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Maximilien Peroux, a postdoc in theoretical mathematics, has some important messages for us about math: math is social, and math is FUN! Maximilien tells us more about what goes into math research, why ongoing math research matters, and what types of problems his math research could solve. Spoiler alert: even if you hated math in school, you'll find this fascinating!

If you want to learn more about the topics discussed in this episode, check out: 

• Digital Neuroscientist of the Future (TedX Talk)
• What in the world is topological quantum matter? (Ted Talk)
• With Category Theory, mathematics escapes from equality (news article) 
• Secret link uncovered between pure math and physics (news article)
• Why do people get so anxious about math? (TedED Talk)
• Example of topology based data analysis on breast cancer patients mentioned in the episode (scientific article)

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