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My Favorite Math Party Trick
I have a minor personal triumph to relate today. So, I try to have several cute, quick math puzzles/facts on hand to bust out at parties, because I am cool like that. The most popular of th… more »
The Everything Seminar
The blue-eyed islanders puzzle
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Terence Tao wrote 5 months ago: Given that there has recently been a lot of discussion on this blog about this logic puzzle, I thoug … more »
My Favorite Math Party Trick
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Greg Muller wrote 5 months ago: I have a minor personal triumph to relate today. So, I try to have several cute, quick math … more »
Chord Diagrams: Understanding the 4T Relation
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Greg Muller wrote 6 months ago: Last time, we used knot theory as a way of motivating these funny things called chord diagrams … more »
Chord Diagrams
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Greg Muller wrote 6 months ago: Well, its been quite awhile since the last post. The real problem is that this blog can … more »
Groebner Bases and Automatic Geometry
Charles wrote 8 months ago: Today I’m going to talk about using modern methods of algebraic geometry to automate (in large … more »
Hat Guessing Puzzles, The Revenge
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Greg Muller wrote 9 months ago: I guess since my previous hat color guessing problem was so popular, I might as well talk abo … more »
The Axiom of Choice is Wrong
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Greg Muller wrote 9 months ago: When discussing the validity of the Axiom of Choice, the most common argument for not taking … more »
Unfortunate Mathematical Names
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Greg Muller wrote 12 months ago: It has long been one of my pet peeves that, as a discipline, physicists seem to be way better tha … more »
The cosmic distance ladder
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Terence Tao wrote 1 year ago: I gave a non-technical talk today to the local chapter of the Pi Mu Epsilon society here at UCLA. I … more »
