Pi Mu Epsilon Conference - April 11-12, 2025

The Entirety of Higher Mathematics in 13 Puzzles

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Ben OrlinFollow

Location

Pellegrene Auditorium, SJU

Event Website

https://www.csbsju.edu/mathematics/pi-mu-epsilon-conference/

Start Date

12-4-2025 10:30 AM

Description

You have been told that mathematics is a vast galaxy, that it sprawls beyond human cognizability, that the last person to grasp even half of its scope was Poincaré, now dead for a century. Lies, all lies! Math is a civilizational wrestling match against a handful of elementary puzzles. Nothing more. I shall humbly introduce these puzzles; the rest of mathematics is left as an exercise for the listener.

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Apr 12th, 10:30 AM

The Entirety of Higher Mathematics in 13 Puzzles

Pellegrene Auditorium, SJU

You have been told that mathematics is a vast galaxy, that it sprawls beyond human cognizability, that the last person to grasp even half of its scope was Poincaré, now dead for a century. Lies, all lies! Math is a civilizational wrestling match against a handful of elementary puzzles. Nothing more. I shall humbly introduce these puzzles; the rest of mathematics is left as an exercise for the listener.

https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/math_pi_mu_epsilon/2025/Event/3