The Numberphile Podcast

Chris Oates is a professor of statistics at Newcastle University - he got there despite being somewhat indecisive about his career. 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 [https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk] Professor Oates was the recipient of prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-leverhulme-prize-winners-2023 [https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-leverhulme-prize-winners-2023] See a video with Professor Oates on Numberphile describing the Stein Paradox - https://youtu.be/FUQwijSDzg8 [https://youtu.be/FUQwijSDzg8] Chris Oates webpage - https://oates.work [https://oates.work] Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street [https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street] Thanks also to Ben Delo. You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile [https://www.patreon.com/numberphile] Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons [https://www.numberphile.com/patrons]

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/ [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-2023 [https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-leverhulme-prize-winners-2023] Professor Loh’s website - https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~pll28/ [https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~pll28/]

There’s 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=PLt5AfwLFPxWIWS5Jd3k5QHdc0kxwfnZMg [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIWS5Jd3k5QHdc0kxwfnZMg] Matt Parker’s epic video on Stand-up Maths is here: https://youtu.be/zsyGRDrDfbI [https://youtu.be/zsyGRDrDfbI] Numberphile’s main video on the discovery is here: https://youtu.be/Yp4ilFOtoeg [https://youtu.be/Yp4ilFOtoeg] The GIMPS press release is here: https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841 [https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841] GIMPS: https://www.mersenne.org [https://www.mersenne.org] More Numberphile videos on Mersenne Primes from over the year: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKsTwVXpLscZdfiiqAkkGCA [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKsTwVXpLscZdfiiqAkkGCA] Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street [https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street] You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile [https://www.patreon.com/numberphile] Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons [https://www.numberphile.com/patrons]

Ellen Eischen is a professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon. Here she discusses creativity, collaboration - and a “secret” journal she has kept since childhood. Ellen Eischen website (includes some links to the teaching we discussed): http://www.elleneischen.com [http://www.elleneischen.com] Women in Numbers: https://awm-math.org/research-networks/win/ [https://awm-math.org/research-networks/win/] Creativity Counts museum exhibit: https://jsma.uoregon.edu/CreativityCounts [https://jsma.uoregon.edu/CreativityCounts] Ellen on Numberphile discussing Faulhaber's Fabulous Formula (and Bernoulli Numbers): https://youtu.be/83NFR7JDlww [https://youtu.be/83NFR7JDlww] Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street [https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street] We also work with the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute - https://www.slmath.org [https://www.slmath.org] You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile [https://www.patreon.com/numberphile] Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons [https://www.numberphile.com/patrons]

Catch a video version of this episode at: https://youtu.be/xMAiBBxQGZI [https://youtu.be/xMAiBBxQGZI] Danica 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.com [https://mckellarmath.com] And Danica’s general website at: https://danicamckellar.com [https://danicamckellar.com] Danica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danicamckellar/ [https://www.instagram.com/danicamckellar/] Danica’s books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3VQdzny [https://amzn.to/3VQdzny] Danica’s co-authored paper which led to the Chayes–McKellar–Winn theorem: https://scienceblogs.de/geograffitico/wp-content/blogs.dir/70/files/2012/07/i-5bb4f4203312f2a650f3294cf4ddac13-percolation.pdf [https://scienceblogs.de/geograffitico/wp-content/blogs.dir/70/files/2012/07/i-5bb4f4203312f2a650f3294cf4ddac13-percolation.pdf] Brady’s dog Winnie: https://www.instagram.com/the_wonderful_winnie/ [https://www.instagram.com/the_wonderful_winnie/] The Wonder Years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Years [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Years] Jane Street opportunities (episode sponsor): https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/overview/ [https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/overview/] Jane Street’s Insight program as mentioned on the show: https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/programs-and-events/insight/ [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.org [https://www.slmath.org] You can support Numberphile on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/numberphile [https://www.patreon.com/numberphile] Here are our Patrons: https://www.numberphile.com/patrons [https://www.numberphile.com/patrons]