Episodes
Pi
Pi, the most famous mathematical constant.
Published 03/15/10
Mathematician Bernhard Riemann explains the importance of proofs in mathematics. He proves a theorem on stereographic projection.
Published 07/02/08
The mathematician Heinz Hopf describes his "fibration". Using complex numbers he builds beautiful arrangements of circles in space.
Published 07/02/08
The mathematician Heinz Hopf describes his "fibration". Using complex numbers he builds beautiful arrangements of circles in space.
Published 07/01/08
Mathematician Adrien Douady explains complex numbers. The square root of negative numbers is explained in simple terms. Transforming the plane, deforming pictures, creating fractal images.
Published 06/30/08
Mathematician Adrien Douady explains complex numbers. The square root of negative numbers is explained in simple terms. Transforming the plane, deforming pictures, creating fractal images.
Published 06/29/08
Mathematician Ludwig Schläfli talks to us about objects in the fourth dimension and shows us a procession of regular polyhedra in dimension 4, strange objects with 24, 120 and even 600 faces!
Published 06/28/08
Mathematician Ludwig Schläfli talks to us about objects in the fourth dimension and shows us a procession of regular polyhedra in dimension 4, strange objects with 24, 120 and even 600 faces!
Published 06/27/08
M. C. Escher tells the adventures of two-dimensional creatures who are trying to imagine three-dimensional objects.?
Published 06/26/08
Hipparchus explains how two numbers can describe the position of a point on a sphere. He then explains stereographic projection: how can one draw a picture of the Earth on a piece of paper?
Published 06/25/08
Introduction to Phun. The new entertaining and extreme fun eductional computer program. Using Phun to explain Math.
Published 06/14/08
Vedic multiplication or weaving multiplication. Fibonacci's Sieve or Lattice Multiplication. John Napier's Bones multiplication.
Published 03/18/07
Proving The Well Ordering Principle is equivalent to The Principle of Mathematical Induction.
Published 02/26/07
Principle of Strong Mathematical Induction. Fermat's Method of infinite descent. Well Ordering Principle.
Published 02/19/07
Prove Inequality using the Method of Mathematical Induction.
Published 02/11/07
Explain the Method of Mathematical Induction. Francesco Maurolico, Pascal and John Wallis. Applying the method of Induction to prove the sum of odd numbers is a square.
Published 10/16/06
We explain the summation telescoping property and apply it to finding two summations.
Published 10/09/06
Sigma Notation. Tetrahedral numbers. Pyramidal Numbers. Some relations between them.
Published 10/01/06
Recursive Relation for triangular numbers. Finding a solution to the recursive equation and another solution to the Recursive equation.
Published 09/24/06
Using Gauss Idea to find the sum 1+2 + ... +n. Arithmetic progressions an obtaining a general formula for the sum of an arithmetic progression.
Published 09/17/06
Elementary explanation of triangular numbers and Gauss demonstration for the sum of the first 100 natural numbers.
Published 07/26/06