Math Mutation 228: So Easy It's Hard
Exploring the "Collatz Conjecture", which is simple enough to explain to a child, but has yet to be proven. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Feb 19, 2017•5 min
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Episodes
Math Mutation 227: Heads In The Clouds
Gulliver's lesser known voyage to Laputa, which satirized out-of-touch mathematicians. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jan 29, 2017•6 min
Math Mutation 226: See You Next Year
If a friend wants to meet "a year from Monday", when exactly is that? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Dec 29, 2016•5 min
Math Mutation 225: A Crazy Kind of Computer
How stochastic computing cleverly utilizes the laws of probability. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Nov 29, 2016•6 min
Math Mutation 224: Did America Fail a Math Test?
Did the Third Pound Burger fail because people thought it was too small? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Oct 31, 2016•4 min
Math Mutation 223: Think With Both Your Brains
Harness the power of your "R-mode" for problem solving. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Sep 26, 2016•6 min
Math Mutation 222: Fractal Expressionism
Are abstract expressionist paintings really fractals? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Aug 22, 2016•6 min
Math Mutation 221: The Trouble With Glass Beads
Are modern physicists just playing a "glass bead game"? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jun 30, 2016•7 min
Math Mutation 220: Cognitive BSes
Are the "Cognitive Biases" reallly flaws in the human mind? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
May 29, 2016•5 min
Math Mutation 219: A Portal to the Past
Can you travel in time using the International Dateline? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Mar 27, 2016•7 min
Math Mutation 218: Itching for the I Ching
John Cage's music and the mathematics of the I Ching. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Mar 27, 2016•6 min
Math Mutation 217: The Oxford Calculators
Discussing a lesser-known group of 14th-century philosophers who laid the foundations for Galileo. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Feb 24, 2016•6 min
Math Mutation 216: Bowie Meets Escher
David Bowie was once in a live Escher lithograph. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Feb 02, 2016•6 min
Math Mutation 215: It's Not A Conspiracy
Could someone invent a device that alters the laws of probability? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Dec 23, 2015•6 min
Math Mutation 214: In Search of the Ultimate Math Game
Are there any good educational math games out for smartphones/tablets? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Nov 29, 2015•6 min
Math Mutation 213 Proof of the Fourth Dimension
Did Rudolf Steiner prove our minds are four-dimensional 100 years ago? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Oct 25, 2015•5 min
Math Mutation 212 De-Abstracting Your Life
How to fight stereotypes and prejudice using indexing and dating (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Sep 27, 2015•5 min
Math Mutation 211 Saving A Few Million Years
I shamelessly plug my new Formal Verification book. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Aug 30, 2015•6 min
Math Mutation 210 Two Plus Two Equals Five
Is it ever valid to claim that 2+2=5? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jul 26, 2015•6 min
Math Mutation 209 Wheels That Aren't Round
The surprising properties of non-circular curves of constant width. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jun 21, 2015•5 min
Math Mutation 208 Your Kids Are Smarter Than You
The Flynn Effect shows that our collective IQ is increasing with each generation. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
May 24, 2015•6 min
Math Mutation 207 Answering All Possible Questions
A 13th century monk shows us how to discover all life's answers thru combinatorics. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Apr 12, 2015•5 min
Math Mutation 206 Deceptive Digits
Do the random processes of the universe prefer some digits over others? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Mar 22, 2015•6 min
Math Mutation 205 The Converse of a CEO
Seeking success advice from the successful exposes a mathematical fallacy. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Mar 01, 2015•5 min
Math Mutation 204 What Happened to Grigori Perelman?
Update on the strange but brilliant genius who refused the Fields Medal. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jan 18, 2015•6 min
Math Mutation 203 Big Numbers Upside Down
Understanding large numbers thru small probabilities. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Dec 27, 2014•5 min
Math Mutation 202 Psychochronometry
Why does time seem to pass faster as we age? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Nov 23, 2014•5 min
Math Mutation 201 A Heap Of Seagulls
Can removing a grain of sand from a heap make it a non-heap? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Oct 23, 2014•5 min
Math Mutation 200 Answering Common Listener Questions
We celebrate episode 200 by answering the questions about Math Mutation that have been eating away at your brain. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Sep 28, 2014•6 min
Math Mutation 199 Precaution or Paranoia?
Why does Nassim Nicholas Taleb want to ban GMOs? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Aug 24, 2014•8 min
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