Facebook Pixel
Odds and Evenings

#20 - Tangles, Twists and Trots

Odds and Evenings
Odds and Evenings
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 - http://www.oddsandevenings.com
Topics discussed
Untangling Planar Graphs
The Length of Spirals
Juggling and Horse Gaits
Show Notes
A Picture of Untangle (http://www.gameclassification.com/files/games/Untangle.png)
The Criteria for Planarity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuratowski%27s_theorem)
The Two Spirals in Desmos (a graphing calculator) (https://www.desmos.com/calculator/xqqafvcbf9)
Arc Length in Polar Form Derivation (http://sites.millersville.edu/bikenaga/calculus/arc-length-in-polar/arc-length-in-polar.html)
Jakob Bernoulli's Gravestone (https://www.flickr.com/photos/deaddogbarking/4545328000)
Horse Gaits on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_gait)
Negative Juggling Simulator (http://juggle.wikia.com/wiki/Impossible_Siteswap_Animator)
Credits
Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords
Editing by Alex
Rather fitting spiral anecdote by Alaric
Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323
Odds and Evenings
Not playing