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So Many Birds: Counting The Twelve Days of Christmas with Karl Gauss

So Many Birds: Counting The Twelve Days of Christmas with Karl Gauss

FromThe Math Club


So Many Birds: Counting The Twelve Days of Christmas with Karl Gauss

FromThe Math Club

ratings:
Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Nov 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Season's Greetings, Math Club!  With the holidays on the horizon, a famous song leads Pete and Noah to talk about strategies for adding up long sequences of numbers.  Come join the fun, and learn how a young Carl Gauss may (or may not) have done it.  And if you're up for a challenge, we even "sum it up" with a special holiday puzzle for you to try. • Brian Hayes's article in American Scientist • Submit your puzzle solution here
Released:
Nov 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (53)

Join hosts Peter Littig and Noah King as they discuss and explain mathematical topics with their own unique style. Full of information that will interest and entertain math lovers as well as those who maybe don’t love it quite that much… yet. Mathematical concepts, history, paradoxes, and puzzles await you, along with a generous helping of witty banter and fun. Calling all members…. The Math Club is open! Email - mathclubpodcast@gmail.com Twitter - @mathclubpodcast