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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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July 26, 2006
In the June 10th blog I discussed various forms of carbon, including "nanotubes" and "Buckyballs". Since I am a mathematician, not a chemist, I was not surprised to receive some corrections. First, these from Petra Reinke.
Dear Blogwriter,
I completely agree: carbon is fascinating and even more so the fullerenes and nanotubes, with their intriguing geometry... continued »
July 15, 2006
(See the end of this blog for references to previous blogs on the math of this show.)
This episode concerns the murder of an executive who blew the whistle on a fictitious energy company called "Syntel", clearly based on Enron. We find out that the perpetrator killed her in order to cover up some shady financial dealings. In fact, by coincidence, Charlie had done some investigative work on these transactions for the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)... continued »