NUMB3RS


Series Three Archive
Episode 1: "Spree"
A Pursuit Curve Problem
Topic: Data collection, Graphs, Distance Formula

The Missing City
Topic: Logical Reasoning

Traveling on Good Circles
Topic: Geodesics On a Sphere

The Chase
Topic: Introduction to Pursuit Curves

The Four Bug Problem: Step On No Pets
Topic: Data Collection, Graphs, Distance Between Two Points, Equation of a Curve

Episode 2: "Spree, Part II - Two Daughters"
Social Security Numbers
Topic: Combinatorics

Galton Board
Topic: Probability

Spiraling Out
Topic: Polar Spirals

Tic-Tac-Toe
Topic: Game Theory

Trawling for an Intersection
Topic: Parametric Equations

Episode 3: "Traffic"
What is Random?
Topic: Random Numbers

Birthday Surprise
Topic: Probability Using Complementary Events

To Pythagoras and Beyond
Topic: Extending the Pythagorean Theorem

Pythagorean Triples
Topic: The Pythagorean Theorem

Up to Speed
Topic: Elementary Traffic Flow Models

Episode 4: "Provenance"
Matrix Operations
Topic: Matrix Operations

Checkbook (Mis)Calculations
Topic: Algebraic Expressions, Linear Diophantine Equations

Set the Trap
Topic: Probability Matrices

Magnetism
Topic: Data Collection, Modeling

Episode 5: "The Mole"
Branch and Bound
Topic: Linear Programming

Coded Messages
Topic: Inverse Matrices

Cycloid I
Topic: Geometry and Algebra

Cycloid II
Topic: Pre-Calculus and Calculus

Episode 6: "Longshot"
Expected Value
Topic: Geometric Probability, Expected Value

Harmonizing Means
Topic: Harmonic Mean

The Odds-On Favorite
Topic: Probability, Odds, and Odds Ratios

Not So Great Expectations
Topic: Probability and Expected Values

Episode 7: "Blackout"
Maintaining Balance
Topic: Center of Mass, Harmonic Series

Navigating Networks
Topic: Networks, Directed Weighted Graphs

Episode 8: "Hardball"
Less is More
Topic: Least Squares Regression

The Pythagorean Expectation
Topic: Algebra and Sabermetrics

Is It For Real?
Topic: Data Analysis

Implicit Orbits
Topic: Implicit Differentiation

Episode 9: "Waste Not"
Risky Business
Topic: Odds Ratios and Risk Ratios

Different or Not
Topic: Two-Proportion Z-test

Sharpshooter
Topic: Geometric Probability

A Group of Symmetries
Topic: Symmetries of an Equilateral Triangle

Episode 10: "Brutus"
Dial the Phone
Topic: Triangular Numbers, Networks

The Crowded Ballroom
Topic: Area, Perimeter, Percentages

The Orchard Problem
Topic: Lattice Points in the Coordinate Plane

Episode 11: "Killer Chat"
Onion Peeler
Topic: Computer Science

The Perfect House
Topic: Marketing (Conjoint Analysis)

Stylometry
Topic: Box-and-Whisker Plots

Episode 12: "Nine Wives"
Lost And Found
Topic: Modeling a Lost Person’s Path

All In The Family
Topic: Genetic Probabilities

A Breed Apart
Topic: Inbreeding Coefficients

Episode 13: "Finders Keepers"
Barging In
Topic: Rates, Direct and Inverse Variation, Algebra

The Leaf Drops
Topic: Experimental Probability, Histograms

Where’s Cheetah?
Topic: Simulation, Cylindrical Coordinates

Episode 14: "Take Out"
No Fly Zone
Topic: Geometry and Probability

Outliers
Topic: Statistics and Outliers

Restaurant Ranking
Topic: Probability and Directed Graphs

Episode 15: "End of Watch"
Angling for Distance
Topic: Maximizing the Distance Traveled by a Projectile

Ants Go Marching
Topic: Ant Colony Optimization

Candy Pieces
Topic: Chi-square Test for Goodness-of-fit

Critical Maths
Topic: Critical Path Analysis (CPA)

Episode 16: "Contenders"
Choosing Contenders
Topic: Weighted Averages, Z-scores

Dialing Ben
Topic: Scatterplots, Least-squares Regression and Residuals

Episode 17: "One Hour"
Have Your Cake And Eat It Too
Topic: Discrete Mathematics / Fair Division

The Labyrinth
Topic: Logic Mazes

Turing Origami
Topic: Computer Science, Logic

Episode 18: "Democracy"
All Shook Up
Topic: An Elementary Introduction to Inductive Reasoning

Shaken, Not Stirred
Topic: Application Of Inductive Reasoning In Problem Solving

I Never Metadata I Didn’t Like
Topic: Pattern Analysis and Recognition

No Desk Left Behind
Topic: Probability and Simulation

Episode 19: "Pandora’s Box"
Fresh Air and Parabolas
Topic: Parametric Equations, Parametric Functions, Quadratic Equations

Thinking Backward
Topic: Inverse Problems, Discrete Math

Episode 20: "Burn Rate"
Energy
Topic: Solving Equations

Regular Polygon Centroids
Topic: Geometry, Points of Concurency

Irregular Polygon Centroids
Topic: Geometry, Points of Concurency

Random Thoughts
Topic: Probability

A "Normal" Explosion
Topic: Calculus Derivatives

Episode 21: "The Art of Reckoning"
No Place Left to Hide
Topic: Pursuit Evasion, Families of Graphs and Proof

Spies Like Us
Topic: Probability Game

To C or Not to C
Topic: Game Theory - The Prisoner's Dilemma

Episode 22: "Under Pressure"
Close Encounters
Topic: Social Networks, Mean

Seeing Everyone
Topic: Visible Lattice Points

Episode 23: "Money for Nothing"
Driving With Dijkstra
Topic: Graph Theory

Truth or Dare
Topic: Logic Riddles

Velocity of Circulation
Topic: Economics, Simulation, Using Formulas

Episode 24: "The Janus List"
Straddling Checkerboard
Topic: Ciphers, Discrete Mathematics

Pile It On
Topic: Exponential Functions

Pack It In
Topic: Discrete Mathematics

 
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