The Math Factor

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**The Math Factor**

A brief, weekly math conversation and puzzle, airing on KUAF 91.3 FM, Fayetteville Arkansas. Send your answers, comments, questions, puzzles, or cash, to mathfactor@uark.edu!

Latest Episodes:

BL. Eternally diminishing returns Oct 30, 2006

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With enough time and patience and bananas, can we go as far as we please?

BK. Bananas and Rockets Oct 25, 2006

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A classic puzzle reveals why rockets require so much fuel, even for wee payloads.

BJ. The Most Powerful Force Oct 11, 2006

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Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying that compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe. He didn't really say that, but the sentiment is valid. If you compound more and more frequently, is there a limit on the interest one can earn?

BI. The Shape of the Universe Oct 01, 2006

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Jeff Weeks tells us about the hypersphere, the Poincaré conjecture and the topology of the universe!

BH. The Poincaré Conjecture Sep 25, 2006

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Jeff Weeks, author of "The Shape of Space", discusses the hypersphere and the famous Poincaré Conjecture!

BG. Bamboopalooza! Sep 16, 2006

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Join Chaim and Kyle at Bamboopalooza 3! Octahedral pencil holders, giant 12 pointed bamboo stars, pig lighters and other mathematical oddments were enjoyed by all! (Google for pictures!)

BF. Catching Errors Sep 10, 2006

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Credit card numbers have an error catching code, that uses the tricks of the last few weeks.

BE. Trap door encryption Sep 06, 2006

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Is this podcast legally a "munition"? Old ideas in number theory are the basis for a whole new class of powerful encryption schemes that underlie the modern internet economy.

BD. Magic Numbers Aug 24, 2006

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We discuss a neat trick involving powers, mod a pair of primes.

BC. Casting Out Nines Aug 17, 2006

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How do modern "trap-door" encryption schemes work? Over the next three weeks we'll explain, but to warm up, we talk about the medieval practice of "casting out nines".

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