Just saw the CBS blurb for numb3rs, which, as the blurb says:
"FBI Special Agent Don Eppes recruits his genius brother Charlie, who uses a mathematical equation to identify the killer's point of origin by working back from the crime scene locations. "
So, what are we talking about here--stochastic behavioural modelling or algebraic topology?
And from the commercial, it looks like the poor guy is stuck teaching gut math to the people who topped out at junior high Algebra. Or maybe that's where the writers topped out.
Oh well--if it makes math less "icky", it's a net positive.
Posted by lsefton at December 26, 2004 11:08 AM