Math Mutation

By Erik Seligman

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@m... more

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The podcast currently has 287 episodes available.

Math Mutation episodes:

February 19, 2017 Math Mutation 228: So Easy It's Hard
Exploring the "Collatz Conjecture", which is simple enough to explain to a child, but has yet to be proven.
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January 29, 2017 Math Mutation 227: Heads In The Clouds
Gulliver's lesser known voyage to Laputa, which satirized out-of-touch mathematicians.
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7min
December 29, 2016 Math Mutation 226: See You Next Year
If a friend wants to meet "a year from Monday", when exactly is that?
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5min
November 29, 2016 Math Mutation 225: A Crazy Kind of Computer
How stochastic computing cleverly utilizes the laws of probability.
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7min
October 31, 2016 Math Mutation 224: Did America Fail a Math Test?
Did the Third Pound Burger fail because people thought it was too small?
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5min
September 26, 2016 Math Mutation 223: Think With Both Your Brains
Harness the power of your "R-mode" for problem solving.
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7min
August 22, 2016 Math Mutation 222: Fractal Expressionism
Are abstract expressionist paintings really fractals?
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6min
June 30, 2016 Math Mutation 221: The Trouble With Glass Beads
Are modern physicists just playing a "glass bead game"?
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8min
May 29, 2016 Math Mutation 220: Cognitive BSes
Are the "Cognitive Biases" reallly flaws in the human mind?
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6min
March 27, 2016 Math Mutation 219: A Portal to the Past
Can you travel in time using the International Dateline?
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7min

FAQs about Math Mutation:

How many episodes does Math Mutation have?

The podcast currently has 287 episodes available.