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Popularization and synthesis works

1. The Paradox of the two Boxes.
   Lecture notes, 2005.


2. About Brownian motion [fr].
   Lecture notes, 2007.


3. Zorn's lemma [fr].
   Pedagogical document, 2008.


4. The mathematics of democracy.
   3-fold series of articles published on Images des Mathématiques, 2012-2013.
   1. Democracy, a topic for mathematical study [fr]
   2. And the runoff winner is… [fr]
   3. The quest for the Voting Holy Grail [fr]
   Other presentations on this topic:
   • How to relevantly choose a mayor? [fr]
     Plenary talk at the Lorraine regional day of APMEP, 2014.
   • Mathematics to improve democracy [fr]
     Slides of a presentation at the French Academy of Sciences, part of a public event on “Condorcet's multiple facets”, 2017. (link to the talk's video)


5. Very, very, VERY large—but finite—numbers: An Introduction to googology [fr]
   Talk at the 2022 Lorraine regional day of APMEP


6. On Proportional representation [fr]
   Talk at the 2025 Lorraine regional day of APMEP


7. Probabilities, information theory and Bayesian quizzes [fr]
   Talk at the LPSM Friday's probabilities, 2025


8. Musical harmony, Temperaments, and Mathematics [fr]
   Talk at IECL's Probability & Statistics working group, 2026

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