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Tue November 11 2008
Dirk Huylebrouck discusses the incredible Ishango bone, and thousands of years of arithmetic.
Dirk Huylebrouck discusses the incredible Ishango bone, and thousands of years of arithmetic.
Dirk Huylebrouck discusses the incredible Ishango bone, and thousands of years of arithmetic.
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Tue November 04 2008
Just two months ago, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, discovered a huge prime number, with more than ten million digits! Mersenne primes are ...
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Just two months ago, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, discovered a huge prime number, with more than ten million digits! Mersenne primes are closely related to the famous "perfect" numbers,
numbers which are the sum of their divisors.
Just two months ago, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, discovered a huge prime number, with more than ten million digits! Mersenne primes are closely related to the famous "perfect" numbers,
numbers which are the sum of their divisors.
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Wed October 22 2008
Ed Pegg, of mathpuzzle.com, joins us to discuss cellular automata and a fiendishly difficult puzzle.
Ed Pegg, of mathpuzzle.com, joins us to discuss cellular automata and a fiendishly difficult puzzle.
Ed Pegg, of mathpuzzle.com, joins us to discuss cellular automata and a fiendishly difficult puzzle.
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Sun October 12 2008
Peter Winkler returns to discuss the bonus chapter in his book Mathematical Mind Benders!
Peter Winkler returns to discuss the bonus chapter in his book Mathematical Mind Benders!
Peter Winkler returns to discuss the bonus chapter in his book Mathematical Mind Benders!
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Thu October 02 2008
Just why does the constant e appear in so many ways?
Just why does the constant e appear in so many ways?
Just why does the constant e appear in so many ways?
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