Episode 88 - Tom Edgar

2023-10-09

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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2023-10-09
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

Fler avsnitt från "My Favorite Theorem"

Episode 91 - Karen Saxe

Episode 90 - Corrine Yap

Episode 89 - Allison Henrich

Episode 88 - Tom Edgar

Episode 87 - Tatiana Toro

Episode 86 - Sarah Hart

Episode 85 - Matthew Kahle

Episode 84 - The Students of TCU

Episode 83 - Cihan Bahran

Episode 82 - Juliette Bruce