#23 - Ants, Arcs and Awkward Patterns
11/26/18 • 55 min
The boys get to the bottom of a neat pattern that suddenly breaks, contort their limbs into strange shapes in the name of Plato and attempt a very satisfying problem involving some spiders and an ant.
Odds and Evenings
Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings
Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
- Factorial Terminating Digits
- Making Polyhedra with your Limbs
- Spiders and an Ant Pursuit Puzzle
Show Notes
Nice PDF of the Solution to the Partitions Problem by André Malraux
Alaric's Puzzle from the Conference
Platonic Solids to Stare at during Sections 2 and 3 of the Show
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Fervent attempts to keep on top of responding to emails for the show by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323
The boys get to the bottom of a neat pattern that suddenly breaks, contort their limbs into strange shapes in the name of Plato and attempt a very satisfying problem involving some spiders and an ant.
Odds and Evenings
Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings
Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
- Factorial Terminating Digits
- Making Polyhedra with your Limbs
- Spiders and an Ant Pursuit Puzzle
Show Notes
Nice PDF of the Solution to the Partitions Problem by André Malraux
Alaric's Puzzle from the Conference
Platonic Solids to Stare at during Sections 2 and 3 of the Show
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Fervent attempts to keep on top of responding to emails for the show by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323
Previous Episode
#22 - Pandemics, Padovan’s and Pumpkins
The boys get as spooky as they can with cellular automata, have a maths conversation about maths conversations and can't get past the fact that Brunnian and Borromean sound too similar.
Odds and Evenings
Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings
Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
- Zombies and Vampires
- The Maths of Conversations
- Brunnian Pumpkin Carving
Show Notes
Follow UpMaths Jam Annual Gathering Page
The Shade (Alex's New Podcast)
SIR Model Introduction by Alaric
SIR Model You Can Play With
Borromean Rings
Brunnian Links (more generalised)
Pochhammer's Countour
A Classic Video on Brunnian Links (in the form of snakes), by Vi Hart
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Following of the brief: bring halloween problems by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323
Next Episode
#24 - Shamir's, Sums and Seatings
The boys celebrate a year of the podcast, try to get a hold on some of the weirder polygonal numbers and debrief after big maths jam.
Odds and Evenings
Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings
Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
- Trapezium Numbers
- Shamir's Shared Secrets
- Vampire and Werewolf Lies
Show Notes
Catriona Shearer's Geometry Puzzles on Twitter
Mathigon's Tweet about Trapezium Numbers
An Article on Properties of Trapezium Numbers
Alaric's Lock Gates Article
A Good Quality Shamir's Shared Secrets Article
The Vampire and Werewolf MAT Question
The Answers to the MAT Question
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Silver Service at the Vampire-Werewolf Symposium by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323
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