A Problem Squared

By Matt Parker, Bec HillComedy

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A Problem Squared episodes

November 06, 2023 072 = The Perfect Paint Set and Rubik's Reset
In this episode...
🎨 What's the best hypothetical paint set?
🧊 Can a single turning pattern return a Rubik's cube to where it started?
🛰 And some Any Orbital Business!
If you want to weigh in on the Reasonable / Unreasonable debate, and watch Bec in her element painting a wardrobe, follow this link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyJwjphMesl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
And if you want to see more from the colour theorist, Peter Donahue, who consulted on Bec's problem, find him on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/art.pete.repeat/?hl=en
For Martin Bellander's incredible colour graph, follow this link: https://blog.martinbellander.com/post/115411125748/the-colors-of-paintings-blue-is-the-new-orange
Please do send us your problems and solutions to the website: aproblemsquared.com.
If you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and of course Patreon.
58 min
October 24, 2023 071 = Snap Probability and Zombie Mobility
In this episode...
🃏 Is the probability in a game of snap changed if two packs of cards are used?
🧟 Can zombies ride bikes?
🥣 A commemorative plate-bowl update.
👻 And some Any Other BOoOoOosiness!

If YOU want this year's APS Christmas card be sure to sign up to the Wizard Level on Patreon by the END OF NOVEMBER.
You can do that here: https://www.patreon.com/aproblemsquared/membership
We'll be sharing a link to our new Discord soon. In the meantime, go talk on the APS Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AProblemSquared/
As always, pease send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.
And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
55 min
October 23, 2023 071 = Snap Probability and Zombie Mobility
In this episode... 🃏 Is the probability in a game of snap changed if two packs of cards are used? 🧟 Can zombies ride bikes? 🥣 A commemorative plate-bowl update. 👻 And some Any Other BOoOoOosiness! If YOU want this year's APS Christmas card be sure to sign up to the Wizard Level on Patreon by the END OF NOVEMBER. You can do that here: https://www.patreon.com/aproblemsquared/membership We'll be sharing a link to our new Discord soon. In the meantime, go talk on the APS Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AProblemSquared/ As always, pease send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com. And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
55 min
October 16, 2023 070 = Speaking Profanities and Lettered Localities
In this episode...

📣 Which words sound rude in other languages?

✏️ Which letters go where most often?

🛩 And some any aeroplane-autobahn business!

Tony has give us some fantastic Maths Decor. Platonic Solid doorknobs and how to make them: https://ko-fi.com/s/642d70ef7f

A couple of brilliant listeners gave us some great more information on emergency landings on the Autobahn. You can find links to that here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_strip and here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notlandeplatz_auf_Stra%C3%9Fe#Autobahn-Behelfslandepl%C3%A4tze.

You can find a selection of highway and Autobahn landings captured on camera here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj1diDwW8WWUj8vYdlo3kIBUPzxfedn_n

You can now subscript to I'm A Wizard on Spotify! If you want to do that, here are instructions on how to integrate Patreon on Spotify on the app: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-gb/articles/17201706786573-Listen-to-Patreon-exclusive-audios-on-Spotify

More news about the Discord is COMING SOON!
59 min
September 25, 2023 069 = Tiling Planes and Driving Planes
In this episode... - What is the optimal maths based pattern to decorate a rented home? - Is it possible to fly a plane on the autobahn? - And some bloody brilliant Any Other Business You can find more information about the Art Installation, or Zeitpyramide, Matt references in the catch up here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitpyramide For more amazing tile patterns, check out Ayliean's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ayliean/video/7276938427071876385 And if you'd like to read the Hat Tile original paper, you can do that here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10798 Here's the APS Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AProblemSquared/ We'll share our new Discord, which we don't really know how to use yet, once we've got some mods in place so watch this space... As always, pease send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com. And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
48 min
September 12, 2023 068 = Big Feastival and Bike Intervals
Coming to you AS-LIVE from a tent at The Big Feastival!

In this wet and festivally episode...

- How green is cycling really?

- An update on Stawberry-gate.

Again, if anyone has any information about the Time Fun jumper, please do send it to the Problem Posing Page! Check out our social media to see it if you haven't already.

And finally, please send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.

IF you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.

32 min
August 28, 2023 067 = Line Times and Wide Words
In this episode…

🙏 How often do the hands of time align?

📜What is the longest one syllable word?

💼And a very large serving of AAAOOOBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

After such glowing recommendations, you’ve got to go listen to Confidence Man: https://www.confidenceman.com.au/

Here’s Bec’s contribution to the Samaritvans exhibit: https://shop.sarahgraham.info/products/samarivan-bec-hill.

If you find yourself in Hitchen between the 22nd - 29th September 2023, go see the exhibit for real, at Arkley Fine Art on Hermitage Rd.

More about Arkley here: https://arkleyfineart.co.uk/. If you want to check out more of Sarah Graham’s work you can do that here: https://sarahgraham.info/.

If anyone has any information about the Time Fun jumper, please do send it to the Problem Posing Page!

And finally, please send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.

IF you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.

53 min
August 14, 2023 066 = Strawberry Yields and Football Fields
In this slightly sports adjacent episode...

🍓 Are there more strawberries or old men on earth?

⚽️ Is Melbourne Rectangular Stadium more or less rectangular than the average football stadium?

🏆 Did Austrailia beat Denmark at the Women's World Cup? Find out here!

🖇 And a healthy dose of Any Other Business.

You can watch Bec's striker skills in action on CBBC's Saturday Mash Up, here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001pnkl/saturday-mashup-live-series-6-episode-6

Here is a link to WayBackMachine used by Bec to research her problem: https://archive.org/

If you'd like some fresh insights into the Global Fresh Strawberry Industry, you can find that here (2022 - 2023): https://www.skyquestt.com/report/fresh-strawberry-market

If you too want exclusive access to the latest Magic Square breakthroughs follow this link: https://numbers-magic.com/?p=9988

Here are Ian's joke specifications for fire hoses, adapted from an old set of joke pipe specs dating back to at least the 80s: https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/87/14917.23.html

As always, send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.

And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.

1 hr
July 31, 2023 065 = Central Parks and Baseball Larks
This is a single problem, AOB-less and DIY episode...what could be more New York?

🏟 Baseball fun in New York City!

📍 How central is Central Park really?

📜 Vibe for this episode: "It's real man"

A NOTE TO ALL LISTENERS: Please be aware that audio quality may not be what you're used to. This episode deviates from the usual format. The structure heard here is what we like to call: Freeform.

We've put a map of Manhattan on Twitter if you want to have a look at that as you listen!

As always, send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.

And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
35 min
July 17, 2023 064 = A Tetris Education and Candy Bar Formation
In this episode...

👾 What is the best way to win at Tetris?

🍫 Revisited: Have all the candy bars been invented?

📜 And some AOOOOOOOOOB.

You can find the Bonham's Nintendo Gameboy Sale: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/19144/lot/250/nintendo-game-boy-flown-in-space/

Check out the rest of the sale too...it's pretty cool: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/19144/the-space-history-sale/

Evidence of the Beng-Beng Chocolate Caramel Hazelnut Crispy Wafer bar: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203119821326

As always, send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.

And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
46 min