Episode 009 – Partial Orderings: What’s Wrong with the Olympics?




Math for Primates show

Summary: in this Podcast: * What's wrong with the "medal count" ordering in the Olympics? * Is it really all that surprising that Canada is good at Curling? * quasi ordering vs partial ordering vs total ordering - who cares? * Nick, leave the carrots out of this! * Dealing with our Daddy issues with an ancestor semi-lattice * Are you your own ancestor? * For that matter, is a sandwich equal to 5 dollars? * Discovering the quasi-order of joy-points (http://www.mathforprimates.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/curling-300x240.jpg)