11-3-08

11-2-08

The math problem that Matt Damon's character solves in Good Will Hunting -- the problem that, supposedly, took a team of MIT professors two years to figure out -- is a simple tree puzzle that can be solved in minutes with a bit of trial and error and about 30 seconds' worth of graph theory.

10-17-08

Kickass articles about game theory.

10-14-08

Menger's Sponge.

3-14-08

First of all, happy Pi Day. Second of all: puns!

2-12-08

Andy sent me a video which wasn't ear-rippingly bad, and so I will honor the surprising occasion and share it here.

1-2-08

There is a mathematician named Jacques Tits.

10-3-07

"No, he used to be a mathematician."

10-2-07

Excel 07 can't do basic math. Try this: =PRODUCT(77.1,850)