Po-Shen Loh: Mathematics, Math Olympiad, Combinatorics & Contact Tracing | Lex Fridman Podcast #183
6,319Po-Shen Loh is a mathematician at CMU and coach of the USA International Math Olympiad team. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:43 - Planes and bridges
5:21 - Writing a computer game from scratch
7:46 - Programming competitions
11:21 - Math is hard
16:52 - Contact tracing that preserves privacy
54:09 - Math Olympiad
1:09:49 - Hard math problem
1:17:06 - Is math discovered or invented?
1:22:02 - Intelligence
1:28:52 - Math education
1:33:03 - How to learn math
1:41:58 - Combinatorics
1:45:05 - Voting trees
1:55:29 - Stochastic coalescence
2:05:15 - P=NP
2:09:32 - Tolkien and WWII
2:11:52 - Advice for young people
2:13:57 - Meaning of life
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