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Susan Valot narrates in-depth news episodes based on Quanta Magazine's articles about mathematics, physics, biology and computer science.

All Episodes about combinatorics

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Mathematician Hurls Structure and Disorder Into Century-Old Problem

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Illustration of 826-vertex graph for "Decades-Old Graph Problem Yields to Amateur Mathematician"

Decades-Old Graph Problem Yields to Amateur Mathematician

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15 pentagon tessellations

Pentagon Tiling Proof Solves Century-Old Math Problem

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Combinatorics and constellations

A Puzzle of Clever Connections Nears a Happy End

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Simple Set Game Proof Stuns Mathematicians

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Sphere Packing Solved in Higher Dimensions

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Theorists Draw Closer to Perfect Coloring

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