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Can you save the target from his assassin in a square room with bouncy walls?
Can you stack four colored cubes so that each color only shows once on each side?
Set theory is the foundation of all of mathematics. How does it handle infinity?
When you think about math, what do you think of knots? Probably... knot.
In SET, what is the maximum number of cards you can deal that might not contain a SET?
What shape do you most associate with a standard analog clock? Circle or... torus?
Could you explain numbers to someone without using the notion of a number?
If Fermat had a little more room in his margin, what proof would he have written there?
Infinities come in different sizes. So what's the right way to describe the sum?
In the physical world, objects are made of simpler parts. What are numbers made of?
Here we break down Asymmetric crypto and more.
The proof for Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem uses a bridge between geometry and algebra.
How can two people share the same key without someone else getting a hold of it?
What happens if you multiply things that aren’t numbers?
Why is there a hexagonal structure in honeycombs? Why not squares?
The answer lies in the weirdness of floating-point numbers and the computer's perception..
What happened when a gambler asked for help from a mathematician?
The theory of social networks allows us to mathematically model and analyze..
The bizarre Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem, or Arrow’s Paradox.
What does the inside of a tesseract look like? Pascal’s Triangle can tell us.
Can you turn your pants inside out without taking your feet off the ground?
Using the harmonic series we can build an infinitely long bridge.
Classical computers struggle to crack modern encryption.
Only 4 steps stand between you and the secrets hidden behind RSA cryptography.
Can you produce a rational number by exchanging infinitely many digits of pi and e?
At one time, Wolverine served on four different superhero teams. How did he do it?
To understand finance, search algorithms and even evolution you need to understand Random
How long will it take to win a game of chess on an infinite chessboard?
You can find out how to fairly divide rent between three different people even when you do
What is the math behind quantum computers? And why are quantum computers so amazing?
Peano arithmetic proves many theories in mathematics but does have its limits.
How do you defeat a creature that grows two heads for every one head you chop off?
Mathematician Kelsey Houston-Edwards explains exactly what singularities are.
In this episode probability mathematics and chess collide.