Actually, the math in Good Will Hunting was by fellow funster Frank Harary. http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/%7Efnh/ CalTech is helping to get the math right, specifically Gary Lorde. David Krumholtz is convincing as a math genius -- I recently found out, though, that there is a post-grad "stunt hand" writing out some of the equations. The producers of NUMB3RS were at the Joint Math meeting in Atlanta, and took on a support staff of mathematicians to review the scripts. As the show progresses, the math will get better. I wrote a column about it: http://www.maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_01_21_05.html Ed Pegg Jr http://www.mathpuzzle.com/ --- Daniel Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
I'm between TV sets, but would love to be able to (eventually) watch the premiere of this new show, Numb3rs, involving a detective, and his "math genius" brother who helps him solve cases by using math.
It's on CBS tonight at 10 pm ET, 7pm PT; after tonight's premiere it will be at the same time on Fridays.
If anyone's willing to tape it (or DVD it) and send me a copy, I'd be very grateful, and more than happy to overcompensate you for parts, labor, and postage.
Among other things, I'd like to to see if the math is totally, completely bogus -- as in Good Will Hunting -- or not.
Tx in advance.
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