Dr. Holly Krieger is the Corfield Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and Director of Studies and Fellow in Maths at Murray Edwards College, one of the few women-only Cambridge colleges. She is well-known as a guest on the YouTube channel Numberphile, where her videos on the fascinating arithmetic and dynamical features of the Mandelbrot set have drawn millions of views. In her research she studies the interactions between families of complex dynamical systems and number theory, and in her free time she reads, travels, cooks, and subjects unsuspecting strangers to photos of her border collie mix Konrad.
Come see excerpts from two of Dr Holly Krieger’s favorite Numberphile videos, and grill her on the mathematics behind the scenes! You’ll learn about an addictive mathematical game of solitaire called the Dollar Game, and how to use math to… Learn more →
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