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Wrong, But Useful, Episode 74
Wrong, But Useful
English - December 06, 2019 10:00 - 21 minutes - 29.7 MBScience Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It’s time for the @BigMathsJam Wrong, But Useful! @stecks (Katie Steckles): Brouwer’s Fixed Point Theorem: “they said it’s a theorem, so I’ve got to believe it.” Mentions @jamesgrime. @christianp (Christian Lawson-Perfect): ordering cards to generate a fractal sequence. @peterrowlett (Peter Rowlett): transforming numbers problems into graphs. Mentions @alexcorner and @wtgowers. The puzzle is stated here and the discussion thread is here. @dragon_dodo (Dominika Vasilkova): the Weierstrass function @scroggs (Matthew Scroggs): @oddsandevens’s fractional origami. Yuen Ng: Miscancelling fractions @pecnut (Adam Townsend): @astrastefania’s redesign of the the musical stave. @smokeyfurby and his handler (Belgin) enjoyed @samhartburn’s cake, based on @becky_k_warren’s Big Math-Off […]
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It’s time for the @BigMathsJam Wrong, But Useful!
@stecks (Katie Steckles): Brouwer’s Fixed Point Theorem: “they said it’s a theorem, so I’ve got to believe it.” Mentions @jamesgrime.
@christianp (Christian Lawson-Perfect): ordering cards to generate a fractal sequence.
@peterrowlett (Peter Rowlett): transforming numbers problems into graphs. Mentions @alexcorner and @wtgowers. The puzzle is stated here and the discussion thread is here.
@dragon_dodo (Dominika Vasilkova): the Weierstrass function
@scroggs (Matthew Scroggs): @oddsandevens’s fractional origami.
Yuen Ng: Miscancelling fractions
@pecnut (Adam Townsend): @astrastefania’s redesign of the the musical stave.
@smokeyfurby and his handler (Belgin) enjoyed @samhartburn’s cake, based on @becky_k_warren’s Big Math-Off entry - scroll down!
@njj4 (Nicholas Jackson): A bit about Émilie du Châtelet.
Adam Atkinson: On randomly-moving knights.
* edited 2019-12-08 to add links.
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