Odds and Evenings

#32 - Quiz Shows, Queues and Quavers

Jun 15 • 65 min

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 -…

#31 - Cards, Competitions and Celebrations (w/ Matthew Scroggs)

Nov 9, 2019 • 76 min

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 -…

#30 - Delta-Y, Diversity and Dynamics

Jul 14, 2019 • 53 min

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…

Mini Episode: Bidding Game

Jul 5, 2019 • 12 min

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…

#29 - Pyramids, Pitches and Pumps

Jun 9, 2019 • 67 min

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 -…

#28 - Rugby, Rolling and Robots

Mar 15, 2019 • 93 min

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 -…

#27 - Strangers, Scaling and Scores

Feb 13, 2019 • 69 min

The boys partake unto an unwavering curiousity as to who is friends with whom. Infinite-dimensional animals are discussed, and they ponder the potentially undue rewards of chess pros. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website…

#26 - Geometry, Goblins and Getting to Pubs

Jan 27, 2019 • 72 min

The boys find themselves on the wrong side of the mathematical orthodoxy, rejecting the concepts of distance and angles, before immediately forgetting about that and using distances and angles to solve a problem. Odds and Evenings Twitter -…

#25 - Codes, Coins and Criss-Crosses

Dec 23, 2018 • 71 min

Here's a copy of the puzzle that Alaric wrote for the conference: Chyptic Chossword The boys play games, join a secret circle and put up the Christmas lights :) Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website -…

#24 - Shamir’s, Sums and Seatings

Dec 14, 2018 • 65 min

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…

#23 - Ants, Arcs and Awkward Patterns

Nov 25, 2018 • 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 -…

#22 - Pandemics, Padovan’s and Pumpkins

Oct 30, 2018 • 65 min

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…

#21 - Torque, Truth and Time Signatures

Oct 18, 2018 • 72 min

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. Odds and Evenings Twitter -…

#20 - Tangles, Twists and Trots

Sep 25, 2018 • 61 min

The boys design algorithms to generate puzzles on graphs, spiral out into some polar coordinate calculus and gallop their way through some juggling notation. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website -…

#19 - Probability, Pubs and Power

Sep 9, 2018 • 54 min

The boys delve into some stats and game theory problems, ending with a classic from Conway. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed Dominion Probabilities The Cheapest Beer…

#18 - Pads, Plato and Pirates

Aug 15, 2018 • 57 min

The boys move seemlessly between high philosophy and pirate jokes in this eclectic episode. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed Keypad Code Guessing Platonism vs…

#17 - Caps, Cracks and Kaprekar’s Constants

Jul 22, 2018 • 56 min

The boys try their hands at problems provided by the listeners in today's special episode. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed Prisoners in Hats Kaprekar's Constant…

#16 - Algorithms, Adding and Adders

Jul 8, 2018 • 51 min

The boys both have problems which involve complicating the process of adding. Also snakes. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed FRACTRAN Negative Bases Polycube Snakes…

#15 - Sofas, Secrets and Sizzling String

Jun 24, 2018 • 48 min

The boys both choose to take a medley of problems on the same theme, then solve a puzzle ridiculously quickly. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed Moving Sofa Problem…

#14 - Guesses, Geometry and Grover’s Algorithm

Jun 20, 2018 • 45 min

The boys go on serious diversions. Alex fails to use a computer properly. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed Digital Mastermind Cheers p2 - 1 mod 24 Show Notes Grover's…

#13 - Byzantines, Blockchain and Boats

Jun 3, 2018 • 65 min

The boys pretend to be from the holy roman empire and tell a story about a snake Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed Nomic Byzantine Generals Problem Jealous Husbands…

#12 - Ducks, Deals and Doku

May 6, 2018 • 55 min

The boys shout about Texans and prove they've solved something but they won't tell you how. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed Email Bidding Game Zero Knowledge Sudoku…

#11 - Dwarves, Drinking and Deserts

Apr 23, 2018 • 60 min

The boys record another face-to-face special with a puzzle heavy focus. They also work through several problems of the carrying resources genre. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com…

#10 - Stacks, Splitting and Seating

Apr 8, 2018 • 63 min

The boys have been playing computer games and have each found maths in the machine. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed Minecraft Grid Numbers Stack Thirding Plane Seat…

#9 - Cows, Counting and Chin Ups

Mar 26, 2018 • 64 min

In a special face to face edition of the podcast the boys stumble over a sequence involving cows, look at number systems in other languages and try to optimise Alaric's regime for loading and unloading a barbell. Odds and Evenings Twitter -…

#8 - Snakey, Scrabble and Sieve

Mar 14, 2018 • 78 min

The boys make two new friends called Snakey and Alex Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed Harary Tic-Tac-Toe Prime Scrabble Alaric's Sieve Links Picture of Alaric's Sieve…

#7 - Water, Winter and Watson

Feb 25, 2018 • 60 min

The boys get experimental with tea and get as close as they ever will to covering sport. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed Tea Cooling Olympic Rankings Sherlock Holmes…

#6 - Princesses, Ponds and Poker Puzzles

Feb 12, 2018 • 50 min

The boys get scared thinking about getting lost in space but feel better by the time they re-imagine ducks as triangles. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed The Princess…

#5 - Factors, Figures and Words With Friends

Jan 28, 2018 • 65 min

The boys think about designing better Scrabble then don't. Also they geek out over this one book for like half the episode. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed The…

#4 - Farthings, Fizz and Food Boards

Jan 15, 2018 • 80 min

The boys solve money, stare at bubbles and get a bit confused on a problem involving a Lazy Susan. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed Change and the Coin Problem Beer…

#3 - Rationality, Reddit and Recurrence

Dec 31, 2017 • 65 min

The boys follow up on the Christmas episode. Also, four more things, some of which actually get answered. Odds and Evenings Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com Topics discussed Rationality of g Top Posts…

#2 - Advent Calendars, Combinatorics and Christmas

Dec 24, 2017 • 63 min

The boys attempt to Christmas. Will they solve anything? Maybe! Odds and Evenings Show Notes hexagons r bae Credits Hosted By Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords Edited by Alex Actual usable content by Alaric

#1 - Tetrahedra, Truels and Triangular Children

Dec 10, 2017 • 48 min

Odds and Evenings iTunes link Show Notes Tetrahedra Being Disappointing Truels Pentagons and Hexagons Credits Hosted By Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords