You've seen the quadratic formula but did you know there is no quintic formula for solving degree 5 polynomials? Join me in learning why this classical result is true at the Cartesian Cafe with the one and only Grant Sanderson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaW30_f2on0 Grant Sanderson is a mathematician who is the author of the YouTube channel “3Blue1Brown”, … Continue reading Grant Sanderson (3Blue1Brown): Unsolvability of the Quintic

It's been a busy past few weeks. My podcast The Cartesian Cafe, previously only available on YouTube, is now available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Please leave a rating and review if you enjoy the show. And just yesterday, my most recent episode with John Baez was just released. At 3 hours, it's my longest … Continue reading John Baez: The Algebra of Grand Unified Theories

Ever wanted to learn about category theory? Did you know it can offer insights into language models of today's AI rage? Now you can with my latest podcast guest, the wonderful Tai-Danae Bradley over at the Cartesian Cafe. We talk about the basic constructions and definitions of category theory, providing lots of definitions as well … Continue reading Tai-Danae Bradley: Category Theory and Language Models