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I have quite a long commute on my way to my university (about 75 minutes) so I was wondering if there's a math-related podcast or something of the sort you'd recommend. Exercises are appreciated as well, but they should be conceptual (or at least light on computations, so I could solve them in my head), since I can't write while on my commute (I don't drive, but trains are awfully crowded here). Any other suggestion is welcome!

As a sidenote, I've taken multivariable calculus and elementary courses covering linear algebra, sequences and series, number theory and a little bit of complex analysis.

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    It'd be nice if an admin could CW this.2011-10-27
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    (+1) Good question. While I was in grad school, I went to see my future wife just about every weekend. The drive was about 4 hours each way, my car had no CD player, and the radio didn't work well. Those drives were great times to work on proofs/homework. I would recommend re-reading homework problems or course notes just before the commute so you can ponder them while you travel.2011-10-27
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    @Bill: That's what I'm currently doing; the thing is I'm taking multivariable calculus and an algebra course which is an introduction to a variety of topics, as combinatorics and number theory. So most exercises are a tad heavy on computations, as opposed to more abstract reasoning. It's nice to think about proofs to the theorems seen in class though. Thanks for your comment!2011-10-27
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    Ahh, I see. You just need to take a good course in topology, functional analysis, or Lie theory :) I guess I was thinking more of graduate courses which are chock full of conceptual problems.2011-10-27
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    @Bill: I know, hopefully in a couple of years :)2011-10-27
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    @Fernando: I suggest you add a bit on your background, since suggestions like topology and such would be coming up eventually, you may want to somewhat set the focus on things *you* can actually do.2011-10-27
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    @AsafKaragila: Absolutely right. I've taken multivariable calculus and elementary courses covering linear algebra, sequences and series, number theory and a little bit of complex analysis.2011-10-27
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    You may want to add this to the post... :-)2011-10-27
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    I know that I'm a bit late to the party, but [there's a thread on podcasts](http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3/list-of-interesting-math-podcasts) here.2011-11-23

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