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Odds and Evenings Odds and Evenings
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Playing around with maths and puzzles was something that the two hosts spent their time at university doing together. Now in their late twenties with proper grown up jobs, Alaric and Alex carve out the occasional evening to sit back and smell the numbers. Not all of the mathematics is entry level, but they envisioned this podcast for those people whose science degrees may be long behind them, but who still get a kick out of recreational numbering.
If this is your first time listening, episode 4 (http://www.oddsandevenings.com/4) is a good representation of the show as a whole and can be used as a jumping on point.
All episodes can be played in browser here (http://www.oddsandevenings.com/episodes) or you can subscribe on all major podcast apps (http://www.oddsandevenings.com/subscribe).
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#32 - Quiz Shows, Queues and Quavers
The boys return to think about the structure of a quiz show round, they learn how to queue effectively and they investigate the best tunings for guitars.
Odds and Evenings
Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings
Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
Only Connect Loops
Adding a Teller
Alternative Tunings
Show Notes
Queuing Blog
Cabbage Tuning
Under the Bridge Tuning
David's Kingdom Heart Video Series
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Infeasible App Ideas by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323 -
#31 - Cards, Competitions and Celebrations (w/ Matthew Scroggs)
The boys are in the same room, and they have a guest! They talk about an awful tennis tournament mixup, a teeny tiny card game and the primest day of the year.
Odds and Evenings
Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings
Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
Quantum Go Fish
Amateur-Professional Tennis Tournament Problem
Prime Day
Show Notes
Some divisbility criteria
The Trachtenburg System
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Guest
Matthew - http://mscroggs.co.uk/
Editing by Alex
Invisible playing cards supplied by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323
Special Guest: Matthew Scroggs. -
#30 - Delta-Y, Diversity and Dynamics
The boys sit down with an infinite box of resistors, worry just how diverse their business is and think through the peculiar physics of balloons.
Odds and Evenings
Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings
Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
Resistor Mathematics
How to Measure Diversity
Balloon in a Car
Show Notes
The XKCD Resistor Problem we Mention
An article I wrote which uses Δ-Y transformations for calculating resistance
The Diversity Formula
An article I wrote about Simpson's Paradox
The Sprinkler Problem
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Fish schematics by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323 -
Mini Episode: Bidding Game
Here's something a little different. Over at Aperiodical they are running the Big Internet Math Off 2019, where 16 mathematicians present pitches to compete in a tournament. We were very pleased to be nominated to take part. For this round we thought we'd do what we do best, albeit in smaller, snack sized portion.
We are up against Grant Sanderson of 3Blue1Brown which is a channel that we both love. You can find both of our pitches here, where if you like what you hear we would very much appreciate your support by voting for Alaric.
Most importantly, here is the file that my student Ed Ceney created so you can try to come up with the best strategy yourself.
The paper outlining the original experiment can be found here.
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#29 - Pyramids, Pitches and Pumps
The boys are back for season two! They try ramping Pascal's Triangle up a couple of dimensions, consider the physics of how we control volume and attempt to help out someone with a fishy problem.
Odds and Evenings
Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings
Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
Pascal's Pyramid
Sound Quality
Fish Tank Siphoning
Show Notes
Cuboctohedron Stacking
Sphere Packing Systems
Colouring in Pascal's Triangle in mod 3, 4 and 5
Sierpinski's Pyramid
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Quasi-analytic classes with respect to logarithmically convex sequences by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323 -
#28 - Rugby, Rolling and Robots
The boys help organise a rugby training scheme, set robots upon an infinite hotel and discover some lovely patterns in the probability of Snakes and Ladders.
Odds and Evenings
Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings
Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
Rugby Training Problem
Busy Beavers
Gamble Shambles
Show Notes
Articles written by Alaric on Langton's:
Loops (Introduction)
Loops (Evolving)
Ant
Busy Beaver on Wikipedia
Noether's Theorem
The Music Episode
Maths Jam (that you should totally be attending)
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Appreciation of the phrase Busy Beavers by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323