April 29, 2009
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answers, game theory, guests, math puzzles, Mathfactor Events
Kyle and Chaim finally get back into the studio!
We first pose a quick question: If you drive fifty miles in fifty minutes, must there be some ten minute interval in which you drive exactly ten miles?
Of course there must — mustn’t there? Well prove it!
Our main feature this week is an interview with Michael Breen, from the American Mathematical Society, who came and hosted a game show “Who Wants To Be A Mathematician!” About a hundred high school students from all over northwest Arkansas came to cheer on their classmates; Kyle Strong of Har-Ber High in Springdale came in first, winning $1250, and Karan Batra, of Bentonville placed second with $250.
Our interview includes a few sample problems… I guess we shouldn’t list too many of them, in case Micheal wants to recycle them! Mike’s also responsible for the great series of Mathematical Moments posters— check them out!
PS: We opened with the Up To One Million Dollars In Prize Money May Be Given Away gag… Always fun!
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February 27, 2009
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answers, guests, Harriss, math puzzles, The Mathcast, Topology and geometry
Edmund Harriss, sometime contributor to the Math Factor, makes his first appearance in this early segment, from February 29, 2004.
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November 18, 2008
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guests, numbers, The Mathcast
Dirk Huylebrouck, the Mathematical Tourist columnist in the Mathematical Intelligencer, tells us about the remarkable Ishango bone, a 22,000 year old arithmetical exercise!
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October 22, 2008
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guests, math puzzles, The Mathcast
Ed Pegg, of mathpuzzle.com , Wolfram research and consultant to the TV show Numb3rs, returns to discuss cellular automata and a fiendishly difficult puzzle.
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October 13, 2008
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guests, The Mathcast
Peter Winkler discusses the bonus chapter, on the word game HIPE, in his book, Mathematical Mind Benders!
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September 1, 2008
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guests, math puzzles, Mathfactor Events, The Mathcast
We visit the Fayetteville Farmer’s Market, soliciting math questions, and pose a problem about funny walks.
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August 22, 2008
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answers, guests, math puzzles, The Mathcast, Topology and geometry
We conclude our interview with Dana Richards, editor of Martin Gardner’s Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems pondering how to cut a hole through a cube large enough that another, same-sized cube can pass through!
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August 12, 2008
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Favorites, guests, infinity, logic, math puzzles, numbers, paradoxes, The Mathcast, Topology and geometry
Dana Richards, editor of The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems discusses the amazing Martin Gardner and his legacy!
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July 30, 2008
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Favorites, guests, Topology and geometry
M.C. Escher expert Doris Schattschneider, author of Visions of Symmetry, sits down with us in Leeuwarden Friesland, Escher’s boyhood hometown, to discuss his life and work.
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