Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dr Tom and Dr Garth talk through the mutilated chessboard problem - originally posted by Martin Gardner in Scientific American in 1957.
Dr Garth Graham is the Head of Health at YouTube: https://blog.youtube/author/dr-garth-graham/
Dr Tom Crawford teaches undergraduate Maths at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge - Robinson College.
Thanks to @UpdatesFromYouTube for organising the interview.
Watch a full solution - and part 3 - to the chessboard problem as part of a mock interview @cambridgeuniversity here: youtube.com/watch?v=C6U4KPb1rj8
Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is Public Engagement Lead at the Oxford University Department of Continuing Education: conted.ox.ac.uk/profiles/tom-crawford
For more maths content check out Tom's website tomrocksmaths.com
You can also follow Tom on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @tomrocksmaths.
facebook.com/tomrocksmaths
twitter.com/tomrocksmaths
instagram.com/tomrocksmaths
Support Tom's work via Patreon here: patreon.com/tomrocksmaths
Pre-order Tom's new book and receive a signed Pokémon card: https://backstory.london/products/pre-order-how-many-pikachus-would-it-take-to-power-a-lightbulb-by-tom-crawford-signed-personalised-with-pi-keyring-and-pokemon-trading-card-card-pi-keyring-with
Dr Tom and Dr Garth talk through the mutilated chessboard problem - originally posted by Martin Gardner in Scientific American in 1957.
Dr Garth Graham is the Head of Health at YouTube: https://blog.youtube/author/dr-garth-graham/
Dr Tom Crawford teaches undergraduate Maths at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge - Robinson College.
Thanks to @UpdatesFromYouTube for organising the interview.
Watch a full solution - and part 3 - to the chessboard problem as part of a mock interview @cambridgeuniversity here: youtube.com/watch?v=C6U4KPb1rj8
Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is Public Engagement Lead at the Oxford University Department of Continuing Education: conted.ox.ac.uk/profiles/tom-crawford
For more maths content check out Tom's website tomrocksmaths.com
You can also follow Tom on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @tomrocksmaths.
facebook.com/tomrocksmaths
twitter.com/tomrocksmaths
instagram.com/tomrocksmaths
Support Tom's work via Patreon here: patreon.com/tomrocksmaths
Pre-order Tom's new book and receive a signed Pokémon card: https://backstory.london/products/pre-order-how-many-pikachus-would-it-take-to-power-a-lightbulb-by-tom-crawford-signed-personalised-with-pi-keyring-and-pokemon-trading-card-card-pi-keyring-with
