A Problem Squared

#️⃣ How wrong can a sequence of numbers be?
👂 What maths-related diagrams that would look good as a pair of earrings?
☕ And we have some Any Other Baristaness 

Here is our dual-purpose Google Form - please answer our questions about number and clothing ordering! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tTb398TTacxoqlqJHGonkldwDsqnnMN6V4fRagfPOEI/

Behold the weird balls! Here is Thomas Fernique’s Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/fernik_art/p/DcVerFCDiwr/ 
And head to our Instagram to see Matt looking really happy with a weird football and Bec looking really sad with a weird football.

Some visuals to inspire designs for duallery - Brown University: Dual Shapes: https://www.math.brown.edu/tbanchof/Beyond3d/chapter5/section03.html

Some pre-made mathematical earrings from Maths Gear: https://mathsgear.co.uk/collections/jewellery-etc  

Vanessa Schattman on the maths of cat’s cradle:
https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2026/bridges2026-669.html#gsc.tab=0

Do you have a problem for Bec and Matt to solve? Tell us about it: https://www.aproblemsquared.com/ 

Matt has extended his tour - and he’s filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows 

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📖 What comes after thrice?
☕ How can I increase my chances of winning a free coffee?
🎹 And we have some Any Other Beatness 

Thank you to everyone who sent in audio or visuals of the Thue-Morse pattern!

Here is Damien’s Thue-Morse Visualiser which is really fun to play with: https://damienkee.github.io/thue-morese_visualiser/ 

And here is the keyboard visualisation of Thue-Morse sonified by Seta Lyas: https://www.reddit.com/r/AProblemSquared/comments/1vl0m8s/140_thuemorse_sonified 

Head to our BlueSky/Twitter/Instagram to see the full run down of Bec’s post-thrice words.

Do you have a problem for Bec and Matt to solve? Tell us about it: https://www.aproblemsquared.com/ 

Matt has extended his tour - and he’s filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows 

Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!   
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps. 
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.

📺 How long would it take to watch all of YouTube?
🪧 How can you make an interesting public display board without damaging the walls?
🏖️ And we have Any Other Beachness (it’s a bit windy and a bit crabby)

Head to our BlueSky/Twitter/Instagram to see Matt and Bec’s differing experiences of the solar eclipse.

Here’s Count Binface and Matt the Count Binface Count Agent getting papped in Clacton: https://tinyurl.com/2h7apka7 
And here's Matt's Stand-Up Maths video - Can Count Binface win? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zn1pGRgEoo
If you like the sound of David Elms Describes A Room, you can find out more here: ⁠https://www.davidelmsdescribesaroom.com/⁠ 

Here are the places to go for a deep dive into YouTube Stats:
https://tubestats.org/ 
Counting YouTube Videos via Random Prefix Sampling: https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/2068816.2068851 
A Transparent, Replicable, and Large-Scale Census of YouTube Channels and their Subscriber Counts Over Time https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06999 

Do you have a problem for Bec and Matt to solve? Tell us about it: https://www.aproblemsquared.com/ 

Matt has extended his tour - and he’s filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows 

Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!   
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps. 
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.

👬 How do you know if a work-friend is a real-friend?
⭕ What would happen if Pi was 4?
😴 And we have Any Other Boring-Stories…

Head to our BlueSky/Twitter/Instagram to see Bec’s selfies with The Stars of Space (real and fictional), and the cute-faced Rivian Car.

Why not try Hyperbolic Crochet?!
https://startcrochet.com/ultimate-beginners-guide-to-hyperbolic-crochet/

Why not try a checked 25x25 grid crossword from Sweden?!
https://fatherben.se/wordpress/digitalt-korsord-i-sydsvenskan/ 

Robert Llewelyn’s YouTube channel - Everything Electric CARS 

If you’re at the Edinburgh Fringe and would like to see Bec’s Work In Progress show, tickets are available here: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/bec-hill-s-work-in-progress 

Matt has extended his tour - and he’s filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows 

Want to pose a problem for Bec and Matt to solve? Head over to https://www.aproblemsquared.com/ 

Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!   

If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps. 

Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.

⚽ What’s the fairest way to pick teams?
🤖 How do you discourage colleagues from using AI to write everything?
🚗 And this road trip is jeopardised by playing ‘Accelerator or Break?’

Thanks to all of you who sent in answers to “what are you doing while you’re listening to A Problem Squared?” - we go through as many as we possibly can in this episode!

Here is kram1032’s post on Maths Stack Exchange that helped Matt with his problem solving:
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2078609/whats-the-fairest-turn-sequence-for-n-players 

Here’s more info on Open Sauce: https://www.opensauce.com/
And here’s a kind stranger’s Insta reel of the Ratatouille robot: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DbGwSh4vHQq/ 

And here’s more info on UKIE: https://ukie.org.uk/ 
And the stream of Bec hosting the event: https://www.youtube.com/live/4lw_ypXroa4 

Head to our BlueSky/Twitter/Instagram to see the U-Haul-Truck-Camera photo of Matt. 

If you’re at the Edinburgh Fringe and would like to see Bec’s Work In Progress show, tickets are available here: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/bec-hill-s-work-in-progress 

Matt has extended his tour - and he’s filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows 

Want to pose a problem for Bec and Matt to solve? Head over to https://www.aproblemsquared.com/ 

Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!   
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps. 
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.