Math Mutation
A weekly podcast
Math Mutation
Episodes
Math Mutation
A weekly podcast
Episodes of Math Mutation
Mark All
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)
The surprisingly simple GRIM test, and how it helped to debunk the famous Cornell Pizza Studies.(Send feedback to erik@mathmutation.com)
I discuss my experiences translating "The Revolution of Promises" by Nelson Rodriguez Chartrand.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Have you used the logical method known as "proof by intimidation"?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
We discuss Buckminster Fuller's focus on triangles in his Synergetics.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
If we deny the existence of infinity, does math still work?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
In memory of Maurice Karnaugh, we discuss the "K-Map", a nice shortcut for desinging electronic circuits.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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)
Thanks to social media, Rubik's Cube is popular again.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
We discuss the famous Two Envelopes paradox, along with an unconventional solution.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Alan Turing's adventures in bicycle repair.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Should you aim for a maximally "scalable" profession in order to become rich?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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)
What does it take to create fair dice for an online game?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
A strange self-righting 3-D shape was only discovered in the 21st century.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Why are literary and visual labyrinths from ancient and medieval times so different?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
How Jackie Mason derived jokes from Talmudic logic.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Think about the math before getting tested for a rare disease.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Why are screw threads always right-handed? Or are they?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
We discuss a strange mathematical experiment conducted in a World War II prison camp.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
When does it make sense to bet it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Do the nondeterministic calculations of quantum physics inevitably lead to proof of free will?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
We explore Bertrand Russell's set-theoretic definition of whole numbers.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Is there a fundamental set of axioms we can use to define whole numbers? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
We explore some of Alfred Korzybski's odd ideas about using math to remake society.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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