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Proving Pick's Theorem

Proving Pick's Theorem

Season 1 Episode 16
11:17
What is a Random Walk?

What is a Random Walk?

Season 1 Episode 17
12:35
How to Break Cryptography

How to Break Cryptography

Season 1 Episode 20
15:37
Building an Infinite Bridge

Building an Infinite Bridge

Season 1 Episode 22
13:23
Topology Riddles | Infinite Series

Topology Riddles | Infinite Series

Season 1 Episode 23
13:31
Arrow's Impossibility Theorem

Arrow's Impossibility Theorem

Season 1 Episode 28
14:31
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Infinite Chess

Season 1 Episode 14

How long will it take to win a game of chess on an infinite chessboard?

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Singularities Explained
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Mathematician Kelsey Houston-Edwards explains exactly what singularities are.
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In this episode probability mathematics and chess collide.
When Pi is Not 3.14
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You’re about to throw a party with a thousand bottles of wine but...
A Hierarchy of Infinities
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There are different sizes of infinity. It turns out that some are larger than others.
How Many Humans Have the Same Number of Body Hairs?
8:35
Do two people on the planet have the exact same number of body hairs?
Are Prime Numbers Made Up?
7:39
Is math real or simply something made up by mathematicians?
A Breakthrough in Higher Dimensional Spheres
7:51
How do you stack hundred-dimensional oranges?
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