The Mathemagician: Arthur Benjamin

Reader’s Digest has called “Mathemagician” Arthur Benjamin “America’s Best Math Whiz.” Returning in an encore presentation, Arthur Benjamin displays feats of mental mathematical gymnastics and shares the secrets behind his skills. A combination of math and magic, this program will captivate the entire family.

Original Program Date: June 14th 2009
PARTICIPANT: Arthur Benjamin

ARTHUR BENJAMIN
Mathematician, Magician, Author
A professional magician, Arthur Benjamin can multiply large numbers faster than a calculator, figure out the weekday of any date in history, and has memorized the decimal numbers of Pi out to 100 digits. Anointed “America’s Best Math Whiz” by Reader’s Digest, Benjamin applied his skills to the game of backgammon and won the American Backgammon Tour in 1997. He is the author of several books, including Secrets of Mental Math. Benjamin is professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California.

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Introduction with Arthur Benjamin 00:13

Squaring 4 two digit numbers. 05:00

Magic squares. 12:39

What day was your Birthday on? 18:30

Secrets of mental math. 27:00

The Rubix cube problem. 38:00

What are Fibonacci numbers? 46:50

Squaring a 5 digit number at random. 52:38

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