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This is a blog where a professor from Northeastern University's Math department posts mathematical comments on the television show "Numb3rs". To comment, write to bridger@neu.edu.
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May 27, 2009
We know that the fictional mathematician Charlie Epps has a book in which mathematics is applied to dating and love. Here is a slightly tongue-in-cheek account of the same subject by a real mathematician, Steve Strogatz: Loves-me-loves-me-not (NY Times)
May 6, 2009
The very first episode of Numb3rs, on January 23, 2005, featured an account, based on fact, of a serial rapist. The actual crimes were committed by the "Southside Rapist" in Lafayette LA in the 1990's. The police department there called in Dr. Kim Rossmo -- a Detective Inspector with the Vancouver Police Department, who has a doctorate in criminology from Simon Fraser University (British Columbia).
Dr... continued »
May 3, 2009
There were two interesting math items in this past Friday's show. The first has to do with the "SETI" or Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence project... continued »