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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 210 Two Plus Two Equals Five

Math Mutation 210 Two Plus Two Equals Five

Is it ever valid to claim that 2+2=5?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

26 Jul 2015

5mins

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Math Mutation 182 Money For Math

Math Mutation 182 Money For Math

Prize money for provingdisproving famous conjectures.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

16 Jun 2013

4mins

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Math Mutation 16 Doodling

Math Mutation 16 Doodling

What kind of pictures do you draw when your attention wanders?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

21 Apr 2007

2mins

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Math Mutation 186 Not Quite Infinity

Math Mutation 186 Not Quite Infinity

A number so big that writing it down would fill up the known universe.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

22 Sep 2013

4mins

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Math Mutation 175 Another Great Math Movie

Math Mutation 175 Another Great Math Movie

My review of Sphereland The Movie .(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

16 Dec 2012

5mins

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Math Mutation 197 Four Dimensional Greek Warships

Math Mutation 197 Four Dimensional Greek Warships

After all the original members left, was the Velvet Underground still the same band?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.c... Read more

6 Jul 2014

4mins

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Math Mutation 35 One Messed-Up Triangle

Math Mutation 35 One Messed-Up Triangle

How non-Euclidean geometry lets you draw a triangle with three right angles.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

9 Sep 2007

4mins

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Math Mutation 134 As Math Goes By

Math Mutation 134 As Math Goes By

Einstein, the fourth dimension, and Casablanca.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

29 Sep 2010

3mins

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Math Mutation 185 The Gullible Ratio

Math Mutation 185 The Gullible Ratio

Is the golden ratio phi as important as people claim?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

27 Aug 2013

6mins

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Math Mutation 142 Hippasus's Revenge

Math Mutation 142 Hippasus's Revenge

How the basis of modern music shifted from whole to irrational numbers.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

20 Feb 2011

4mins

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Math Mutation 154 A New Perspective On Perspective

Math Mutation 154 A New Perspective On Perspective

Is perspective in art just a cultural artifact?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

9 Oct 2011

5mins

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Math Mutation 178 Mathematical Immortality

Math Mutation 178 Mathematical Immortality

What do math and physics say about life after death?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

10 Mar 2013

5mins

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Math Mutation 191 Liking The Lottery

Math Mutation 191 Liking The Lottery

Is a government lottery really a tax on stupidity?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

2 Feb 2014

5mins

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Math Mutation 140 Does The House Always Win?

Math Mutation 140 Does The House Always Win?

How MIT math geeks won millions in Vegas.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

12 Jan 2011

6mins

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Math Mutation 203 Big Numbers Upside Down

Math Mutation 203 Big Numbers Upside Down

Understanding large numbers thru small probabilities.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

27 Dec 2014

4mins

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Math Mutation 144 Is There A Hippopotamus In This Podcast?

Math Mutation 144 Is There A Hippopotamus In This Podcast?

Trying to make sense of Russell's conversation with Wittgenstein.(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

28 Mar 2011

4mins

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Math Mutation 160 The Boids And Bees Of Leadership

Math Mutation 160 The Boids And Bees Of Leadership

What algorithms do bees use to fly in swarms?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

24 Jan 2012

5mins

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Math Mutation 148 Your Size In Space And Time

Math Mutation 148 Your Size In Space And Time

How do you compare to the universe as a whole?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

14 Jun 2011

3mins

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Math Mutation 179 Bugged By Math

Math Mutation 179 Bugged By Math

With a brain the size of a pinhead, how do cicadas know about prime numbers?(Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

31 Mar 2013

4mins

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Math Mutation 11 A Movie You Should See

Math Mutation 11 A Movie You Should See

Review of Flatland The Film.

17 Mar 2007

4mins

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