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Math Mutation

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... Read more

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Math Mutation 285: Believe My Proofs Or Else

Math Mutation 285: Believe My Proofs Or Else

Have you used the logical method known as "proof by intimidation"?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

29 Jun 2023

4mins

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Math Mutation 284: Don't Square Numbers, Triangle Them

Math Mutation 284: Don't Square Numbers, Triangle Them

We discuss Buckminster Fuller's focus on triangles in his Synergetics.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

30 Apr 2023

4mins

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Math Mutation 283: Escape From Infinity

Math Mutation 283: Escape From Infinity

If we deny the existence of infinity, does math still work?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

27 Feb 2023

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Math Mutation 282: The Man With The Map

Math Mutation 282: The Man With The Map

In memory of Maurice Karnaugh, we discuss the "K-Map", a nice shortcut for desinging electronic circuits.(Send feeback t... Read more

20 Dec 2022

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Math Mutation 281: Pascal vs Mathematics

Math Mutation 281: Pascal vs Mathematics

Discussing the final decade of Blaise Pascal's life, when he decided math and physics were unworthy of study. (Send fe... Read more

30 Oct 2022

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Math Mutation 280: Rubik's Resurgence

Math Mutation 280: Rubik's Resurgence

Thanks to social media, Rubik's Cube is popular again.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

25 Aug 2022

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Math Mutation 279: Improbable Envelopes

Math Mutation 279: Improbable Envelopes

We discuss the famous Two Envelopes paradox, along with an unconventional solution.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.co... Read more

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Math Mutation 278: Bicycle Repair Man

Math Mutation 278: Bicycle Repair Man

Alan Turing's adventures in bicycle repair.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

22 May 2022

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Math Mutation 277: Bad Career Advice

Math Mutation 277: Bad Career Advice

Should you aim for a maximally "scalable" profession in order to become rich?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

31 Mar 2022

6mins

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Math Mutation 276: Don't Believe the Math

Math Mutation 276: Don't Believe the Math

We discuss Nassim Taleb's "Ludic Fallacy", the incorrect belief that simple mathematical models accurately predict the r... Read more

20 Feb 2022

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