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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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November 25, 2008
The most interesting math-related item in last Friday's episode was Charlie's collection of "swarmbots." Of course, this word is actually a phony: it comes from taking the "bot" from robot and adding the word "swarm" to indicate what these objects do. The word "robot" itself was introduced in Karel Capek's play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots, 1920), and comes from the Czech word "robota" meaning work or worker... continued »
November 11, 2008
Physicists have long known the basic principles of how a fluid moves through a system of pipes and containers. In fact, the basic equations were written down by Daniel Bernoulli in the 18th century... continued »
November 9, 2008
I had to tape last Friday's episode because I was out that night. I just watched it. There are some interesting issues, mostly having to do with pumping water into a tank from the bottom. I'll get to it in a few days. Meanwhile, you might want to read the blog Pascal's Law (12/18/05)
November 1, 2008
In last night's show, at the very beginning, Charlie and Amita refer to "error-correcting codes." This is a very important idea in computer science, and is based on the use of binary arithmetic... continued »