#183 – Po-Shen Loh: Mathematics, Math Olympiad, Combinatorics & Contact Tracing
发布时间 2021-05-14 22:33:44 来源
摘要
Po-Shen Loh is a mathematician at CMU and coach of the USA International Math Olympiad team. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(08:51) - Planes and bridges
(12:28) - Writing a computer game from scratch
(14:54) - Programming competitions
(18:28) - Math is hard
(23:59) - Contact tracing that preserves privacy
(1:01:16) - Math Olympiad
(1:16:57) - Hard math problem
(1:24:14) - Is math discovered or invented?
(1:29:09) - Intelligence
(1:35:59) - Math education
(1:40:10) - How to learn math
(1:49:06) - Combinatorics
(1:52:13) - Voting trees
(2:02:36) - Stochastic coalescence
(2:12:23) - P=NP
(2:16:39) - Tolkien and WWII
(2:19:00) - Advice for young people
(2:21:05) - Meaning of life
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