Odds and Evenings

By Odds and Evenings

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 th... more

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November 26, 2018#23 - Ants, Arcs and Awkward Patterns
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.
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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
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56min
October 31, 2018#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.
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Topics discussed
Zombies and Vampires
The Maths of Conversations
Brunnian Pumpkin Carving
Show Notes
Follow Up
Maths Jam Annual Gathering Page
The Shade (Alex's New Podcast)
Maths From the Show
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
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1h 6min
October 19, 2018#21 - Torque, Truth and Time Signatures
The boys settle a dicussion about a bike that Alaric has been aching to talk about for a fortnight, Alex finally brings up music and then they both dive down the Gödel rabbit hole with some puzzles.
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Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
Bike Pedals
Time Signatures
Taking an Offer Puzzles
Show Notes
Follow Up
Visualisation of the Codepad Solution from Tom Verduyn
Maths Jam Annual Gathering Page
The Shade (Alex's New Podcast)
Maths From the Show
Visuals of the Two Cycloids Mentioned: Prolate and Curtate
Video of the Bike Moving
Unusual Time Signatures
Forever Undecided: A Puzzle Guide to Gödel The book I talk about in the third part of the show. It's great.
The Gödel Sentence on Wikipedia (Related to the puzzle)
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Incomplete knowledge of incompleteness theorems by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323
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1h 13min
September 26, 2018#20 - Tangles, Twists and Trots
The boys design algorithms to generate puzzles on graphs, spiral out into some polar coordinate calculus and gallop their way through some juggling notation.
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Topics discussed
Untangling Planar Graphs
The Length of Spirals
Juggling and Horse Gaits
Show Notes
A Picture of Untangle
The Criteria for Planarity
The Two Spirals in Desmos (a graphing calculator)
Arc Length in Polar Form Derivation
Jakob Bernoulli's Gravestone
Horse Gaits on Wikipedia
Negative Juggling Simulator
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Rather fitting spiral anecdote by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323
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1h 2min
September 09, 2018#19 - Probability, Pubs and Power
The boys delve into some stats and game theory problems, ending with a classic from Conway.
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Topics discussed
Dominion Probabilities
The Cheapest Beer in Prague
The Angel Problem
Show Notes
Dominion Probabilities Article
The Generalised Coupon Collecting Formula in [Wolfram Alpha](www.wolframalpha.com) Type this into input: sum from j=0 to 25 of ((-1)j(25 choose j)(((25-j) choose 10)/(25 choose 10))8)
(I couldn't directly link because the % signs in the URL were messing up our site linking. Apologies for the mess.
The Secretary Problem
The Angel Problem (by Alaric)
James Grime's Video on the Codepad Problem
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Back to school vocals by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323
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55min
August 15, 2018#18 - Pads, Plato and Pirates
The boys move seemlessly between high philosophy and pirate jokes in this eclectic episode.
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Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
Keypad Code Guessing
Platonism vs Formalism
Pirate Plunder Puzzle
Show Notes
Pirate Plunder Puzzle
Prisoners in Rainbow Hats
Z-Order Curves
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Dreams of being a philosopher pirate by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323
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58min
July 23, 2018#17 - Caps, Cracks and Kaprekar's Constants
The boys try their hands at problems provided by the listeners in today's special episode.
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Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
Prisoners in Hats
Kaprekar's Constant
Generalised Egg Dropping
Show Notes
Prisoners in Rainbow Hats
Islander Paradox
Kaprekar's Constant
General Egg Problem Solution
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Too many Hat Problem anecdotes by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323
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57min
July 09, 2018#16 - Algorithms, Adding and Adders
The boys both have problems which involve complicating the process of adding. Also snakes.
Odds and Evenings
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Topics discussed
FRACTRAN
Negative Bases
Polycube Snakes
Show Notes
FRACTRAN
Adding in Negative Bases
Quarter-Imaginary Base
Fascinating Turing Complete Magic the Gathering
Article on Polycube Snakes
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Knuth Pronunciation by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323
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52min
June 25, 2018#15 - Sofas, Secrets and Sizzling String
The boys both choose to take a medley of problems on the same theme, then solve a puzzle ridiculously quickly.
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Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
Moving Sofa Problem
Zero Knowledge Grab Bag
The Fuse Problem
Show Notes
Moving Sofa Problem
Kakeya's Needle
Moser's Worm
Two Fuses Problem
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
All the right answers, but not the right right answers by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323
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49min
June 21, 2018#14 - Guesses, Geometry and Grover's Algorithm
The boys go on serious diversions. Alex fails to use a computer properly.
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Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
Digital Mastermind
Cheers
p2 - 1 mod 24
Show Notes
Grover's Algorithm
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Puzzlemancy by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323
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46min

FAQs about Odds and Evenings:

How many episodes does Odds and Evenings have?

The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.