Math Mutation

Math Mutation 38 11-Dimensional Spaghetti Monsters 30.09.2007 3:23 ↓

Where are the missing dimensions of string theory? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 37 Baby Math 23.09.2007 3:49 ↓

Can 6-month old babies do basic subtraction? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 36 Christmas in August 16.09.2007 4:59 ↓

How the Romans coped with the odd ratios of the day, the lunar cycle, and the solar cycle. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 35 One Messed-Up Triangle 09.09.2007 4:59 ↓

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

Math Mutation 34 Not Over Till It's Over 02.09.2007 4:08 ↓

Has the riddle of Fermat's Last Theorem truly been solved? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 33 Watch Zeno Make Russia Disappear 26.08.2007 3:38 ↓

Infinite series and sub-replacement fertility. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 32 How Polish Math Saved Europe 19.08.2007 6:00 ↓

Today we talk about an early Polish success in cracking the Enigma coding machine. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 31 Putting The Multiverse To Work 11.08.2007 4:29 ↓

Does quantum computing prove the existence of parallel universes? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 30 Will The Real Fourth Dimension Please Stand Up 05.08.2007 5:51 ↓

Is Time really a dimension? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 29 What A Planet Sounds Like 28.07.2007 3:35 ↓

The Music of the Spheres, taken literally. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 28 Someone Knocked My 8 Over 22.07.2007 3:42 ↓

Where does that weird infinity symbol come from? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 27 How Many Crayons Do You Need? 04.07.2007 4:01 ↓

Surprisingly, any map can be filled in with just four colors. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 26 That Krazy Kepler 30.06.2007 4:09 ↓

Discussing one of Johannes Kepler's lesser known, and sillier, theories. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 25 Everything Is a Number 23.06.2007 4:05 ↓

How Godel twisted statements about numbers into statements about statements. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 24 A Mathematical Nuclear Bomb 16.06.2007 3:35 ↓

How Godel's Incompleteness Theorem blew away hopes of a complete system of mathematics. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 23 Stupid Number Tricks 09.06.2007 3:06 ↓

How to look like a math genius, even if you're not. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 22 Between The Dimensions 02.06.2007 3:29 ↓

More on fractals, and why they are considered to have fractional dimensions. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 21 Infinite Perimeter, Finite Area 27.05.2007 3:20 ↓

Describing the Koch Snowflake, a classic example of a fractal curve. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 20 The Round Road To Damnation 19.05.2007 3:15 ↓

Do religious Jews and Christians really believe pi=3? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 19 Throwing Darts At Your Problems 12.05.2007 3:36 ↓

The power of randomized algorithms. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 18 Squash Those Dice 05.05.2007 3:57 ↓

Why are there exactly five platonic solids? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 17 Visitors From The Next Dimension 28.04.2007 3:15 ↓

What would it look like if a four-dimensional creature dropped by for a visit? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 16 Doodling 21.04.2007 2:48 ↓

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

Math Mutation 15 A Pretty Big Library 14.04.2007 3:32 ↓

We discuss Borges' Library of Babel, which contains every possible book. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 14 Exponentials for Easter 07.04.2007 3:11 ↓

Bunny math. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)