My Favorite Theorem show

My Favorite Theorem

Summary: Join us as we spend each episode talking with a mathematical professional about their favorite result. And since the best things in life come in pairs, find out what our guest thinks pairs best with their theorem.

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 Episode 90 - Corrine Yap | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:46

Corrine Yap loves math, graph theory in particular, and also loves to perform her one-person play about Sonya Kovalevskaya. Also, tofu.

 Episode 89 - Allison Henrich | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:35:04

Allison Henrich studies knots and her favorite theorem is about how one might unknot a knot. Also, music.

 Episode 88 - Tom Edgar | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:15

We all know the (probably apocryphal) story of Gauss adding up the first 100 positive integers as a child. Well, Tom Edgar really likes this result and will be happy to tell you about dozens of different ways to prove it. Also, Groundhog Day.

 Episode 87 - Tatiana Toro | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:23:42

Tatiana Toro is a geometer and therefore loves the ur-theorem of geometry, "due" to Pythagoras. She also likes to walk.

 Episode 86 - Sarah Hart | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:41:14

Gresham Professor of Geometry Sarah Hart likes cycloids and we talk at length about all their fascinating properties. Also, Moby Dick (or The Whale).

 Episode 85 - Matthew Kahle | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:49

Euler's polyhedral formula continues to amaze Matthew Kahle as he finds it showing up in different places in mathematics. Also, Bach.

 Episode 84 - The Students of TCU | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:50:21

Kevin visited Texas Christian University in March and recorded this episode with some math students. Excellent theorems and pairings.

 Episode 83 - Cihan Bahran | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:52

Cihan Bahran has a popular twitter feed in which he shares surprising theorems. His favorite? Matrix mortality is undecidable.

 Episode 82 - Juliette Bruce | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:29:20

Juliette Bruce is an algebraic geometer who loves to think about embedding curves in projective space. Also mountaineering.

 Episode 81 - Christopher Danielson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:13

Technically this is a theorem, but it seems so obvious that it's unclear that it needs a proof. In this episode Christopher Danielson points out that polygons have same number of sides as vertices. Many shapes make an appearance.

 Episode 80 - Kimberly Ayers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:56

Kimberly Ayers likes dynamics and so obvs her fave theorem is Sharkovskii's result that "period 3 implies chaos." Also taffy.

 Episode 79 - Philip Ording | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:32

Philip Ording wrote a cool book (you should check it out) and he likes the Erlangen Program. Not really a theorem, but we're not purists around here.

 Episode 78 - Daina Taimina | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:27:40

Daina Taimina is famous for her adventures in mathematical crocheting, but her favorite theorem comes from Desargues. She also likes to travel.

 Episode 77 - Tien Chih | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:53

Tien Chih loves combinatorics, which means he really loves proving things by induction. In this episode we have a good time learning about this incredibly useful technique in mathematics.

 Episode 76 - Math Students of CSULA | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:58:35

We are joined by a group of math students at Cal State University in Los Angeles for a diverse collection of theorems and pairings.

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