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Eriko Hironaka's Favorite Theorem
The math book editor and professor emerita describes the theorem that made her believe she could be a mathematician and the music that pairs best with it
Stories by Evelyn Lamb
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Household Chores for Mathematicians
Need a babysitter? Ask a combinatorialist. Baseboards dirty? A number theorist won't mind cleaning them. And other highly scientific recommendations for mathematicians to handle the housework...
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Dusa McDuff's Favorite Theorem
Dusa McDuff explains why she loves the nonsqueezing theorem—and what vegetable she'd pair it with
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A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The 1-Dimensional Sphere
There’s more to the circle than meets the π
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An Interview with Yours Truly
What advice do I have for graduate students? Tl;dr: It's okay to get help
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The Joy of Sexagesimal Floating-Point Arithmetic
One eighth equals seven and thirty in this strange base 60 world
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Jordan Ellenberg's Favorite Theorem
The University of Wisconsin mathematician loves Fermat's little theorem and knows just the right cheese to pair with it
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A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Real Projective Plane
How to make parallel lines converge
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Don't Fall for Babylonian Trigonometry Hype
Separating fact from speculation in math history
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Emille Davie Lawrence's Favorite Theorem
Why the University of San Francisco math professor loves the compact surface classification theorem
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How to Unfold a Pool Table
How billiards in polygons become trajectories on doughnuts
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A Few of My Favorite Spaces: A 6-Holed Torus
It all starts with a pentagon...
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Dave Richeson's Favorite Theorem
The Dickinson College math professor tells us about Archimedes and circles
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Amie Wilkinson's Favorite Theorem
The University of Chicago mathematician tells us why she loves the fundamental theorem of calculus
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Introducing My Favorite Theorem
Meet the newest addition to your math podcast feed
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Mathematics World Mourns Maryam Mirzakhani, Only Woman to Win Fields Medal
The brilliant Stanford professor, killed by breast cancer at 40, worked with shapes unconstrained by the real world
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The Perfection of Imperfection
The mathematical near-miss is "an exact representation of an almost-right answer"
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Review: Remembering Sofya Kovalevskaya
Michèle Audin’s book about Sofya Kovalevskaya is a fascinating combination of biography, personal reflections, and fictional digressions
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A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Kovalevskaya Top
The mathematical model that should be an amusement park ride
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For World Tessellation Day, Remember to Look Down
June 17 is World Tessellation Day. Take a moment to look at the beautiful patterns under your feet
