Episode 14 - Eudoxus of Cnidus - Where we Take Pleasure This week we take an exhaustive look at the mathematician that invented calculus... arguably. We can certainly have that argument. So let us enjoy the good life, by taking pleasure in the pursuit of k...

A new episode of #themathematicianspodcast has dropped today. Would you like to discover 2500 year old calculus? I think in these uncertain times, we all should.

Come on down to your favourite podcast app and join me there.

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If you start with a rectangle, you can cut off a square from one end. This would leave you with a smaller rectangle. This process will then be repeatable, unless your square halves the remaining rectangle, then you're done.

But will this sequence always terminate?

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The Mathematicians Podcast | Ben Cornish Where we explore the historical figures that count. An in-depth look at the history of mathematics, in chronological order, looking at the people, the theories, the ideas - with as fewer gaps as possi...

Find four integers such that:

The sum of the 1&2 is twice the sum of the 3&4.
The sum of the 1&3 is thrice the sum the 2&4.
The sum of the 1&4 is four times the sum of the 2&3.
The sum of all four is five times the sum of the 2&3.

From episode 17 of #mathspodcast

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