Episode 88 - Tom Edgar

9.10.2023

My Favorite Theorem

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26:15

We all know the (probably apocryphal) story of Gauss adding up the first 100 positive integers as a child. Well, Tom Edgar really likes this result and will be happy to tell you about dozens of different ways to prove it. Also, Groundhog Day.

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Episode 88 - Tom Edgar

My Favorite Theorem

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