Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Rowan Ellis, Dan Peake and Alec Watson discuss a question about a mathematical maker.

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HOST: Tom Scott.
QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe.

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