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I’m very grateful to mathematician Hugh Woodin, Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at Harvard, for taking the time on multiple occasions to discuss this topic with me and help me wrap my (finite) head around it.
I’m also grateful to David Eisenbud, the Director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) and professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, for his help and for connecting me with Hugh Woodin.
And of course, big thanks to Brady Haran who created the “mile of pi” seen in this video and connected me with all these mathematicians in the first place. His channel, Numberphile, is superb: www.youtube.com/user/numberphile
A lower bound on the length of the shortest superpattern
Anonymous 4chan Poster, Robin Houston, Jay Pantone, and Vince Vatter oeis.org/A180632/a180632.pdf
Robins tweet:
«A curious situation. The best known lower bound for the minimal length of superpermutations was proved by an anonymous user of a wiki mainly devoted to anime.» twitter.com/robinhouston/status/1054637891085918209
LKH: Lin-Kernighan heuristic for solving the traveling salesman problem akira.ruc.dk/~keld/research/LKH/
CORRECTIONS
— Not yet. Let me know if you spot anything!
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CORRECTIONS:
— This is a re-upload with the «Slightly Safer For Schools Soundtrack» audio track from the DVD for class use (the censoring is deliberately blatant/badly done). It takes out one naughty word!
Most of the time, the maths in our everyday lives works quietly behind the scenes, until someone forgets to carry a 1 and a bridge collapses or a plane drops out of the sky.
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Matt Parker is a stand-up comedian and mathematician. He appears regularly on TV and online: as well as being a presenter on the Discovery Channel. His YouTube videos have been viewed over 37 million times. Previously a high-school mathematics teacher, Matt visits schools to talk to students about maths as part of Think Maths and he is involved in the Maths Inspiration shows. In his remaining free time, Matt wrote the books Things To Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension and Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors. He is also the Public Engagement in Mathematics Fellow at Queen Mary University of London.
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CORRECTIONS
— At 01:51 I accidentally said “Senate” when I meant “Congress”. But on-screen it says “House Republicans” so I think it still makes sense despite my mis-speak.
— Let me know if you spot any more mistakes!
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