Five-dimensional Rubik’s Cube’s Principle Turned into Stand-up Comedy
British teacher of mathematics and comedian Matt Parker visited the university on Thursday to illustrate theoretical patterns with humoristic examples.
Mathematician Matt Parker displayed a Klein’s bottle inspired beanie knit by his mother.
Parker won his audience over by working out the last digit of the bar code of a random student’s ice cream wrapper, and presenting special dice that can be used to trick your fellow player.
The audience in the packed Calonia auditorium enjoyed a video on a test where 10 000 domino tiles demonstrate how a computer works as well as animations on multidimensional Rubik’s Cubes.
A regular on BBC Radio4′s Infinite Monkey Cage, Parker swears by humour in teaching as a way of enhancing studying motivation.
Parker is the Public Engagement in Mathematics Fellow at Queen Mary University of London.
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Text: Aura Jaakkola