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Math Mutation

Erik Seligman

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.

  • 5 minutes 10 seconds
    Math Mutation 288: One Stone To Rule Them All
    Earlier this year, after half a century of searching by many talented mathematicians, an amateur finally discovered an aperiodic monotile. (Send feedback to [email protected])
    27 December 2023, 1:10 pm
  • 4 minutes 43 seconds
    Math Mutation 287: The Grim State of Modern Pizza
    The surprisingly simple GRIM test, and how it helped to debunk the famous Cornell Pizza Studies. (Send feedback to [email protected])
    9 September 2023, 5:55 pm
  • 5 minutes 44 seconds
    Math Mutation 286: Adventures In Translation
    I discuss my experiences translating "The Revolution of Promises" by Nelson Rodriguez Chartrand. (Send feeback to [email protected])
    27 August 2023, 5:55 pm
  • 4 minutes 43 seconds
    Math Mutation 285: Believe My Proofs Or Else
    Have you used the logical method known as "proof by intimidation"? (Send feeback to [email protected])
    29 June 2023, 5:55 pm
  • 4 minutes 51 seconds
    Math Mutation 284: Don't Square Numbers, Triangle Them
    We discuss Buckminster Fuller's focus on triangles in his Synergetics. (Send feeback to [email protected])
    30 April 2023, 5:55 pm
  • 5 minutes 54 seconds
    Math Mutation 283: Escape From Infinity
    If we deny the existence of infinity, does math still work? (Send feeback to [email protected])
    27 February 2023, 5:55 pm
  • 5 minutes 19 seconds
    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 to [email protected])
    20 December 2022, 5:55 pm
  • 4 minutes 42 seconds
    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 feeback to [email protected])
    30 October 2022, 5:55 pm
  • 5 minutes 50 seconds
    Math Mutation 280: Rubik's Resurgence
    Thanks to social media, Rubik's Cube is popular again. (Send feeback to [email protected])
    25 August 2022, 5:55 pm
  • 5 minutes 5 seconds
    Math Mutation 279: Improbable Envelopes
    We discuss the famous Two Envelopes paradox, along with an unconventional solution. (Send feeback to [email protected])
    30 June 2022, 5:55 pm
  • 3 minutes 48 seconds
    Math Mutation 278: Bicycle Repair Man
    Alan Turing's adventures in bicycle repair. (Send feeback to [email protected])
    22 May 2022, 5:55 pm
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