Season 2

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The Assassin Puzzle

Can you save the target from his assassin in a square room with bouncy walls?

The Assassin Puzzle

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Instant Insanity Puzzle

Can you stack four colored cubes so that each color only shows once on each side?

Instant Insanity Puzzle

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Defining Infinity

Set theory is the foundation of all of mathematics. How does it handle infinity?

Defining Infinity

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Unraveling DNA with Rational Tangles

When you think about math, what do you think of knots? Probably... knot.

Unraveling DNA with Rational Tangles

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How Big are All Infinities Combined? (Cantor's Paradox)

Infinities come in different sizes. So what's the right way to describe the sum?

How Big are All Infinities Combined? (Cantor's Paradox)

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The Geometry of SET

In SET, what is the maximum number of cards you can deal that might not contain a SET?

The Geometry of SET

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What was Fermat’s “Marvelous" Proof?

If Fermat had a little more room in his margin, what proof would he have written there?

What was Fermat’s “Marvelous" Proof?

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What are Numbers Made of?

In the physical world, objects are made of simpler parts. What are numbers made of?

What are Numbers Made of?

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What Does It Mean to Be a Number? (The Peano Axioms)

Could you explain numbers to someone without using the notion of a number?

What Does It Mean to Be a Number? (The Peano Axioms)

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Telling Time on a Torus

What shape do you most associate with a standard analog clock? Circle or... torus?

Telling Time on a Torus

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How to Divide by "Zero"

What happens when you divide things that aren’t numbers?

How to Divide by "Zero"

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Beyond the Golden Ratio

You know the Golden Ratio, but what is the Silver Ratio?

Beyond the Golden Ratio

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Proving Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem

The proof for Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem uses a bridge between geometry and algebra.

Proving Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem

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The Mathematics of Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

How can two people share the same key without someone else getting a hold of it?

The Mathematics of Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

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Topology vs "a" Topology

What exactly is a topological space?

Topology vs "a" Topology

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This Video was Not Encrypted with RSA

Here we break down Asymmetric crypto and more.

This Video was Not Encrypted with RSA

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Associahedra: The Shapes of Multiplication

What happens when you multiply shapes?

Associahedra: The Shapes of Multiplication

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The Multiplication Multiverse

What happens if you multiply things that aren’t numbers?

The Multiplication Multiverse