Po-Ling Loh is an American theoretical statistician based at the University of Cambridge. She discusses her childhood, choosing a university, and her path to higher dimensional statistics and differential privacy.She also compares life as an academic in the US and UK.This episode was made possible by the Leverhulme Trust, a UK-based organisation which funds ambitious blue skies research across various disciplines - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/Professor Loh was the recipient of a Philip Leverhulme Prize. More about her prize here - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-leverhulme-prize-winners-2023Professor Lohās website - https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~pll28/
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BREAKING NEWS: The Largest Known Prime Number
Thereās a new largest known prime number and we speak to all the key players, including the discoverer Luke Durant. Also featured in the podcast are George Woltman from GIMPS, James Grime, and Matt Parker.Extended interviews (as videos) can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIWS5Jd3k5QHdc0kxwfnZMgMatt Parkerās epic video on Stand-up Maths is here: https://youtu.be/zsyGRDrDfbINumberphileās main video on the discovery is here: https://youtu.be/Yp4ilFOtoegThe GIMPS press release is here: https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841GIMPS: https://www.mersenne.orgMore Numberphile videos on Mersenne Primes from over the year: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKsTwVXpLscZdfiiqAkkGCANumberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-streetYou can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphileHere are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
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The Secret Math Journal - with Ellen Eischen
Ellen Eischen is a professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon. Here she discusses creativity, collaboration - and a āsecretā journal she has kept since childhood.Ellen Eischen website (includes some links to the teaching we discussed): http://www.elleneischen.comāØWomen in Numbers: https://awm-math.org/research-networks/win/Creativity Counts museum exhibit: https://jsma.uoregon.edu/CreativityCountsEllen on Numberphile discussing Faulhaber's Fabulous Formula (and Bernoulli Numbers): https://youtu.be/83NFR7JDlwwāØNumberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-streetWe also work with the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute - https://www.slmath.org You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphileHere are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
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Winnie the Math Whiz - with Danica McKellar
Catch a video version of this episode at: https://youtu.be/xMAiBBxQGZIDanica McKellar is best-known for portraying girl-next-door Winnie Cooper in The Wonder Years - but she has also proven a math theorem (which bears her name) and writes books to inspire future mathematicians.Check out her math website and books at: https://mckellarmath.comAnd Danicaās general website at: https://danicamckellar.comDanica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danicamckellar/Danicaās books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3VQdznyDanicaās co-authored paper which led to the ChayesāMcKellarāWinn theorem: https://scienceblogs.de/geograffitico/wp-content/blogs.dir/70/files/2012/07/i-5bb4f4203312f2a650f3294cf4ddac13-percolation.pdfBradyās dog Winnie: https://www.instagram.com/the_wonderful_winnie/The Wonder Years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_YearsJane Street opportunities (episode sponsor): https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/overview/Jane Streetās Insight program as mentioned on the show: https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/programs-and-events/insight/Numberphile is also supported by the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute: https://www.slmath.orgYou can support Numberphile on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/numberphileHere are our Patrons: https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
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The Hyper-Curious Billionaire - Jim Simons (1938-2024)
This podcast marks the passing of James Harris Simons, better-known as Jim.The interviewees are John Ewing, David Eisenbud and Andrew Millis.The Simons Foundation - https://www.simonsfoundation.orgSimons Foundation article about Jimās life - https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2024/05/10/remembering-the-life-and-careers-of-jim-simons/Bradyās interview with Jim for Numberphile (full hour-log version) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNznD9hMEh0Shorter 18-minute version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjVDqfUhXOYMath For America - https://www.mathforamerica.orgThe Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath, formerly MSRI) - https://www.slmath.orgThe Flatiron Institute - https://www.simonsfoundation.org/flatiron/The Chern-Simons form - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chern%E2%80%93Simons_formThe Archimedes (Jimās yacht) - https://www.feadship.nl/fleet/archimedes1Numberphile has been supported by The Simons Foundation (via SLMath) for many years. We are yet another of Jimās legacies.You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphileHere are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patronsNumberphile Podcast by Brady Haran