The Secret Math Journal - with Ellen Eischen

About this episode

Ellen Eischen discusses her secret math journal and the importance of creativity and collaboration in mathematics.

Ellen Eischen is a professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon. Here she discusses creativity, collaboration - and a “secret” journal she has kept since childhood. Ellen Eischen website (includes some links to the teaching we discussed): http://www.elleneischen.com Women in Numbers: https://awm-math.org/research-networks/win/ Creativity Counts museum exhibit: https://jsma.uoregon.edu/CreativityCounts Ellen on Numberphile discussing Faulhaber's Fabulous Formula (and Bernoulli Numbers): https://youtu.be/83NFR7JDlww Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street We also work with the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute - https://www.slmath.org You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

People in this episode

Host: Brady Haran

Guest: Ellen Eischen

Topics covered

• mathematics
• creativity
• collaboration
• education
• journals

Keywords

• Ellen Eischen
• mathematics
• creativity
• collaboration
• University of Oregon

Sponsors

Jane Street

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Oregon, Women in Numbers, Creativity Counts, Numberphile, Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute

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