Episode #19 - Alien Math

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Episode #19 - Alien Math

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Today we discuss what it would be like for aliens to invent mathematics in a different part of the universe. What would be the same? What would be different?

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Two University of Toronto students in the math and physics program discuss interesting topics in the field.

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