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MathFest 2010: Day 2

August 7, 2010 - 6:11 PM

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9:03 PM
The last day of a conference is always a funny thing, people are still having to give talks(myself included) but most people are just getting easy to go and saying their goodbyes to their old friends and getting the contact informations from their new friends. My day started with Bob Devaney’s third talk, followed [...]

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MathFest 2010: Day 1

August 6, 2010 - 7:24 PM

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4:31 PM
It has been a busy second day of MathFest for little old me. I got up early to avoid hitting a traffic jam as I did yesterday and ended up at the conference well before any other attendee was walking around. there is something otherworldly about walking around a conference when it is totally [...]

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MathFest: Day 0

August 5, 2010 - 5:08 PM

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12:06 PM
I sent my first morning at mathfest in a way that I typically do not at math conferences, listening to the invited lectures. I did this for two reasons; 1: all three talks looked very interesting and 2: i was hoping to get an interview with all of them as well. The first reason [...]

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MathFest 2010: Day -1

August 4, 2010 - 7:34 PM

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I sit here in my cheap motel room, about 25 minutes drive from the wondrous MathFest festivities that begin tomorrow at 9 am, listening to Canadian rapper K-OS and avoiding running through tomorrow’s presentation. Math conferences for me are a rather mixed bag, they bring together two of my favorite things(mathematics and people) but in [...]

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Combinations and Permutations Episode 50: THE GAME SHOW!

July 18, 2010 - 8:11 AM

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May I present to you The Combinations and Permutations Game Show with your Host Samuel Hansen and contestants Leigh-Anne Duncan, Christopher Bates, Eric Everstine, Anthony Sellari, Nathan Rowe, and Cody Palmer.
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Combinations and Permutations Episode 49: The Forbes 25th Ranked Mathematical Podcast

July 13, 2010 - 1:19 AM

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Samuel Hansen got Combinations and Permutations All-Stars Nathan Rowe and Anthony Sellari, as well as young starlet Eric Everstine together this week to talk about 3 pieces of very important Mathematical News.
Russian Math Genius Ignores $1 Million Dollar Prize
Go Figure: Maths is No Longer in its Prime
Computing’s Killer Problem
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Combinations and Permutations episode 50 Sketch Outtakes

July 3, 2010 - 3:42 PM

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For the 50th episode of Combinations and Permutations we are going to try something completely different, and it is going to include sketches. Cody Palmer, Juan mariscal, and Samuel Hansen sat around a couple weeks ago and wrote some sketches and what follows is the unedited version of Juan’s version of a sketch called Kronecker’s [...]

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Combinations and Permutations Episode 48: Bad, Bad, Bad, Math

July 3, 2010 - 3:35 PM

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Samuel Hansen welcomes Sean Najera into the Combinations and Permutations fold and brings back Eric Everstine and manages to pronounce his name correctly on the first try. The reason that Samuel did this amazing thing was to discuss the wonderful topic that is pseudomathematics.
Even though there commentary on pseudomathematics was beyond reproach, you, the listeners, [...]

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Strongly Connected Components Episode 19: Keith Devlin

July 1, 2010 - 3:51 PM

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On today’s, be it which ever day you happen to listen, episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen comes back strong with an interview with NPR Math Guy, Co-Founder of Standford’s H-STAR Institute, and author of many books, including the wonderful and informative Unfinished Game which you should all go pick up right away, Keith Devlin. Keith [...]

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Combinations and Permutations 50th Episode Sketch Outtakes 2

June 29, 2010 - 6:32 PM

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For the 50th episode of Combinations and Permutations we are going to try something completely different, and it is going to include sketches. Cody Palmer, Juan mariscal, and Samuel Hansen sat around last week and wrote some sketches and what follows is the unedited version of Juan’s version of a sketch called Kronecker’s Intervention. Enjoy!
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