Mini Episode: Bidding Game

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Jul 5, 201912:12Education

Here's something a little different. Over at Aperiodical they are running the Big Internet Math Off 2019 ( where 16 mathematicians present pitches to compete in a tournament. We were very pleased to be nominated to take...

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