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10000 YouTube Subscribers and Wisdom of the Crowds
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QED Gold: Originally uploaded 12th June 2011
Competition is over I'm afraid, but you may still like to play.
Here's a photo of the jar: http://tumblr.com/xqt2yusc39
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Mon 31 Oct 2011
#12 Investigating the Wiener-Hopf technique: an interview with Dr Anastasia Kisil
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In this episode of the podcast, Dan Aspel speaks to Dr Anastasia Kisil (Cambridge), co-organiser of the "Bringing pure and applied analysis together via the Wiener-Hopf technique,...
Collection: Living Proof - the Isaac Newton Institute podcast
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Fri 16 Aug 2019
#15 Talking maths in public: an interview with Matt Parker
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Featuring maths communicator, YouTuber, author and stand-up comic Matt Parker.
Collection: Living Proof - the Isaac Newton Institute podcast
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Fri 20 Sep 2019
28 Minutes Later - The Maths of Zombies
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So, to survive a zombie attack you need to run. In the long term we need a fortified society, but if the barricades fall we need to reduce the speed of infection, slow them down,...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Wed 26 Oct 2011
#34 Welcoming Ulrike Tillmann: a brief interview with INI’s new Director
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On Friday 1 October 2021 Professor Ulrike Tillmann was appointed Director of the Isaac Newton Institute. In this short episode we catch up with her one week into her tenure.
Collection: Living Proof - the Isaac Newton Institute podcast
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Thu 14 Oct 2021
Benford's Law - How mathematics can detect fraud!
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Benford's Law is a truly surprising fact about the frequency of numbers when studying data such as prices, populations, rivers, even street addresses. And if someone's accounts do...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Tue 16 Aug 2011
Can you crack the combination lock?
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The sequence 11221 contains all 2-digit combinations using the numbers 1 and 2.
Can you find a sequence that contains all the 3-digit combinations using the numbers 1, 2, and...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Fri 16 Dec 2011
Can you crack the combination lock? - Solution
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The sequence 11221 contains all 2-digit combinations using the numbers 1 and 2. A sequence such as that is called a De Bruijn sequence. I show you three methods to find such...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Sun 18 Dec 2011
Connect The Towns
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What is the minimum distance to connect four towns?
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Thu 21 Jul 2011
Flipping 10 heads in a row
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Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Sun 4 Sep 2011
Flipping 10 heads in a row: Full video
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Even unlikely events happen given enough opportunities.
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Sun 4 Sep 2011
Game of Nine
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Here is a game for you to play and investigate. Is there a winning strategy?
Each player takes it in turns to pick a number, the first to pick three numbers that add up to 15...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Thu 8 Sep 2011
Game of Nine Solution
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Solution to my 'Game of Nine' video: http://youtu.be/ue4Baa8Mhn8
Each player takes it in turns to pick a number, the first to pick three numbers that add up to 15 wins.
With...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Fri 16 Sep 2011
‘Good Will Hunting and the troubled genius’ and ‘Diffusion of the dead’
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Listen to James Grime discuss troubled mathematics geniuses and Thomas Woolley on the maths of zombies. From ThinkCon at the Cambridge Science Festival 2013.
Collection: Cambridge Science Festival 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 18 Mar 2013
Is there a place at the science-religion table for mathematics?
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Research Seminar given by Prof. Doug Kindschi on 19 April 2016
Collection: Faraday Institute Lectures
Institution: Faraday Institute
Created: Thu 12 May 2016
Make a Post-it Note Dodecahedron!
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How to make a Post-it Note Dodecahedron. Fun and beautiful! If you make one yourself send me the photo! Email address in the video.
Follow me on Facebook/twitter etc...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Fri 14 Oct 2011
Mathematics and the Beauty of God
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Research Seminar given by Prof. David Watts, 24 October 2017
Collection: Faraday Institute Lectures
Institution: Faraday Institute
Created: Thu 9 Nov 2017
Maths Problem: Connect the towns solution (Motorway Problem)
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What is the minimum amount of road needed to connect these four towns together? Known as the Motorway Problem or Steiner Problem. An experimental solution.
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Tue 16 Aug 2011
Maths Puzzle: Back to Black
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I have a board that uses the numbers 1 to 90. I fill the board with Othello piece, they are black on one side and white on the other. All the pieces start black side up. First I...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Thu 19 Jan 2012
Maths Puzzle: Coins
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QED Gold: Originally uploaded 31st January 2011.
Take a random pile of coins. If I tell you how many coins are heads and how many coins are tails, can you separate the pile...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Mon 20 Feb 2012