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Infinite Series
Making Probability Mathematical
Season 1
Episode 30
What happened when a gambler asked for help from a mathematician? The formal study of Probability.
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8:16
The proof for Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem uses a bridge between geometry and algebra.

9:36
How can two people share the same key without someone else getting a hold of it?

10:21
What exactly is a topological space?

8:02
Here we break down Asymmetric crypto and more.

8:21
What happens when you multiply shapes?

7:28
What happens if you multiply things that aren’t numbers?

11:19
Why is there a hexagonal structure in honeycombs? Why not squares?

14:24
The answer lies in the weirdness of floating-point numbers and the computer's perception..

12:04
The theory of social networks allows us to mathematically model and analyze..

14:31
The bizarre Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem, or Arrow’s Paradox.

10:54
What is the best voting system?

14:17
What does the inside of a tesseract look like? Pascal’s Triangle can tell us.