Go check out the puzzles over on Brilliant!
https://brilliant.org/standupmaths

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Once you’ve done that: help us calculate the thickness of a three-sided coin!

The bonus video explains how you can get involved. We expanded the audience participation aspect loads after we filmed the main video; which is why a whole second video was required.
   • Help me find the thickness of a three...  

All the links for the various resources are over here.
http://think-maths.co.uk/threesidedcoin

Here is the form to sign-up and ask nicely to borrow Hugh’s coins.
http://bit.ly/coinrequest

Buy or print your own cylindrical coins.
https://www.shapeways.com/shops/mathg...

Report your data back to us.
http://bit.ly/coinsubmit

And if you are really bored, here is over an hour of Hugh and I flipping coins. Look, it was late at night.
   • 2,000 throws of three-sided coins.  

CORRECTIONS
- None yet. Let me know if you spot anything!

Thanks to my Patreon supporters who made these ridiculous projects possible. Here is a random subset:

Edmund Harriss
Mikko Manninen
Magesh Jayapandian
Sjoerd Wennekes
Kelly Havlik
Cameron Ball

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Music by Howard Carter
Filming and editing by Trunkman Productions
Audio mastering by Peter Doggart
Design by Simon Wright


MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com/
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