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How do you measure with numbers if they have no size? More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Here is part two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIggWlKr41w Featuring Simon Pampena – https://twitter.com/mathemaniac NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Subscribe: http://bit.ly/Numberphile_Sub Videos by Brady Haran Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Brady’s videos subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/BradyHaran/ Brady’s latest videos

More Ron Rivest videos: http://bit.ly/RonRivest Cryptography playlist: http://bit.ly/crypto_videos More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Ron Rivest: http://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/ Computerphile: https://www.youtube.com/user/computerphile Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI): http://bit.ly/MSRINumberphile We are also supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/outreach/science-sandbox/ And

A magic square is a grid of numbers where every row, column, and diagonal has the same sum. Ancient Chinese mathematicians developed a clever method to make magic squares, the Lo Shu method, a technique that is even inspiring current research to make solar panels more efficient. #Shorts The Lo Shu Method From “The Evolution

This is a fun little problem; thanks to Pradeep Hebbar for the suggestion! Post on Quora https://qr.ae/TZFy7x Math StackExchange help https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3486090/circle-inscribed-between-quarter-circles-proving-its-center-point Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Send me suggestions by email (address in video). I consider all ideas though can’t always reply! Like many YouTubers I use popular software to prepare my videos. You can search for animation

Leibniz is credited as one of the inventors of calculus, but this simple probability question tripped him up. If you roll two dice, is a sum of 11 or 12 more likely? #Shorts Leibniz error Damn, Leibniz…is this actually true? from math Leibniz picture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz#/media/File:Christoph_Bernhard_Francke_-_Bildnis_des_Philosophen_Leibniz_(ca._1695).jpg Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/leibniz/ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Send me suggestions

Tom Crawford on the mathematics of where river water goes when it hits the sea. See all three Navier-Stokes videos at: http://bit.ly/NavierPlaylist More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Tom Crawford works at the University of Oxford… more at: https://tomrocksmaths.com Playlist: http://bit.ly/NavierPlaylist Part 1 (Navier-Stokes): https://youtu.be/ERBVFcutl3M Part 2 (Reynolds Number): https://youtu.be/wtIhVwPruwY Rivers with

Who needs a calculator when you can do math in your head? Why The Method Works (Proof): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF1vUuZDCTk If you like my videos, you can support me at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/mindyourdecisions Connect on social media. I update each site when I have a new video or blog post, so you can follow me on whichever method

You really need to have seen the main video for this to make sense! More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ MAIN VIDEO: http://youtu.be/lFQGSGsXbXE CONTINUATION: http://youtu.be/qbkH_0TNdk0 AND EVEN MORE: http://youtu.be/uENSO785aEI PLUS CUT FROM PART ONE: http://youtu.be/hggcjvdCihc Featuring Zvezdelina Stankova – Professor of Mathematics at Mills College, Director of Berkeley Math Circle, UC Berkeley

Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. But how do we know the ratio is the same for every circle? The Elements of Plane Geometry By Charles Austin Hobbs · 1896 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Elements_of_Plane_Geometry/M8oUAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA215&printsec=frontcover Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Send me suggestions by email (address at end of many videos). I may not reply but I

Featuring Simon Singh – catch him on the latest Numberphile Podcast too… https://youtu.be/kOttzKC33Vk More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Catch the Numberphile Podcast at: http://bit.ly/Numberphile_Pod_Playlist or at https://www.numberphile.com/podcast/ More videos with Simon on Numberphile: http://bit.ly/SimonSinghPlay Simon has written a book about math in The Simpsons and Futurama… And other books… https://amzn.to/2N05qJn Futurama

Spearheading a Lune. Featuring Barry Mazur. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Reddit discussion: http://redd.it/2hze46 Read more at http://bit.ly/Mazur_Essay and http://bit.ly/SquarableLunes Squaring the circle: http://youtu.be/CMP9a2J4Bqw Barry’s Blobs: http://youtu.be/ItiFO5y36kw (scalability) Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Subscribe: http://bit.ly/Numberphile_Sub Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical

The 1947 Stanford Competitive Examination included a version of this problem. Reference https://www.cut-the-knot.org/Outline/Arithmetic/DivisionBy72.shtml Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Send me suggestions by email (address in video). I consider all ideas though can’t always reply! Like many YouTubers I use popular software to prepare my videos. You can search for animation software tutorials on YouTube to learn how to

If an octagon with equal sides is cut from a rectangle with sides of 4 and 6, what is the side length of the octagon? It’s a pretty fun problem to work out! Adapted from suggestion on Twitter @preshtalwalkar a regular octagon cut from a rectangle length and breadth 6 and 8 cm. What is

Scale and Similarity. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Storyteller: Barry Mazur, Harvard University Moral of the Story – http://youtu.be/kiN_c403bkk Book by Barry: http://amzn.to/1rZpuJ2 Animation: Pete McPartlan — http://www.petemcpartlan.co.uk Music: Alan Stewart — http://bit.ly/1sdwTHF More Pete animated videos: http://bit.ly/PeteAnimate Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile

