Professor: Simpsons "the most mathematical TV show ever"

Last week Dr Simon Singh, a mathematician and author, gave the third Berkeley Lecture on ‘The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets’. Prof Stephen Buckley, head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of NUI Maynooth, heard Singh’s theory.

AS a mathematician, I have occasionally noticed mathematical references in The Simpsons, but I was surprised to hear that Simon Singh had boldly proclaimed that it is “the most mathematical TV show ever” — surely he was exaggerating.

Surprisingly not, as I and an audience of 250 discovered during the course of a talk by the author and mathematician last week.