Archive for May, 2010
Strongly Connected Components Episode 18: Peter Rowlett
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via petterrowlett.net
Your valiant host Samuel Hansen was joined by fellow mathematical podcaster Peter Rowlett for a conversation where Peter explains about what exactly the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications is, how he finds and interviews guests, and Peter also tries to interview Samuel as much as Samuel tries to interview him. You can find more about Peter by following him on twitter, listening to his podcasts Travels in a Mathematical World and History of Maths and x, as well as going to his personal website. Also you can find out How to Talk Maths in Public, learn about Mathsjam, and the IMA Branch Talks by click on those links.
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Combinations and Permutations Episode 43: Mr. Math Teacher
2On this, the 43rd episode of Combinations and Permutations Brandon Metz, Cody Palmer, and Samuel Hansen got together to record about an hour of surprisingly sincere and honest audio on mathematical teaching. Unlike most episode there is not a long list of links to wikipedia articles or pop culture minutiae to post here so instead I will leave you with two videos that were mentioned in the episode and the list of terrible teacher types.
First the List:
Mr. Looks-Only-At-the-Board
Mr. Engages-With-Only-a-Single-Person
Mr. Changes-Variables-While-Slamming-Markers-Into-the-Board-and_Erasing-Half-of-the-Work-Because-it-is-Really-Really-Wrong-and-Hands-Out-a-Ream-Worth-of-Wikipedia-Articles-as-Reference
Mr. Egotistical-the-Content-Doesn’t-Really-Matter-I’m-Only-Going-to-Talk-About-Myself
And now the videos:
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Martin
0I never read Martin Gardner’s column in Scientific American. This doesn’t mean that I was not influenced by Martin Gardner. The work that he did to popularize mathematics has left indelible marks on my life, as I would not have had the teachers I had, or the interview subjects on SCC, without it. Therefore I was very sad to hear that he past away yesterday, and I will leave you hear with this video of Martin:
The Nature of Things / Martin Gardner from Wagner Brenner on Vimeo.
Combinations and Permutations Episode 42: The Miley Partition
0On today’s episode Brandon Metz and Cody Palmer are the guests as your intrepid, and often abused host, Samuel Hansen does his best to try to make them talk about Partition Theory. Samuel soon sees it is hopeless and begins to sing.
Topics Discussed on the Episode include:
Partition Theory
Lagrange Four-Square Theorem
Polite Numbers
Goldbach Conjecture
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Strongly Connected Components Episode 17: Matt Parker
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via http://standupmaths.com
On today’s episode Samuel Hansen has a sit down with Matt Parker the Stand Up Mathematician. They talk about things as diverse as how to communicate mathematics, the Manual of Mathematical Magic , and just what YakaWow really is. If you would like to find out more about Matt Parker be sure to visit his website, read his twitter, contract him to give a talk, watch his videos here and here, and go the MathsJam.
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Adventures in Multiplication
0Alex Bellos author of Alice’s Adventures in Numberland and twitterer extraordinaire has posted up this video illustrating a wonderful visual method of multiplying numbers. I had not heard of this method but I might just start to use it for large numbers. (via maanow)
Strongly Connected Components Episode 16: David Richeson
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via twitter.com/divbyzero
Today’s episode of Strongly Connected Components features a conversation between Samuel Hansen and Professor David Richeson from Dickinson College. They talk about everything from why exactly Richeson uses twitter, to why his faculty website is awesome, and exactly how to write mathematics. To find out more about Professor Richeson check out his amazing faculty website, regularly read his blog, follow him on twitter, or read his fantastic(and award winning) new book just click on any of those links.
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Combinations and Permutations Episode 41: Harmonic Plosives
2This week on Combinations and Permutations your host Samuel Hansen managed to convince three guests, Christopher Bates, Brandon Metz, and Cody Palmer, to join him in his home office/studio to talk about the wonderful world of analysis. Here are some links to what they talked about:
A Pernicious Idea(C&P Episode 15)
Real Analysis(as opposed to Fake(Oops, I mean Complex)) Analysis
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