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Combinations and Permutations Episode 70: The Pink Notepad
0For today’s Combinations and Permutations Samuel Hansen is joined by a Sean Breckling and Cody Palmer for discussion about just what that math we are all told that we do every single day really is.
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Episode 70: The Pink Notepad
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Strongly Connected Components Episode 41: Robert Ghrist
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(via http://www.makinghistory.upenn.edu/)
On this week’s episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen is joined by Prof. Robert Ghrist of the University of Pennsylvania. They talk about how one goes from engineering into mathematics, just how you can apply topology, and a Funny Little Calculus Text. To find more out about Prof. Ghrist please head on over to his website or follow him on Twitter.
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SCC 41: Robert Ghrist
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Combinations and Permutations Episode 69: A Taste of SCC
0Samuel Hansen was unable to get his fellow guests together so today on Combinations and Permutations we feature two interviews from our sister show Strongly Connected Components, Daina Taimina and David Spiegelhalter.
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Daina Taimina is the author of “Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes” and Professor at Cornell Univerity. She and Samuel talk about how crochet can model hyperbolic geometry and the importance of just doing mathematics, as well as its history. To find out more about Daina Taimina and her work visit her website.
David Spiegelhalter is the Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, as well as Senior Scientist in the MRC Biostatistics Unit. He and Samuel discuss the true meaning of risk, the importance of the Bayesian Method, how to get a lot of citations, and even a bit about the bookies. To find out more about Professor Spiegelhalter check out his website and look at his stained glass work.
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Episode 69: A Taste of SCC
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Strongly Connected Components Episode 40: Tanya Khovanova
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(via http://www.tanyakhovanova.com)
On this episode of Strongly Connected components Samuel Hansen has a conversation with Visiting Scholar and Research Affiliate at MIT, Tanya Khovanova. They talk about the Math Olympiads, the IAS’s Women and Mathematics program, and even gossip a bit about numbers. To find out more about Tanya Khovanova please visit her website, read her wonderful blog, and definitely visit the site Number Gossip.
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SCC 40: Tanya Khovanova
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Strongly Connected Components Episode 39: John D. Cook
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(via http://www.johndcook.com/)
On this episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen has a conversation with John D. Cook Research Statistician at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. They talk about very applied mathematics, the difference of just in time and just in case learning, and how to have a wonderfully broad career. To find out more about John D. Cook be sure to go to his website, read his blog The Endeavour, and follow his, and his tip, twitter accounts.
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Strongly Connected Components Episode 38: Chaim Goodman-Strauss
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(via http://math.uark.edu)
Samuel Hansen is joined this week by Chaim Goodman Strauss, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Arkansas and host of the Math Factor Podcast. There is a lot of mutual podcast love, some talk about the importance of teaching teachers, and a long, winding road to puzzles. To find out more about Professor Strauss visit his website, look at his art, or head on over to The Math Factor and while you are there be sure to catch up on old episodes of the podcast.
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Combinations and Permutations Episode 68: Brachistroni and Cheese
2On this episode of Combinations and Permutations Samuel Hansen is joined by Cody Palmer and Christopher Bates for a rather lively discussion of Conics, Koch, Roses, Spirals, the Witch of Agnesi, and brachistroni and cheese. In other words they talked about curves.
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Topics Covered:
Curves
Curvature
Conic Sections
Koch Curve
Witch of Agnesi
Brachistrone
Rose Curve
Catenary
Spiral
Backward Bending Supply Curve of Labor
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Sam and Dan and Repo Man
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Finally! The long awaited THIRD episode of Sam and Dan and! This month we watch Repo Man, the 1984 cult movie starring a young Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton. Do we totally dig on young Emilio Estevez a lot? You betcha’!
Sam And Dan And Repo ManStrongly Connected Components Episode 37: Scott Aaronson
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(via http://www.scottaaronson.com/)
Samuel Hansen is joined by Scott Aaronson, Professor of Computer Science at MIT. Their covers how Nintendo can lead to a career in theoretical computer science, a clear definition of Quantum Computing and its importance, and finally why a person would wager $200,000 that a P vs. NP proof was false. Scott Aaronson also writes a very cogent and wonderful blog, is the mind behind Complexity Zoo, and has many more interesting things available on his website.
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SCC 37: Scott Aaronson
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Combinations and Permutations Episode 67: This is Not About Facebook
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Samuel Hansen is joined by Cody Palmer, Brandon Metz, and Juan Mariscal to talk about Small Worlds, Power Laws, the Strength of Weak Ties, and just why Your Friends have More Friends that You Have.
Topics Covered:
Social Network Theory
Milgram’s Small World Experiment
Watts/Strogatz Small World Model
Albert and Barabasi Model
Power Law Distribution
Strength of Weak Ties(PDF of Paper)
Your Friends Have More Friends than You Do
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