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Po-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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\nOUTLINE:
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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(08:51) - Planes and bridges
\n(12:28) - Writing a computer game from scratch
\n(14:54) - Programming competitions
\n(18:28) - Math is hard
\n(23:59) - Contact tracing that preserves privacy
\n(1:01:16) - Math Olympiad
\n(1:16:57) - Hard math problem
\n(1:24:14) - Is math discovered or invented?
\n(1:29:09) - Intelligence
\n(1:35:59) - Math education
\n(1:40:10) - How to learn math
\n(1:49:06) - Combinatorics
\n(1:52:13) - Voting trees
\n(2:02:36) - Stochastic coalescence
\n(2:12:23) - P=NP
\n(2:16:39) - Tolkien and WWII
\n(2:19:00) - Advice for young people
\n(2:21:05) - Meaning of life