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The Assassin Puzzle - Imagine you have a square-shaped room, and inside there is an assassin and a target. And suppose that any shot that the assassin takes can ricochet off the walls of the room, just like a ball on a billiard table. Is it possible to position a finite number of security guards inside the square so that they block every possible shot from the assassin to the target?
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Can you save the target from his assassin in a square room with bouncy walls?
Can you stack four colored cubes so that each color only shows once on each side?
Set theory is the foundation of all of mathematics. How does it handle infinity?
When you think about math, what do you think of knots? Probably... knot.
Infinities come in different sizes. So what's the right way to describe the sum?
In SET, what is the maximum number of cards you can deal that might not contain a SET?
If Fermat had a little more room in his margin, what proof would he have written there?
In the physical world, objects are made of simpler parts. What are numbers made of?
Could you explain numbers to someone without using the notion of a number?
What shape do you most associate with a standard analog clock? Circle or... torus?
What happens when you divide things that aren’t numbers?
You know the Golden Ratio, but what is the Silver Ratio?
The proof for Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem uses a bridge between geometry and algebra.
How can two people share the same key without someone else getting a hold of it?
What exactly is a topological space?
Here we break down Asymmetric crypto and more.
What happens when you multiply shapes?
What happens if you multiply things that aren’t numbers?
About Infinite Series
Mathematician Kelsey Houston-Edwards offers ambitious content for viewers that are eager to attain a greater understanding of the world around them. Math is pervasive - a robust yet precise language - and with each episode you’ll begin to see the math that underpins everything in this puzzling, yet fascinating, universe.
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