Dustin Young is the president of the Rutgers chess club with an interest in historiography. We will explore:

- what was Newton's take on religion

- why study the interface of history, science, politics, and philosophy

- where does chess come from and how it evolved

- how to impress friends with a Taylor series party trick

Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/

FB stránka: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu

Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/

Timestamps:

(0:00) introduction

(0:56) historiography, Newton, and religion

(17:31) natural philosophers and seperation of sciences

(22:35) sources, bias, and motivation

(36:03) cultures and approaches to chess

(44:35) origin and developments of chess

(57:15) no true objectivity

Links:

- Newton project: https://www.newtonproject.ox.ac.uk/

- council of Nicaea: https://www.britannica.com/event/First-Council-of-Nicaea-325

- De Morgan's laws: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/de-morgans-law/

- bongcloud: https://chess.fandom.com/wiki/Bongcloud

- Taylor series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_series

- chaturanga: https://www.chess.com/terms/chaturanga-game

- xiangqi: https://www.xiangqi.com/history

Alex Kontorovich is a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Rutgers University with lots of experience in teaching and outreach. In our talk, we will touch on diverse topics, including:

- why care about math (and its history)

- what can outsiders bring to the table

- how useful it is to be the dumbest in the room

- where music meets math and where it doesn't

Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/

FB stránka: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu

Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/

Timestamps:

(0:00) introduction

(00:46) problems, proofs, and thinking styles

(13:16) outreach, motivation, and explaining concepts

(28:06) interdisciplinarity and outsiders

(33:30) people teaching computers and vice versa

(39:52) stamina, humility, music, and gratitude

Links:

- MoMath: https://momath.org/

- Natural Number Game: https://adam.math.hhu.de/#/g/leanprover-community/nng4

- Lean in the browser: https://live.lean-lang.org/

- Prime Number Theorem project: https://github.com/AlexKontorovich/PrimeNumberTheoremAnd

- other Lean projects: https://leanprover-community.github.io/lean_projects.html

- polymath projects: https://polymathprojects.org/

- Alex's website: https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~alexk/

In this condensed episode, Julián Hernández-Serrano employs his diverse backgrounds and personal experience to share with us:

- how can good narratives help us solve problems

- what can hurricanes teach us

- why should we be careful when coding

- when to ground ourselves in the center

Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/

FB stránka: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu

Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/

Timestamps:

(0:00) introduction

(2:28) capitalizing on different backgrounds

(7:57) Puerto Rican environment and survivalist mindset

(13:32) using storytelling for problem solving

(22:30) a favorite story

(26:42) systematizing experiments on narratives

(33:55) the impact of the internet

(36:44) the importance of staying in the center

Links:

- Roger Schank: https://www.rogerschank.com/What-We-Learn-When-We-Learn-by-Doing, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Ah3Om-sFY

- Stories in problem solving: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226534846_Case-based_reasoning_and_instructional_design_Using_stories_to_support_problem_solving, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227714410_The_effects_of_case_libraries_on_problem_solving

- Julián's mail: julian.hernandez@upr.edu