tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043526046096757680.post7011802528857456460..comments2023-09-23T08:49:03.531-07:00Comments on The blog of the former editor of IAOR: Optimal searchlookatstlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16624138600581153624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043526046096757680.post-48213619676140492482011-02-11T09:15:05.480-08:002011-02-11T09:15:05.480-08:00I don't know how widely it was read; the BBC i...I don't know how widely it was read; the BBC in the UK contacted me and it featured in a broadcast on radio on St Valentine's Day.<br /><br />Numb3rs was broadcast in the UK, and there are some episodes on Youtube. One of the authors spoke to an INFORMS conference and there were several O.R. related techniques in the series.lookatstlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16624138600581153624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043526046096757680.post-80111003574962799532011-02-09T06:19:58.457-08:002011-02-09T06:19:58.457-08:00A few years ago, in the US, there was a television...A few years ago, in the US, there was a television program called "Numb3rs" whose main protagonists were brothers, one a brilliant mathematician (and, as can only happen in television, an expert on all areas of math), the other a federal agent. One small story line involved the mathematician writing a scholarly article about the mathematics of personal compatibility that turned into a wildly successful "how to find a mate" book for the general public. I mention this because the technical advisors for the program snatched bits of real math from a variety of sources as seeds for plots. (I chanced to meet a mathematician whose work on wavelets had spawned an episode.) I wonder if possibly they read your article?Paul A. Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.com