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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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September 29, 2009
The actual mathematical algorithms behind modern automobile cruise control can be very subtle and complicated, but the idea behind them is quite simple.
Basically, a target or desired speed is set. These days everything is digital, so when you press the "set" button on your controller, the number corresponding to the speed at which you are now travelling is entered into the cruise control computer... continued »
September 28, 2009
One of the interesting references made in last Friday's season premiere is called by some "The Hangman's Paradox" but also by others, in not quite so lethal a way, the "The Surprise Quiz Paradox"... continued »