Malted Mathematics

Math is way more than formulas learned in algebra class in high school. This episode's guest, Yen Duong, earned her PhD studying graph theory and topology! While she's now a science reporter in North Carolina, she was happy to tell me all about her PhD research! Suggested Reading: Yen's blog on geometric group theory: https://bakingandmath.com/2015/03/02/what-is-geometric-group-theory/ and several other math posts Example of a funky manifold: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/a-few-of-my-favorite-spaces-the-three-torus/ Background on the field: https://www.quantamagazine.org/from-hyperbolic-geometry-to-cube-complexes-and-back-20121002/ Video on Banach Tarski paradox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s86-Z-CbaHA&t=689s Follow Yen Duong: @yenergy, www.yenduong.com Follow me: [email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing