We are back with an episode on what makes mathematical problems interesting. In the studio with us, for this impossible topic, are Serte Donderwinkel and Steffen Müller: together we explore what we find interesting in mathematical problems, how beauty affects our taste, and how the way we present the problems influences the interest around them.
As usual, the episode touches upon a great variety of themes, don't miss it!
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This was probably the episode with the largest amount of preliminary reading in the history of this podcast. The theme has been widely discussed and it is very interesting to see the various different points of views, with their differences and commonalities. We leave our reading list here for posterity:
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Produced by Marcello Seri and Anna de Bruijn
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Illustrations by Henrieke Krijgsheld
The podcast soundtrack is derived from the royalty free track Starving by OctoSound and used in agreement with pixabay license https://pixabay.com/music/funk-starving-170377
We are grateful to the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Groningen for allowing us to use their equipment for this recording.