So, you know, knots we represent, typically, with two-dimensional pictures called knot diagrams, where you have ways of representing when a strand is going over and when a strand is going under at a crossing. So I have to tell you a bunch of stuff before I can explain what this theorem is.ĪH: It is about knots. So my, let's call it my favorite theorem.ĪH: My favorite theorem is the region crossing change theorem. KK: No, it's the sequel, once we get rid of this one, we're gonna move on.ĪH: Just, we're all out of mathematicians, we’ve got to go through them again. Should I admit that?ĮL: I’m sorry, that’s a different podcast, My Second Favorite Theorem. And the question is, what's your favorite theorem?ĪH: I’ve decided to tell you about my second favorite theorem. Like just referring to knots with quirky names and making jokes about knot theorists and whatnot. And they found like more interesting things to make jokes about, but I definitely tried to work in some things that would help them riff off of my talk, and it worked pretty well. The other speaker tried to work in things for them to make jokes about, and they totally didn't take the bait. And you gotta, like - it's really interesting. I wish everyone could have the experience of an improv comedy troupe doing a whole set about your like research or your job. And so I gave a talk about some basic knot theory ideas, and it was so funny. And then this improv comedy troupe does a performance that's loosely based on things that they heard in the science talk. This science grad student at the University of Washington started this type of improv comedy where they have two scientists give short five-minute talks. Is that something you do regularly?ĪH: So I wasn't an improv artist. I'm a professor at Seattle University, and I'm also currently the editor of MAA Focus, which is the news magazine of the Mathematical Association of America.ĮL: Yeah, and when we were chatting before we started recording, you made the mistake of mentioning that you've done some improv comedy. I'm so excited for you.ĮL: Yes, you get to be on my last My Favorite Theorem of my thirties!ĪH: Yes, awesome! I feel so special. Allison, introduce yourself, please.Īllison Henrich: Hi. So today we're pleased to welcome Allison Henrich. KK: I mean, of course I've never met Janelle Monae, but you can - actually if you look him up, so there's a style of dance, sort of Memphis Jook, it’s called. He was a backup dancer for Janelle Monae.ĮL: Wow. I have a half brother, who also has a brother by - his mother has two children with - my dad was one of them. KK: Okay, so fun fact, my Janelle Monae number is, is two. I'm sure that's a causal relationship there. So riding your bike will be more difficult tomorrow, I assure you.ĮL: I’m actually going to the Janelle Monae concert. I will say there's a switch that goes off when you turn 40. Let's not talk about how long ago I passed that landmark. So, like, having my last mug of tea in my 30s, taking out the compost for the last time in my 30s, going for a bike ride for the last time in my 30s. So everything I do today is the last time I do it in my 30s. I'm one of your hosts, Kevin Knudson, professor of mathematics at the University of Florida, and I'm joined as always by your other and let's be honest, better, host.Įvelyn Lamb: I’m Evelyn Lamb, a freelance math and science writer in Salt Lake City. PME Journal, 11(7), 392.Kevin Knudson: Welcome to My Favorite Theorem, the math podcast with no quiz at the end. Watanabe, T., Hanson, R., & Nowosielski, F. For the Learning of Mathematics, 21(2), 26–30. Looking at a painting with a mathematical eye. Reader reflections-a proof of Morgan’s conjecture. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 7, 45–63. The Kissing Triangles: The aesthetics of mathematical discovery. Reader reflections-some results of the Menelaus theorem. Reader reflections-no restriction needed. Kazimir Malevich and the art of geometry. Reader reflections-problem 6, October 1995. The Mathematics Teacher, 86(8), 619.ĭeTemple, D. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.Ĭuoco, A., Goldenberg, P., & Mark, J.
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