Is All About Math (Video Podcast)

Episodes

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  Pi

  3/15/2010

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  Duration: 07:28

  Pi, the most famous mathematical constant.

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  Proof

  7/2/2008

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  Duration: 15:12

  Mathematician Bernhard Riemann explains the importance of proofs in mathematics. He proves a theorem on stereographic projection.

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  Fibration continued

  7/2/2008

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  Duration: 15:14

  The mathematician Heinz Hopf describes his "fibration". Using complex numbers he builds beautiful arrangements of circles in space.

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  Fibration

  7/1/2008

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  Duration: 15:07

  The mathematician Heinz Hopf describes his "fibration". Using complex numbers he builds beautiful arrangements of circles in space.

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  Complex Numbers continued

  6/30/2008

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  Duration: 15:09

  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.

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  Complex Numbers

  6/29/2008

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  Duration: 15:06

  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.

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  The fourth dimension continued

  6/28/2008

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  Duration: 15:07

  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!

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  The fourth dimension

  6/27/2008

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  Duration: 14:31

  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!

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  Dimension three

  6/26/2008

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  Duration: 15:09

  M. C. Escher tells the adventures of two-dimensional creatures who are trying to imagine three-dimensional objects.?

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  Dimension 2

  6/25/2008

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  Duration: 15:24

  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?

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  Are you having Phun yet?

  6/14/2008

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  Duration: 9:58

  Introduction to Phun. The new entertaining and extreme fun eductional computer program. Using Phun to explain Math.

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  Weaving Numbers

  3/18/2007

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  Duration: 13:26

  Vedic multiplication or weaving multiplication. Fibonacci's Sieve or Lattice Multiplication. John Napier's Bones multiplication.

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  The Well Ordering Principle

  2/26/2007

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  Duration: 12:55

  Proving The Well Ordering Principle is equivalent to The Principle of Mathematical Induction.

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  Mathematical Induction (Part III)

  2/19/2007

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  Duration: 12:00

  Principle of Strong Mathematical Induction. Fermat's Method of infinite descent. Well Ordering Principle.

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  Mathematical Induction (Part II)

  2/11/2007

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  Duration: 9:06

  Prove Inequality using the Method of Mathematical Induction.

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  1, 2, 3 ... Infinity. Mathematical Induction

  10/16/2006

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  Duration: 6:58

  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.

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  Summation Telescoping Property

  10/9/2006

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  Duration: 7:42

  We explain the summation telescoping property and apply it to finding two summations.

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  It's all Greek to me! Sigma notation

  10/1/2006

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  Duration: 9:50

  Sigma Notation. Tetrahedral numbers. Pyramidal Numbers. Some relations between them.

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  Triangular Numbers (Part III)

  9/24/2006

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  Duration: 9:01

  Recursive Relation for triangular numbers. Finding a solution to the recursive equation and another solution to the Recursive equation.

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  Triangular Numbers (Part II)

  9/17/2006

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  Duration: 8:19

  Using Gauss Idea to find the sum 1+2 + ... +n. Arithmetic progressions an obtaining a general formula for the sum of an arithmetic progression.

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  Triangular Numbers (Part I)

  7/26/2006

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  Duration: 5:53

  Elementary explanation of triangular numbers and Gauss demonstration for the sum of the first 100 natural numbers.