<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MathematicalObjectsBanner-800.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="800" height="209" src="https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MathematicalObjectsBanner-800.jpg" alt="Mathematical Objects" class="wp-image-20198" srcset="https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MathematicalObjectsBanner-800.jpg 800w, https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MathematicalObjectsBanner-800-300x78.jpg 300w, https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MathematicalObjectsBanner-800-768x201.jpg 768w, https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MathematicalObjectsBanner-800-150x39.jpg 150w, https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MathematicalObjectsBanner-800-600x157.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></figure>



<p>A conversation about mathematics inspired by a piece of folklore. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Norbert_Wiener-wikimedia.png"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="625" src="https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Norbert_Wiener-wikimedia.png" alt="Norbert Wiener, a white man with beard and glasses in a suit standing in front of a blackboard with maths written on it." class="wp-image-31348" srcset="https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Norbert_Wiener-wikimedia.png 1024w, https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Norbert_Wiener-wikimedia-300x183.png 300w, https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Norbert_Wiener-wikimedia-768x469.png 768w, https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Norbert_Wiener-wikimedia-150x92.png 150w, https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Norbert_Wiener-wikimedia-800x488.png 800w, https://aperiodical.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Norbert_Wiener-wikimedia-600x366.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure>



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Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett chat about some aspect of mathematics using a mathematical object as inspiration.