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