Named a Monash 70th Anniversary Fellow
Monash named Burkard among its 70th Anniversary Fellows, recognising sustained excellence, leadership and contributions to the university.
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Mathologer
Mathologer is Burkard Polster, a Monash mathematics professor who turns puzzles, visual proofs and surprising mathematical connections into YouTube explorations.
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A promised deep dive into permutation parity
His new video explains even and odd permutations, connecting the idea to impossible puzzles and the determinant. Burkard says this is the explanation he had promised in earlier videos.
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A Helicone app to play with
Burkard shared a JavaScript app accompanying his Helicone video and invited fans to explore and extend the code. He also described experiments with interactive maths apps and multilingual audio for future videos.
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A visual proof built from dice
He presented a discovery about ordinary six-sided dice, with magnetic cubes and a browser app helping to make the proof visible.
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Two ways to explore a physical 4D cube online
Following his cube video, Burkard shared his own simulator alongside an animated version contributed by Ed Collen. His version includes buttons for experimenting with different sets of moves.
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