Math Mutation 269: A Good Use of Downtime

Math Mutation by Erik Seligman

Apr 25, 202100:04:45Science & Medicine

We discuss a strange mathematical experiment conducted in a World War II prison camp. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

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