http://www.mathgoespop.com/2010/08/the-futurama-theorem.html Ruminations on the Intersection Between Mathematics and Popular Culture Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.mathgoespop.com/2010/08/the-futurama-theorem.html/comment-page-1#comment-7268 Is mathematics the Christmas present of the year? | Practical Ethics Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:15:37 +0000 http://www.mathgoespop.com/?p=683#comment-7268 [...] theorem will hardly dilute the honour system of mathematics more than the appearance of the Futurama theorem (properly that theorem ought to be known as Keeler’s theorem, but in the TV show it was [...] [...] theorem will hardly dilute the honour system of mathematics more than the appearance of the Futurama theorem (properly that theorem ought to be known as Keeler’s theorem, but in the TV show it was [...]

]]> http://www.mathgoespop.com/2010/08/the-futurama-theorem.html/comment-page-1#comment-4407 Eduardo Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:22:36 +0000 http://www.mathgoespop.com/?p=683#comment-4407 Take your people that have switched/jumbled. Then add exactly that number of people, keeping the second group separate from the first. Have the second group perform the same switches that the first group did. Then have the first and second groups swap with each other, then un-jumble, then swap back. Not sure if this is involves the fewest moves, but it gets the job done cleanly and intuitively. Take your people that have switched/jumbled. Then add exactly that number of people, keeping the second group separate from the first. Have the second group perform the same switches that the first group did. Then have the first and second groups swap with each other, then un-jumble, then swap back. Not sure if this is involves the fewest moves, but it gets the job done cleanly and intuitively.

]]> http://www.mathgoespop.com/2010/08/the-futurama-theorem.html/comment-page-1#comment-3227 cleek » The Futurama Theorem Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:59:11 +0000 http://www.mathgoespop.com/?p=683#comment-3227 [...] The Futurama Theorem [...] [...] The Futurama Theorem [...]

]]> http://www.mathgoespop.com/2010/08/the-futurama-theorem.html/comment-page-1#comment-3218 Julie Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:46:44 +0000 http://www.mathgoespop.com/?p=683#comment-3218 Best. Posting. Ever. Best. Posting. Ever.

]]> http://www.mathgoespop.com/2010/08/the-futurama-theorem.html/comment-page-1#comment-2937 Patrick Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:00:11 +0000 http://www.mathgoespop.com/?p=683#comment-2937 Futurama is way too awesome. Nice head-swap diagrams. Futurama is way too awesome.
Nice head-swap diagrams.

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