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:

AQ. The Principle of Indifference Redux Apr 24, 2006

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The solution to the balls puzzle and a quick puzzle about cards.

AO. Choosing Balls from A Bag Apr 17, 2006

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A fifty-fifty chance of drawing four blue balls from a bag: how many balls were blue?

AN. More Sucker Bets Apr 09, 2006

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Is there always a better choice?

AM. Arrow's Theorem Apr 02, 2006

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Can A be better than B, B be better than C and C be better than A? No voting system will ever be fair!

AL. Rumors and suckers Mar 27, 2006

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In which we show gossip is unreliable and how you can always fleece a sucker.

AK. Paradoxes and Liars Mar 21, 2006

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The mathematics of gossiping!

AJ. The Pop Quiz Mar 13, 2006

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Why 462 is the least interesting number less than 1000, and the students get a paradoxical pop quiz.

AI. Census Taker's Puzzle Mar 12, 2006

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The solution to the problem of the Three Gods: one always tells the truth; one always lies; one sometimes lies and sometimes tells the truth. When asked which is which, the one of the left says the one in the middle is the god of truth. The one in the middle says he sometimes lies and sometimes tells the truth. And the god on the right says the god in the middle is the god of falsehood. Who is who?

AH. QED Jan 02, 2006

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There are vastly many more real numbers than fractions! The MathFactor CD hidden track.

AG. The Eagle Dec 17, 2005

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How to do infinitely many things in a few minutes!