Wrong, But Useful - Episode 21

This month on Wrong, But Useful, @reflectivemaths and I (@icecolbeveridge) talk about…

• How close is it to Christmas?
• Who the hell are we and why the hell do we do this?
• Other maths podcasts: Taking Maths Further and Relatively Prime
• Colin offers a bounty for pictures of members of the Government holding Basic Maths For Dummies
• ‘Number of the podcast’ -
  • We refer to McLeman’s coolest numbers in Episode 1 and the Ninja’s response
  • 3435 is a munchausen number.
  • $3^3+4^4+3^3+5^5=3435$
  • Only 1 and 3435 are munchausen numbers
• Age range compatibility equation
  • $\text{Min}(Age)=\frac{Age}{2}+7$
  • $\text{Max}(Age)=2(Age-7)$
  • Colin’s classic post from 2010
• @colinthemathmo asks:

  • A question for my math(s) tweeps: What’s your favourite topic in maths? Complex numbers? Implicit differentiation? Circle theorems? Vectors?

  • Dave invites abuse by answering “Questionnaire design.” Let him have it.
• Politican’s bar charts
  • @srcav’s graph: https://twitter.com/srcav/status/535183089635700737
  • Colin is giving a talk at Bournemouth Skeptics in the Pub (April 8th)
• What is a fourth?
  • @conniehamilton asks a simple question and gets a lot of discussion
  • Euler’s Formula in 2- and 3-D, and the Beveridge-Longcope Equation
• Problem of the month via @solvemymaths (If you’ve already done it, do it another way)