Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett

Mathematical Objects

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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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Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett

Episodes

Mathematical Objects: A vehicle with Christopher Danielson 14.08.2020 31:48

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a vehicle. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Christopher Danielson.

Mathematical Objects: Möbius band 31.07.2020 17:10

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a Möbius band. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Mathematical Objects: Mandala with Hana Ayoob 17.07.2020 16:11

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a mandala. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Hana Ayoob.

Mathematical Objects: Acoustic mirrors with James Grime 03.07.2020 16:27

A conversation about mathematics inspired by acoustic mirrors. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest James Grime. Image: WW1 Acoustic Mirror, Kilnsea; cc-by-sa/2.0 – © Paul Glazzard.

Mathematical Objects: Number block cubes 19.06.2020 17:50

A conversation about mathematics inspired by number block cubes/snap cubes. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Peter’s blog post: Mathematical play with young children. Mike Lawler’s three-tweet thread of more advanced ideas starts here:

Mathematical Objects: Rubik’s Cube 05.06.2020 21:54

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a Rubik’s Cube. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Mathematical Objects: D&D Dice 22.05.2020 20:26

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a set of D&D dice. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Mathematical Objects: Season 3 ‘trailer’ 12.05.2020 3:39

Katie and Peter give a little update on the podcast, life in lockdown and the upcoming season/series 3.

Mathematical Objects: Robot caterpillar 28.02.2020 17:22

A conversation about combinatorics, the mathematics of counting, inspired by a robot caterpillar. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Mathematical Objects: Pencil 14.02.2020 20:08

A conversation about the mathematics of chemistry inspired by a pencil, plus a chat about approximation. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Mathematical Objects: Romanesco Broccoli 31.01.2020 13:52

A conversation about mathematics including fractals inspired by a Romanesco Broccoli. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, idea suggested by John Read (thanks John!).

Mathematical Objects: A deck of Set cards 17.01.2020 15:42

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a deck of Set cards. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. We mentioned‬ an implementation of Set in Python by Ben Nuttall and a retro NES version by Katie.

Mathematical Objects: Ox Blocks 20.12.2019 10:25

A conversation about mathematics inspired by the game Ox Blocks. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Mathematical Objects: Correntator with Christian Lawson-Perfect 06.12.2019 14:43

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a Correntator, a mechanical adding machine. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Christian Lawson-Perfect.

Mathematical Objects: Pseudorhombicuboctahedron 22.11.2019 15:54

A conversation about mathematics inspired by the pseudorhombicuboctahedron. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Mathematical Objects: A pair of skipping ropes 08.11.2019 12:49

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a pair of skipping ropes. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Mathematical Objects: Thermometer 05.07.2019 12:53

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a thermometer. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Mathematical Objects: Noughts and Crosses (Tic Tac Toe) board 21.06.2019 18:31

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a Noughts and Crosses (Tic Tac Toe) board, covering Noughts and Crosses, a surprising number of variants, with a bit of higher dimensions and topology for good measure. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Mathematical Objects: Tangerine 07.06.2019 11:26

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a tangerine (no, really!). Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Mathematical Objects: Pile of matchsticks 24.05.2019 15:01

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a pile of matchsticks. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Mathematical Objects: Tantrix Tiles, Beaded Necklaces and Juggling Balls with Alex Corner 10.05.2019 17:29

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a set of Tantrix tiles, a beaded necklace and some juggling balls. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Alex Corner.

Mathematical Objects: Stick of Chalk 26.04.2019 10:37

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a stick of chalk. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Mathematical Objects: Pythagoras T-shirt 12.04.2019 16:21

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a t-shirt featuring Pythagoras’ theorem. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.

Mathematical Objects: Towers of Hanoi 29.03.2019 10:47

A conversation about mathematics inspired by the Towers of Hanoi puzzle. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Update: Here’s a lovely knitted Towers of Hanoi, tweeted in response to this episode by Pat Ashforth.

Mathematical Objects: Introduction 09.03.2019 2:00

Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, episodes of Mathematical Objects will take an object, real or abstract, as inspiration to chat about a mathematical topic. This introduction explains the idea ahead of the first episode, coming soon.