Echoes of Electromagnetism Found in Number Theory
The Quanta Podcast
Quanta Magazine
4.7 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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A new magnum opus posits the existence of a hidden mathematical link akin to the connection between electricity and magnetism. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Clover 3” by Vibe Mountain.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Quantum Magazine's podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | Each episode we bring you stories about developments in science and mathematics. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Susan Vallett. |
| 0:14.0 | A new magnum opus posits the existence of a hidden mathematical link |
| 0:19.0 | akin to the connection between electricity and magnetism. |
| 0:22.7 | That's next. |
| 0:28.2 | It's season three of the joy of why, and I still have a lot of questions. Like, what is this |
| 0:33.7 | thing we call time? Why does altruism exist? And where is Jan 11? |
| 0:38.8 | I'm here. |
| 0:39.6 | Astrophysicist and co-host. |
| 0:41.2 | Ready for anything. |
| 0:42.3 | That's right. |
| 0:42.9 | I'm bringing in the A team. |
| 0:44.6 | So brace yourselves. |
| 0:45.9 | Get ready to learn. |
| 0:47.1 | I'm Jan 11. |
| 0:48.4 | I'm Steve Strogatz. |
| 0:49.7 | And this is... |
| 0:50.8 | Quantum Magazine's podcast, The Joy of Why. |
| 0:53.6 | New episodes drop every other Thursday. |
| 1:00.0 | In 2018, as he prepared to be awarded the Fields Medal, Math's highest honor, |
| 1:07.2 | Akshay Venkatesh carried a piece of paper in his pocket. |
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