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The Unsolved Is Solved...and Another

The Unsolved Is Solved...and Another

FromThe Art of Mathematics


The Unsolved Is Solved...and Another

FromThe Art of Mathematics

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Length:
11 minutes
Released:
Sep 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We consider two problems, one in tiling and one in knots. They had each had been unsolved for over 50 years and their solutions hit the popular press in the same week. What kind of skills help people make surprising connections and new discoveries?

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Released:
Sep 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (60)

Conversations, explorations, conjectures solved and unsolved, mathematicians and beautiful mathematics. No math background required.