DVD Audio Commentary
Treehouse of Horror VI [3F04] Homer3

Original Airdate: 10/30/95
DVD Release: 12/13/05

Matt Groening: What's all this science stuff?

David X Cohen: Oh, I'm going to talk a lot of math here. If everyone wants to really lean forward with excited drooling expectation, get ready - I'm going to explain what all this math is.

Matt Groening: This is where David Cohen comes alive....

David X Cohen then discussed the significance of some of the mathematics in this episode, including the P=NP equation, the hexidecimal ascii code that decodes to "Frink Rules!" and his computer program to find Fermat Near Misses.

David X Cohen: And if anyone has any further interest in the math equations, you should go to this website called SimpsonsMath.com, which discusses all this stuff, run by two mathematicians, Professor Sarah Greenwald and Professor Andrew Nestler. So check that out.

Matt Groening: By the way, and what David just said is a truncated version of what you'll get on that website. In fact, at your house you had those professors do a whole lecture.

David X Cohen: Yes they lectured on this.

Matt Groening: And I was lost within a minute.

Related links:
simpsonsmath.com
A Futurama Math interview with David X Cohen where he discusses the mathematics in this episode
Related Classroom Activity Sheets
Use of this episode in a segment on the geometry of the earth and universe
rdrr: Engaging Students with Significant Mathematical Content from The Simpsons PRIMUS - Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies, Volume XIV, Number 1, March 2004, pp. 29-39.

Dr. Sarah J. Greenwald, Appalachian State University


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