Mathematical Moments from the American Mathematical Society
Mathematical Moments promote an appreciation and understanding of the role mathematics plays in science, nature, technology, and human culture. Hear experts talk about how they use mathematics in various applications from improving film animation to analyzing voting strategies.
- Update frequency
- every 24 days
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 141
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2024
Describing Dryland Vegetation Patterns
Math is often described as the science of patterns, which makes it a natural subject to help in the study of the underlying causes of patterns found in nature, for example, bands of vegetation that o…
00:09:31 |
Mon 22 Feb 2021
Mixing Math and Cooking
Math's connection with cooking extends beyond the mathematical constant that sounds like a dessert. For example, using differential equations to model fluid flow and heat transfer, research teams hav…
00:24:53 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
Cracking Open Black Boxes
Algorithms can be very useful, but lately, with so much data being created and shared, and with the increase in their use in critical areas such as hiring, credit, and health care, algorithms are und…
00:18:12 |
Mon 27 Jan 2020
Solving the Mystery of the Wine Legs
What causes wine legs (tears)? Andrea Bertozzi explains and describes how to generate legs.
00:15:03 |
Mon 21 Oct 2019
Picturing Powehi
Fumie Tazaki talks about creating the first image of a black hole and its shadow, which relied on Fourier transforms. About the work to make the image, she says, "Our collaboration has 200 members an…
00:04:30 |
Mon 23 Sep 2019
Unmasking Deepfakes
Hany Farid talks about fighting fake videos: "Mathematically, there's a lot of linear algebra, multivariate calculus, probability and statistics, and then a lot of techniques from pattern recognition…
00:04:30 |
Mon 23 Sep 2019
Making Beautiful Mathematics
Rob Schneiderman talks about the metaphorical connections between math and music
00:04:30 |
Mon 23 Sep 2019
Keeping People Alive Part 2
Steven Strogatz and Mary Bushman talk about math's role in controlling HIV and understanding malaria, respectively. Mary Bushman says, "It's really cool to try and use math to nail down some questio…
00:04:30 |
Mon 19 Aug 2019
Keeping People Alive Part 1
Steven Strogatz and Mary Bushman talk about math's role in controlling HIV and understanding malaria, respectively. Mary Bushman says, "It's really cool to try and use math to nail down some questio…
00:04:30 |
Mon 19 Aug 2019
Making the Earth Flat
Tom Patterson and Bojan Savric discuss the Equal Earth projection map that they created with Bernhard Jenny.
00:04:30 |
Wed 12 Jun 2019
Screening for Autism
Researcher: Jordan Hashemi, Duke University
Description: Jordan Hashemi talks about an easy-to-use app to screen for autism.
00:04:30 |
Mon 10 Jun 2019
Unbunching Buses
Researchers: Vikash V. Gayah and S. Ilgin Guler, Pennsylvania State University
Description: Gayah and Guler talk about mitigating the clustering of buses on a route.
00:04:30 |
Sun 09 Jun 2019
Winning the Race
Researcher: Christine Darden, NASA (retired)
Description: Christine Darden on working at NASA.
00:04:30 |
Sun 02 Jun 2019
Revolutionizing and Industry
Researchers: Christopher Brinton, Zoomi, Inc. and Princeton University, and Mung Chiang, Purdue University
Moment: http://www.ams.org/samplings/mathmoments/mm139-netflix.pdf
Description: Christopher …
00:04:30 |
Mon 17 Sep 2018
Going Into a Shell
Researcher: Derek Moulton, University of Oxford
Moment: http://www.ams.org/samplings/mathmoments/mm138-shells.pdf
Description: Derek Moulton explains the math behind the shapes of seashells.
00:04:30 |
Mon 17 Sep 2018
Keeping the Roof On
Researcher: Stefan Siegmund, TU-Dresden
Moment: http://www.ams.org/samplings/mathmoments/mm137-hurricane.pdf
Moment Title: Keeping the Roof On
Description: Stefan Siegmund talks about his an inventi…
00:04:30 |
Mon 17 Sep 2018
Scoring with New Thinking
Researcher: Andy Andres, Boston University
Moment: http://www.ams.org/samplings/mathmoments/mm136-baseball.pdf
Moment Title: Scoring with New Thinking
Description: Andy Andres on baseball analytics.…
00:04:30 |
Mon 17 Sep 2018
Generating Patterns Part 2
Researcher: Michel C. Molinkovitch, University of Geneva. Description: Michel C. Milinkovitch used math, physics, and biology for an amazing discovery about the patterns on a lizard's skin.
00:04:30 |
Tue 22 Aug 2017
Generating Patterns Part 1
Researcher: Michel C. Molinkovitch, University of Geneva. Description: Michel C. Milinkovitch used math, physics, and biology for an amazing discovery about the patterns on a lizard's skin.
00:04:30 |
Tue 22 Aug 2017
Hunting for Planets
Researcher: Konstantin Batygin, Caltech. Description: Konstantin Batygin talks about using math to investigate the existence of Planet Nine.
00:04:30 |
Tue 22 Aug 2017
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