September 23, 2021 • 10m
Frank Benford observed that the number one seems to pop up a lot in both in the supermarket and on tax bills. In understanding thi...Read more
September 23, 2021 • 10m
Speed is such a common term that it's easy to forget how much of a role maths plays in understanding it. Until three or four centu...Read more
September 23, 2021 • 10m
A circle is also a triangle and a triangle is a square. Sound impossible? Not in the realm of topology, which even applies to 3-di...Read more
September 23, 2021 • 10m
In this episode of our travels in the land of maths, we are heading towards Infinity. And even beyond, because infinity comes in m...Read more
September 23, 2021 • 10m
In this episode, we look at the relationship between maths and truth. Maths is meant to be certain, either right or wrong. Turns o...Read more
September 23, 2021 • 10m
Two prisoners must choose between cooperation and betrayal without consulting each other. This famous prisoner's dilemma that will...Read more
September 23, 2021 • 10m
In October 1970 Scientific American magazine introduced a game under the heading “Mathematical Games” that quickly became a cult c...Read more
September 23, 2021 • 10m
25 centuries ago, the well-ordered world of natural integers and fractions had to expand to accommodate monsters like π and √2. It...Read more
September 23, 2021 • 10m
We have known for a long time that some equations can't be solved as the answers are numbers that don't exist. Fortunately, a slew...Read more
September 30, 2021 • 10m
End of the trips in the land of math with an arduous hike. It is better to be strong on the complex plane. Because it is about an ...Read more