This problem is tricky even for people who are good with numbers. Can you make 24 from the numbers 3, 3, 8, 8? You can use the operations + – × ÷ ( ). You have to use all four numbers (the digit 3 two times and the digit 8 two times). There are no

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If a ball’s velocity always equals exactly its position, how long will it take to reach x = 10, if it starts at x = 1?Thanks to Kaan and Fatih Ulupinar for suggesting this problem! Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Playlist to watch all videos on MindYourDecisions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUHnj59g7jezwTy5GeL8EA_g This is the only channel to feature math topics suggested

Brady Numbers T-Shirt: http://bit.ly/T-Shirt-BN Part One of Golden Ratio Trilogy More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ The new “Brady Sequence” demonstrates why Fibonacci Numbers are not so special. Featuring Matt Parker. Next in the trilogy: http://youtu.be/dTWKKvlZB08 Matt’s signed book (& extra goodies): http://bit.ly/Matt_Signed Amazon (UK): http://bit.ly/Matt_4D_UK Amazon (US): http://bit.ly/Matt_4D_US Discuss this video

Can you see the pattern? Apparently geniuses can figure out the answer right away. Source https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/19823/mensa-iq-test-question Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Playlist to watch all videos on MindYourDecisions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUHnj59g7jezwTy5GeL8EA_g This is the only channel to feature math topics suggested by people around the world. Support on Patreon to inspire mathematical discovery and make the world a better place:

Klein bottle enthusiast Cliff Stoll shows us his unique system for sending bottles to customers. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Cliff’s online store: https://www.kleinbottle.com More videos on our Klein Bottle playlist: http://bit.ly/KleinBottles Cliff Stoll playlist: http://bit.ly/Cliff_Videos Podcast with Cliff: https://youtu.be/lxdcBD4ppF0 Numberphile is supported by the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (formerly

In a list of 10 statements, the nth statement says there are exactly n false items in the list. Which of the statements, if any, are false? What if the nth statement says there are “at least” n false items? The video presents a solution to this mind-twisting logical problem. My blog post for this

Tadashi is back, this time looking at drooping paper (and toilet paper). More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Subscribe to Numberphile and never miss a floppy paper video: http://bit.ly/Numberphile_Sub Playlist of Tadashi Tokieda videos: http://bit.ly/tadashi_vids Pizza and Gaussian curvature: https://youtu.be/gi-TBlh44gY Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile

If every worker’s birthday has to be a holiday for all workers, how many workers should a company hire? There are some surprises in this fun little problem! Sources Frederick Mosteller’s “Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions”. https://store.doverpublications.com/0486653552.html Dartmouth Chance News https://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/chance_news/recent_news/chance_news_10.05.html#solution Math StackExchange https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3355880/related-to-a-puzzle-which-is-larger-365-cdot-365-cdot-frac36436536 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Send me suggestions by email (address in

The explanation was surprisingly really, really good. ChatGPT https://chat.openai.com/ homework question https://www.gauthmath.com/solution/1-The-graph-of-y-x-1-7-is-reflected-across-the-y-axis-What-is-an-equation-of-the-1714404645170181 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Send me suggestions by email (address at end of many videos). I may not reply but I do consider all ideas! If you purchase through these links, I may be compensated for purchases made on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I

A prime number “gift” from a mathematicians leaving his college. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Featuring Tadashi Tokieda. More Tadashi: http://bit.ly/tadashi_vids Professor McKee explains: “Most of the digits of p were fixed so that: (i) the top two thirds made the desired pattern; (ii) the bottom third ensured that p-1 had

The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of its legs. This video shows a geometric proof based on rearranging triangles in a rectangle. If you like my videos, you can support me at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/mindyourdecisions Connect on social media. I update each site when I

Thanks to: http://www.audible.com/numberphile More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ This video features Dr Sarah Wiseman from UCL on numbers that are familiar – and things that can go wrong in our brains. Editing and animation in this video by Pete McPartlan. Books available on Audible by Numberphile people include: Alex’s Adventures in

This is said to be one of the trickiest GRE test questions. #math #maths #mathematics #shorts VERY HARD – ETS GRE Practice test, sectoon 6, #21 by u/ICUstunner in GRE Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Send me suggestions by email (address at end of many videos). I may not reply but I do consider all ideas! If you

Tom Crawford from Oxford University looks at self-locating strings and interesting loops. Get a Piece of Pi: https://www.patreon.com/posts/piece-of-pi-for-33529079 More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More of Tom on Numberphile: http://bit.ly/TomPlaylist See our Pi Playlist: http://bit.ly/PiPlaylist Tom’s website: https://tomrocksmaths.com The Pi Search Page: https://www.angio.net/pi/ OEIS sequences and pages of interest: https://oeis.org/A057680 https://oeis.org/A064810  Numberphile

Free audio book from Audible: http://www.audible.com/numberphile The book on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1fKe4Yo More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Author Simon Singh discusses mathematics in the TV show Futurama – specifically taxicab numbers and the great Ramanujan. This video features 1729 and 87539319 among its stars. More from Simon Singh at: About Brady’s mo…