Playlist · 31 episodes

Mission impossible

Goldbach has held since 1742, Syracuse has been taunting everyone since 1937: chronicle of the mathematical fortresses, of those who mount the assault — and the machines that now climb the ramparts.

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Episodes (31)

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Hong Wang: the needle problem unsolved for a century
Aug 24, 2026 · 5 min
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Lebesgue measure: can you choose a point at random? Premium
Jul 29, 2026 · 21 min
03
From Molecules to Gas: Hilbert's 125-Year Challenge
Jun 29, 2026 · 5 min
04
Archimedes: Tracing the Lost Leaf Found in Blois
Jun 29, 2026 · 6 min
05
AI proofs: the paradox highlighted by Terence Tao
Jun 24, 2026 · 6 min
06
AI without proof: investigating the Leiden Declaration
Jun 19, 2026 · 5 min
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Leibniz: can we calculate the best possible world? Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 12 min
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abc conjecture: investigating the disputed step
May 4, 2026 · 5 min
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Terence Tao: AI suggests, the mathematician checks
Apr 30, 2026 · 5 min
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Two tori: when local measurements fall short
Apr 23, 2026 · 6 min
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Boltzmann equation: from the gas paradox to the proof
Apr 22, 2026 · 6 min
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Conway's power trains: the fixed point disproving a conjecture
Dec 15, 2025 · 6 min
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Number persistence: two calculations, two outcomes Premium
Dec 15, 2025 · 21 min
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196: The integer whose palindrome remains elusive Premium
Dec 15, 2025 · 20 min
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Ancient China: could you prove without Euclid? Premium
Dec 2, 2025 · 19 min
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Karine Chemla: The stay in China that changed her career Premium
Dec 1, 2025 · 17 min
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Chinese mathematics: the journey of a distinctive tradition Premium
Dec 1, 2025 · 20 min
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False visual proofs: when an area of 64 seems to become 65 Premium
Oct 7, 2025 · 22 min
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Legendre: the mathematician caught out by the fifth postulate Premium
Oct 7, 2025 · 23 min
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Euler and Fermat: investigating the complex number gamble Premium
Oct 7, 2025 · 25 min

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