Erik Seligman

Math Mutation

Science EN ↓ 289 episodes

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@mathmutation.com).

Author

Erik Seligman

Category

Science

Podcast website

www.mathmutation.com

Latest episode

Dec 27, 2023

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Episodes

Math Mutation 38 11-Dimensional Spaghetti Monsters 30.09.2007

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

Math Mutation 37 Baby Math 23.09.2007

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

Math Mutation 36 Christmas in August 16.09.2007

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

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

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

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

Math Mutation 32 How Polish Math Saved Europe 19.08.2007

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

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

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

Math Mutation 29 What A Planet Sounds Like 28.07.2007

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

Math Mutation 28 Someone Knocked My 8 Over 22.07.2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Math Mutation 18 Squash Those Dice 05.05.2007

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

Math Mutation 17 Visitors From The Next Dimension 28.04.2007

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

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

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

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

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