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Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett chat about some aspect of mathematics using a mathematical object as inspiration.

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United Kingdom

Description:

Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett chat about some aspect of mathematics using a mathematical object as inspiration.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Mathematical Objects: Post-season 7 update

10/10/2023
A short update from Katie and Peter.

Duration:00:06:15

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Mathematical Objects: Mathematics in Theory and Practice, edited by Warwick Sawyer

9/8/2023
A conversation about mathematics inspired by an old textbook, Mathematics in Theory and Practice, edited by Warwick Sawyer. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Duration:00:28:56

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Mathematical Objects: Scone with Sophie Maclean

8/25/2023
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a scone. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Sophie Maclean.

Duration:00:20:02

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Mathematical Objects: Joukowsky aerofoil

8/11/2023
A conversation about mathematics inspired by the Joukowsky aerofoil. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Duration:00:11:01

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Mathematical Objects: Guitar with Sam Hartburn

7/28/2023
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a guitar. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Sam Hartburn.

Duration:00:24:06

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Mathematical Objects: On-Sets

7/14/2023
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a 1960s game designed to teach set theory. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. On-Sets: A Vintage Set Theory Game by Peter Rowlett is free to read in Math Horizons.

Duration:00:18:04

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Mathematical Objects: A book with Sarah Hart

6/30/2023
A conversation about mathematics and literature inspired by a book. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett with special guest Sarah Hart, author of Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature.

Duration:00:29:08

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Mathematical Objects: Battenberg cake

6/16/2023
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a Battenberg cake. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Duration:00:18:20

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Mathematical Objects: Aperiodic monotile with Chaim Goodman-Strauss

6/2/2023
A conversation about mathematics inspired by the new aperiodic monotile. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Chaim Goodman-Strauss. The paper announcing the discovery is An aperiodic monotile by David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan and Chaim Goodman-Strauss. Chaim was recording from MoMath in New York, which will be running…

Duration:00:37:07

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Mathematical Objects: Fingers with Ben Orlin

7/15/2022
A conversation about mathematics inspired by some fingers. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Ben Orlin. Ben’s new book is Math Games with Bad Drawings.

Duration:00:32:16

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Mathematical Objects: Quarto

7/1/2022
A conversation about mathematics inspired by the game Quarto. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Duration:00:24:36

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Mathematical Objects: Slinky

6/17/2022
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a slinky. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Duration:00:14:15

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Mathematical Objects: Nodal cubic with Angela Tabiri

6/3/2022
A conversation about mathematics inspired by the nodal cubic. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. We go closer to the cutting edge of research than usual in this chat with Angela Tabiri about her PhD research.

Duration:00:24:11

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Mathematical Objects: PageRank

5/20/2022
A conversation about mathematics inspired by the PageRank algorithm. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Duration:00:22:21

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Mathematical Objects: A joke with Bec Hill

5/6/2022
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a joke. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Bec Hill.

Duration:00:34:33

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Mathematical Objects: Hairy ball

4/22/2022
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a hairy ball. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Duration:00:16:17

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Mathematical Objects: Superegg with Hannah Fry

4/8/2022
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a superegg. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Hannah Fry.

Duration:00:25:11

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Mathematical Objects: A sheep, at least one side of which is black

8/27/2021
A conversation about mathematical jokes, humour and folklore inspired by a sheep, at least one side of which is black. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. The jokes sent to Peter on Twitter that we mention can be found in the replies to this tweet.

Duration:00:32:10

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Mathematical Objects: Plate of biscuits with Alison Kiddle

8/13/2021
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a plate of biscuits. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Alison Kiddle. What do you notice? What do you wonder? Alison’s Noticing and wondering page. We also mentioned A Problem Squared Episode 014 = Final Cheese Drama and Quick-Fire-O-Rama. You can see Peter’s kitchen floor…

Duration:00:25:26

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Mathematical Objects: Spirograph

7/30/2021
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a Spirograph set. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Katie’s Spirograph GeoGebra file.

Duration:00:16:19