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• Making Sense of Randomness (#107)

  Probability is the mathematical study of randomness, or events in which the outcome is uncertain. This unit examines probability, tracing its evolution from a way to improve chances at the gaming... [27 minutes]

  • Tue, May 28, 3:01 AM on IPTV

• Geometries Beyond Euclid (#108)

  Our first exposure to geometry is that of Euclid, in which all triangles have 180 degrees. However, triangles can have more or less than 180 degrees. This unit explores these curved spaces that... [28 minutes]

  • Tue, May 28, 3:30 AM on IPTV

• Game Theory (#109)

  Competition and cooperation can be studied mathematically, an idea that first arose in the analysis of games like chess and checkers, but soon showed its relevance to economics and geopolitical... [28 minutes]

  • Tue, June 4, 3:02 AM on IPTV

• Harmonious Math (#110)

  Sound is the product of airwaves crashing against our eardrums. The mathematical technique for understanding this and other wave phenomena is called the Fourier analysis, which allows the... [28 minutes]

  • Tue, June 4, 3:30 AM on IPTV

• Connecting with Networks (#111)

  Connections can be physical, as with bridges, or immaterial, as with friendships. Both types of connections can be understood using the same mathematical framework called network theory, or graph... [28 minutes]

  • Tue, June 11, 3:00 AM on IPTV

• In Sync (#112)

  Systems of synchronization occur throughout the animate and inanimate world. The beating of the human heart, the swaying and near collapse of the Millennium Bridge, the simultaneous flashing of... [28 minutes]

  • Tue, June 11, 3:30 AM on IPTV

• The Primes (#101)

  The properties and patterns of prime numbers have been a source of wonder across cultures for thousands of years. This unit explores our fascination with primes, culminating in the million-dollar... [28 minutes]

  • Tue, June 18, 3:00 AM on IPTV

• Combinatorics Counts (#102)

  This unit looks at combinatorics, the mathematics of counting complicated configurations. In an age in which the organization of bits and bytes of data is of paramount importance, combinatorics is... [28 minutes]

  • Tue, June 18, 3:30 AM on IPTV

• How Big Is Infinity? (#103)

  This unit explores how mathematics attempts to understand infinity, including the intriguing work of Georg Cantor, who initiated the study of infinity as a number, and the role of infinity in... [28 minutes]

  • Tue, June 25, 3:00 AM on IPTV

• Topology's Twists and Turns (#104)

  Topology's Twists and Turns Topology concerns those properties of an object that remain the same even when the object is stretched and squashed. In this unit we investigate topology's seminal... [28 minutes]

  • Tue, June 25, 3:30 AM on IPTV

Past Episodes

These episodes of Mathematics Illuminated aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.

• The Beauty of Symmetry (#106)
• Other Dimensions (#105)
• Topology's Twists and Turns (#104)
• How Big Is Infinity? (#103)
• Combinatorics Counts (#102)
• The Primes (#101)
• Harmonious Math (#110)
• Game Theory (#109)
• Geometries Beyond Euclid (#108)
• Making Sense of Randomness (#107)
• The Concepts of Chaos (#113)
• In Sync (#112)
• Connecting with Networks (#111)

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