3 - Steven Strogatz: In and out of love with math

<p>Steven Strogatz, an applied mathematician at Cornell, is a prominent figure in the field of nonlinear dynamics and chaos, and a widely beloved popularizer of math.</p>

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<p>--- Books by Strogatz which we discussed ---</p>

<p>Chaos and Nonlinear dynamics</p>

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<p>Infinite powers</p>

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<p>Unpublished appendix about Newton's letters to Leibniz:&nbsp;</p>

<p>https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436e695e4b07f1e91b30155/t/5dd434fb9d105d031ded69de/1574188283323/Appendix+2+-+Newton+on+infinite+series+and+the+Epistola+Posterior+v4.pdf</p>

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<p>--- Other things which came up ---</p>

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<p>Strogatz's senior thesis:</p>

<p>https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436e695e4b07f1e91b30155/t/5dca1c993141bb5946c54b45/1573526688118/The-mathematics-of-supercoiled-DNA.pdf</p>

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<p>His first published paper:</p>

<p>https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/78/3/1461.full.pdf</p>

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<p>Crick’s paper about linking numbers and nucleosomes with the memorable comment that inspired his experiment with the ribbon:</p>

<p>https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/73/8/2639.full.pdf</p>

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<p>The 4-dog chase problem and its solution.</p>

<p>https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/03/can-you-solve-it-dogs-in-pursuit</p>

<p>https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/03/did-you-solve-it-dogs-in-pursuit</p>

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<p>For a full solution with calculus, see Strogatz's book "The Calculus of Friendship"</p>

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<p>Survey for kids on their desired occupation:</p>

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<p>A radical approach to real analysis</p>

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<p>Twitter thread on what, morally, a normal subgroup is.</p>

<p>https://mobile.twitter.com/sbagley/status/1296211024534622208</p>

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<p>Leibniz formula via patterns from primes</p>