EPISODE · Feb 15, 2020 · 44 MIN

Truthiness

from Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain · host ACMEScienvce

In this live episode recorded at the 2020 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Denver Samuel Hansen talks about the truth behind the stories we all tell in mathematics. In order to do this they will investigate the actual facts of the Galois narrative, have a conversation about where and when the decimal point appeared with Glen R Van Brummelen of Quest University, and play a game of 2 lies and a truth with some people in the audience.

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