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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).
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Earlier this year, after half a century of searching by many talented mathematicians, an amateur finally discovered an aperiodic monotile.
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The surprisingly simple GRIM test, and how it helped to debunk the famous Cornell Pizza Studies.
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I discuss my experiences translating "The Revolution of Promises" by Nelson Rodriguez Chartrand.
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Have you used the logical method known as "proof by intimidation"?
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We discuss Buckminster Fuller's focus on triangles in his Synergetics.
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If we deny the existence of infinity, does math still work?
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In memory of Maurice Karnaugh, we discuss the "K-Map", a nice shortcut for desinging electronic circuits.
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Discussing the final decade of Blaise Pascal's life, when he decided math and physics were unworthy of study.
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Thanks to social media, Rubik's Cube is popular again.
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We discuss the famous Two Envelopes paradox, along with an unconventional solution.
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Alan Turing's adventures in bicycle repair.
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Should you aim for a maximally "scalable" profession in order to become rich?
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We discuss Nassim Taleb's "Ludic Fallacy", the incorrect belief that simple mathematical models accurately predict the real world.
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What does it take to create fair dice for an online game?
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A strange self-righting 3-D shape was only discovered in the 21st century.
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Why are literary and visual labyrinths from ancient and medieval times so different?
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How Jackie Mason derived jokes from Talmudic logic.
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Think about the math before getting tested for a rare disease.
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Why are screw threads always right-handed? Or are they?
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We discuss a strange mathematical experiment conducted in a World War II prison camp.
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