
I describe a mathematician's solution to a wobbly cafe table with a splash about 3 bladed windmills.
Additional Readings and sources:
Intermediate Value Theorem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_value_theorem
History of Wobbly table theorem:
https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/devlin_02_07.html
Harvard's explanation of WTT:
http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/teaching/math1a_2011/exhibits/wobblytable/
Wobbly Table Mathologer Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCj3qfQ68m0&t
Wobbly Table Numberphile Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuF-WB7mD6k
Catastrophic windmill due to speed increase:
https://youtu.be/wfzgIxMEo8g?t=27
Windmills explained in video
great explanation by a great channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPIRfxUTQ4
Apr 16, 2019
5 min

I explain Nash Equilibriums, a type of solution from non-cooperative game theory.
Further reading and reference:
Nash Equilibrium on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium
John Nash on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forbes_Nash_Jr.
Non-cooperative Game Theory on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-cooperative_game_theory
Pareto Efficiency on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_efficiency
Spaniel, Game Theory 101, 2012:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i7p9DNvtjk
SciShow, Game Theory, 2016:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHS-htjGgSY
Feb 12, 2019
7 min

Moore's Law is the observation of how quickly computer increase in speed.
Jan 19, 2019
11 min

I talk through the basics of optimal stopping and a few of its use cases.
Dec 12, 2018
9 min
