Numberphile
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Videos about numbers - it's that simple. Numberphile is a series of numbery videos by Brady Haran - the guy behind projects like periodicvideos and sixty symbols. Project supported by MSRI.
Numberphile
2d ago
"All hell breaks loose" in this new video with Tom Crawford. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ The famed constant e is raised to the power of a matrix. Tom Crawford's website, with links to his work and other outreach: https://tomrocksmaths.com More Tom videos on Numberphile: http://bit.ly/Crawford_Videos Tom on the Numberphile Podcast: https://youtu.be/_HwKGncsGo0 Tom Crawford is based at University of Oxford as Early Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow at St Edmund Hall and Public Engagement Lead at the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education. Tom's own YouTu ..read more
Numberphile
1w ago
Ernő Rubik is the inventor of the Rubik's Cube. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ See more Rubik's Cube videos on Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJNAdHv8TUCOmj7iKqyHZeg 80-year-old Hungarian Ernő Rubik created his legendary cube in 1974. The rest is history. Brady met him at international celebration of 50 years of the Rubik’s Cube which took place at Christ’s College, at the University of Cambridge - https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/celebrating-50-years-rubiks-cube Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Numberphile is supported by Jane ..read more
Numberphile
1w ago
Featuring Professor Eleonore Faber discussing frieze patterns and polygons - and what happens when you cut them... More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Paper - Friezes satisfying higher SLk-determinants - https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.10562 Eleonore Faber: https://imsc.uni-graz.at/faber/index.html Our previous Frieze video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mXz-NP-raY Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Numberphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://bit.ly/numberphile-janestreet NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www ..read more
Numberphile
2w ago
Featuring Richard Elwes. See https://brilliant.org/numberphile for Brilliant and 20% off their premium service & 30-day trial (episode sponsor). More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Numberphile videos about big numbers: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJ_FwchNAjB3xa8UnoKdmQI Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem: https://youtu.be/O4ndIDcDSGc Richard Elwes at the University of Leeds: https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/maths/staff/4018/dr-richard-elwes- Or: https://richardelwes.co.uk His books: https://amzn.to/4fJIhHE On the Restricted Ordinal Theorem (by Goodstein): https://f ..read more
Numberphile
1M ago
Featuring Sophie Maclean and Ayliean MacDonald. Extended crochet video at https://www.patreon.com/posts/116050981 --- More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More knot videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWLyfD4nhZCX_3UZdSSpkBTs More Sophie videos on Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJL8jqE19RlDCMJp7psCA6r More Ayliean videos on Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIVNbbisfbcJKpb44__r2Rw Sophie is based at Kings College, London: https://sophiethemathmo.wordpress.com Ayliean's YouTube channel: https://www.yo ..read more
Numberphile
1M ago
Featuring Rob Eastaway discussing Roman Numerals, Indo-Arabic numerals, and the diary of theatre owner Philip Henslowe (a contemporary of William Shakespeare)... More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Patrons can enjoy some extra pictures and scans from this video here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/115548802 Our modern numerals are also referred to as Arabic Numerals and/or Hindu–Arabic numerals. Objectivity Videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/objectivityvideos With thanks to Dulwich College Archive: https://www.dulwich.org.uk/about/history/the-archives The college is the keeper o ..read more
Numberphile
1M ago
Asaf Karagila discusses proof by induction. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Asaf is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. Asaf's blog - https://karagila.org More videos and Numberphile podcast featuring Asaf - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJyt0zdvzvDoeL_8pqO0S7p Induction with Zvezda Stankova - https://youtu.be/bylFzBxzQ9M Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Numberphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://bit.ly/numberphile-janestreet NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberph ..read more
Numberphile
1M ago
How to decide who wins a confusing vote, discussing the likes of Smith Sets and the Condorcet Paradox. Featuring Sophie Maclean. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More videos about voting here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKWeHG12vI1Be4sPu7KYx9K Sophie Maclean is based at Kings College, London: https://sophiethemathmo.wordpress.com More Sophie on Numberphile: https://bit.ly/Sophie_Numberphile Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Numberphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://bit.ly/nu ..read more
Numberphile
1M ago
Asteroids (minor planets) are classified with numbers, but some of them are later given names. Matt Parker takes us on a tour... with a twist. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ See Matt's video at Stand-up Maths: https://youtu.be/GyNbLtiAgj4 Brady's astronomy channel Deep Sky Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/DeepSkyVideos He also posts a lot of astronomy at Sixty Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols IAU's Minor Planet Center: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/mpc.html Catalina Sky Survey: https://catalina.lpl.arizona.edu Pi Playlist: https://www.youtube ..read more
Numberphile
1M ago
There's a new "world's biggest prime" and we speak to the man who found it, Luke Durant... More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Also in this video are George Woltman (from GIMPS) and James Grime. Full Durant interview: https://youtu.be/aJHPDGj93-w Full Woltman interview: https://youtu.be/9ML2q0q53io Press release on the prime discovery: https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841 The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search: https://www.mersenne.org See our full playlist of Mersenne Prime videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKsTwVXpLscZdfiiqAkkGCA Patreon: ht ..read more