Combinations and Permutations Episode 63: Now It Seems Trivial

On today’s Combinations and Permutations Samuel Hansen is joined by Christopher Bates, Cody Palmer, and Anthony Sellari for the most optimal episode in our history. Also, do not forget about the “I Listen and I hate You” email competition where you can win a photo of Samuel getting stomped by his guests, and maybe even more. Follow @acmescience on twitter too!

Topics Covered:
Optimization
Linear Programming
Simplex Method
Dual Problems
Nonlinear Programming

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Strongly Connected Components Episode 30: James Grime

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On the newest Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen calls up James Grime the the Enigma Project Officer for the Millenium Mathematics Project at Crambridge. They discuss the Enigma Project, the importance TV can play in mathematical inspiration, and a certain mathematical youtube channel. To find out more about these topics check out the Enigma Project, James’s website, his twitter, and his youtube channel.

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Combinations and Permutations Episode 62: Jeff Goldblum on a Tilt-a-Whirl

On today’s Combinations and Permutations your host Samuel Hansen is joined by Brandon Metz, Sean Breckling, and Juan Mariscal for a conversation that was doomed from the start thanks to its sensitivity to initial conditions. In one of the most tangential conversations in months they try to talk about chaos, but get so often derailed it is hard to tell if they even remember the topic by the end. Also, please remember to send your I listen and I hate you emails to be entered into the drawing for a signed picture of Samuel getting stomped on.

Topics Discussed:
Chaos Theory
Strange Attractors
Tilt-a-Whirls (Part 2)

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Sam and Dan and Buckaroo Banzai

Welcome to  Sam and Dan And – the podcast that features Samuel Hansen and Dan Sai sitting down to discuss the ins-and-outs of their favorite science fiction movies. For our first episode we jump in the deep end with the classic 1984 sci-fi/action/adventure film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!

References:

Jeff Goldblum on Conan

The future of MRI guided lasers

Dan is on Twitter and can be heard weekly on the podcast There You Are.

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Strongly Connected Components Episode 29: Edmund Harriss

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For today’s Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen is joined by Edmund Harriss, visiting Professor of Mathematics at the University of Arkansas. They discuss Edmund Harriss’s rather public job search, a conspiracy designed to corrupt people into mathematics, and the similarities between mathematics and art. Be sure to check out Harriss’s public job application and to read his very entertaining and informative twitter and blog.

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