Shows
The Math FactorHB. Puzzlers Pegg and StephensBack with an interview with two fantastic puzzlers, Ed Pegg (mathpuzzle.com) and James Stephens (puzzlebeast.com) Check out mathfactor.uark.edu for lots of links to the puzzles and people they talk about.
2011-04-0900 minThe Math FactorGE. Clock ConfusionStephen Morris, mathfactor correspondent at large, discusses the Kate Bush conjecture and how to get a dead clock to tell the right time many times throughout the day!
2009-09-1700 min2009-07-2000 minThe Math FactorFZ. Will a Real Gold Coin Please Stand Up?Jeff Yoak, one of the mathfactor website authors, shares a puzzle with an intriguing twist!
2009-07-0600 minThe Math FactorEH. The Worm Makes It!The worm makes it, in only about 15,092,688,622,113,788,323,693,563,264,538,101,449,859,497 steps! (Give or take a few) This incredible fact depends on the mysterious Harmonic Series, discussed a little more on the Math Factor website mathfactor.uark.edu.
2008-08-1600 minThe Math FactorCH. Rayos NumberA contestant for our Million-Dollar-Give-Away sent in Rayo’s Number, hitherto the largest number ever used for any real purpose: winning a LARGE NUMBER CHAMPIONSHIP! Check out mathfactor.uark.edu for details!
2007-04-1500 minThe Math FactorCE. Big NumbersSome Very Large Numbers and we announce our new website, mathfactor.uark.edu!
2007-03-2500 minThe Math FactorAH. QEDThere are vastly many more real numbers than fractions! The MathFactor CD hidden track.
2006-01-0200 minThe Math FactorAA. The Way Out of the ForestWhich way leads out of the forest of Liars & Truth-tellers? This is the first episode on the Mathfactor CD, and the first mathfactor episode podcast to the world! For more information, listen to the podcast and send us an email!
The Mathfactor is broadcast each Sunday morning on KUAF 91.3 FM, in Fayetteville Arkansas.
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