair. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 277: Bad Career Advice
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Should you aim for a maximally "scalable" profession in order to become rich? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 276: Don't Believe the Math
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We discuss Nassim Taleb's "Ludic Fallacy", the incorrect belief that simple mathematical models accurately predict the real world. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 275: Demanding Fair Dice
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What does it take to create fair dice for an online game? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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A strange self-righting 3-D shape was only discovered in the 21st century. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 273: A Maze Of Labyrinths
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Why are literary and visual labyrinths from ancient and medieval times so different? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 272: The Mathematics of Jackie Mason
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How Jackie Mason derived jokes from Talmudic logic. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 271: Too Much Testing
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Think about the math before getting tested for a rare disease. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 270: Which Way To Turn
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Why are screw threads always right-handed? Or are they? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 269: A Good Use of Downtime
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We discuss a strange mathematical experiment conducted in a World War II prison camp. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 268: The Right Way To Gamble
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When does it make sense to bet it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 267: Free Will Isn't Free
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Do the nondeterministic calculations of quantum physics inevitably lead to proof of free will? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 266: A Number Is A Number
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We explore Bertrand Russell's set-theoretic definition of whole numbers. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 265: Defining Numbers, Sort of
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Is there a fundamental set of axioms we can use to define whole numbers? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 264: Unbalanced Society
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We explore some of Alfred Korzybski's odd ideas about using math to remake society. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 263: Asimov vs Doyle
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Was Sherlock Holmes' archnemesis Moriarty really a mathematical genius? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 262: My Bathroom Needs More Beryllium
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How to combine magic squares and Feng Shui. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 261: The Mystery of the S
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Is the title of this podcast missing an S? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 260: The Conway Criterion
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How much can you deform hexagonal tiles and still cover your bathroom floor? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 259: Is Reality Really Real?
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Does Donald Hoffman's book "The Case Against Reality" prove everything we perceive is wrong? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 258: Memory or Knot
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Exploring the Incas' clever "quipu" system of data storage. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 257: Turning Things Sideways in Time
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Are memories just wires turned sideways in time? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 256: Crazy Eyed Fish
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How symmetry and asymmetry naturally evolve in living creatures. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 255: Mountain Climbing with Dawkins
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How Richard Dawkins' metaphor of "Mount Improbable" explains the evolution of the human eye. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 254: How To Annoy Your Cat
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The mathematics of falling cats. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 253: Making Jewelry With Fermat
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We discuss Fermat's Little Theorem, along with an elegant visual proof. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 252: A Mathematician Translating Pushkin?
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Why did a famous math author translate a classic Russian epic poem? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 251: Paradoxes, Mathematical Oddities, and Formal Verification
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Audio of a recent conference talk relating Math Mutation topics to the verification of processor designs. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 250: Life on the Long Tail
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How the Long Tail theory enables Math Mutation to exist. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 249: The Other Half of the Battle
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How poor communication of accurate math destroyed a space shuttle. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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How the Base Rate Fallacy can help us find out if the sun has exploded. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 247: Wombat Geometry
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Exploring the secrets of the only animals with cubic dung. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 246: Election Solutions Revisited
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Can we use mathemtical insights to reduce the partisan conflicts surrounding ballot counting after every election? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 245: How Far Apart Are Numbers?
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What is the "right" way to draw a number line? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 244: Is Music Just Numbers?
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Do digital methods truly represent the original music, or are we missing something? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 243: The Consciousness Continuum
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Are being asleep and awake distinct states, or part of a continuous spectrum? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 242: Effort and Impact
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The pitfalls of planning using impact-effort analysis. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 241: A Strange Fixation
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The surprising properties of the number 6174, known as Kaprekar's Constant. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 240: R.I.P. Little Twelvetoes
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Discussing the late Bob Dorough's oddest song, "Little Twelvetoes". (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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Math Mutation 239: The Shape of our Knowledge
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What would a diagram of all human knowledge look like? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)De către Erik Seligman
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