Jun 30, 2022
Yesterday's episode dove into the numbers around a positive test result that is 99% accurate, when 1 in 100 people have a specific condition. The result was a bit surprising and counterintuitive, and this video bonus helps to show why it comes out the way it does.
Jun 29, 2022
In this episode, Noah's certain that he has a disease because he tested positive on a test that's 99% accurate. Does that mean he almost certainly has the disease? Pete's not so sure, and brings up a statistics concept to help shed some light on the numbers.
Jun 16, 2022
In our last episode, Pete asked us to envision the rotational symmetry of a square as a way to simplify the same concept as it applies to the Rubik's Cube. Here's a video bonus to help visualize this example.
Jun 15, 2022
Lots of us have played with a Rubik's Cube at one time or another, but did you know this simple little toy is chock full of math? Join Pete and Noah as they talk about billions of combinations, set theory, and the maximum number of moves required to solve the cube. *Skateboard not required.
Jun 1, 2022
You've heard about two-factor authentication, but have you heard about two-factor numbers? Of course you have! They're called primes, and in this episode Pete and Noah discuss what they are, how we find them, and some of the more interesting (and as-yet unproven) conjectures about them. Pete even speculates about how...