Stand-up Maths
Making a physical Lissajous curve
updated
Thanks to Jane Street for supporting this video.
janestreet.com/join-jane-street
Stan Wagon has written an article about all of the maths involved in the bridge: community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/2917199
Designed by Thomas Randall-Page. thomasrandallpage.com
Engineering by Alfred Jacquemot (then of Price & Myers). pricemyers.com/about-us/people/alfred-jacquemot
You can ride the MoMath square-wheel bike in NYC or Stan Wagons's at Macalester College in Minneapolis.
momath.org/16-square-wheeled-trike-3
https://www.macalester.edu/mscs/multimedia/squarewheeledbike/squarewheelbike/
Visit Cody Dock in East London. codydock.org.uk
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They keep my bridges rolling. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming by Alex Genn-Bash and Christopher Brooks
Editing by Christopher Brooks
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Produced and drone flying by Nicole Jacobus
Scene stealing by that cat
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Blur are on tour again and have a new album out! I've seen the show and listened to the album so can recommend both personally. blur.co.uk
music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kx0OirV41v6j1vuMqU_1dpeK-qZv1RXOg
Huge thanks to Robert for finding all eight "Eight Kite-Rhombus Solids". robertlovespi.net/2018/04/29/eight-kite-rhombus-solids-plus-five-all-kite-polyhedra-the-convex-hulls-of-the-thirteen-archimedean-catalan-compounds
Thanks to Lisa Mather who designed and laser-cut all of the kites and rhombi so we could cable tie them together. twitter.com/lisa_mather
Internal frame for the balls was designed and built by Dave Ansell. sciansell.co.uk/node/167
3D design and all images of the shape was done by Sam Hartburn. samhartburn.co.uk/sh
The build crew included but was not limited to: Alex Genn-Bash, Alex James, Ben Sparks, Katie Steckles, Lisa Mather, Lucie Green, Matt Parker, Matthew Scroggs, Paul Taylor and random festival attendees.
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They keep my balls in the air. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Graphics by Sam Hartburn
Cheese by Alex James
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Watch the Rapid Motion Through Space Documentary. youtu.be/NYDdHSXRQro
Huge thanks to Cas Visser, Dom Wilson, Jan Wolf and everyone else who had a look at my giant csv of data and tried to help wrangle it.
This is the episode of my podcast A Problem Squared where I asked for help with the data: aproblemsquared.libsyn.com/054-sparkling-wines-and-marking-lines
Find out more about the Two Wheels for Life charity. twowheelsforlife.org
Need more terrifying in your life? Have a ride on the two-seater MotoGP bike yourself: twowheelsforlife.org/experiences-and-memorabilia/mission-winnow-ducati-two-seat-ride
This is the app I used to log the data: http://sensorlog.berndthomas.net
Cheers to my Patreon supporters. Your support really drove me around the bend. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming and editing by Trunkman Productions
Additional filming by Alice Degrassi and Ben Westaway
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Background extra by Hannah Fry
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
Special thanks to Trunkman Productions Ltd, The Cosmic Shambles Network, Two Wheels for Life and DornaSports for facilitating filming at the British Round of the MotoGP™ Championship. MotoGP™ is a registered trademark of DORNA SPORTS, S.L and all footage and images from the MotoGP™ championship are used with their permission and remain their © Copyright. Documentary footage is Copyright © 2023 Trunkman Productions Ltd and is used with permission.
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
janestreet.com/join-jane-street
Curved-Crease Sculptures by Erik Demaine and Martin Demaine
erikdemaine.org/curved
The original paper: "A Complete List of All Convex Polyhedra Made by Gluing Regular Pentagons" arxiv.org/abs/2007.01753
Get your hexagon equivalent here: arxiv.org/abs/2002.02052
Cookie. Clicker. Like that video is going to happen.
arxiv.org/abs/1808.07540
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They keep all my polyhedra convex. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Thanks to Greg Foot for helping out with all of the filming. Check out their channel: youtube.com/@GregFoot
Pretty sure Greg was the only YouTuber who was with me at the Eclipse.
Lucie's telescope was the "Coronal Imaging Polarizer (CIP)" from Aberystwyth University. Here is a poster outlining its results from a 2020 eclipse: ras.ac.uk/sites/default/files/NAM/P184%20-%20Edwards.pdf
Print your own Parkerscope stickers: dropbox.com/s/ljbzzu46gab1s4r/parkerscope%20sticker%20pack.zip?dl=0
This is the excel file with all my data from the video: dropbox.com/s/5nxlx9otc7gom7i/parkerscope_data.xlsx?dl=0
Parkerscope code is over here: github.com/standupmaths/parkerscope
I was using the ALX-1309 USB Logging Light Meter
atp-instrumentation.co.uk/usb-logging-light-meter.html
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They paid for all the snacks Grant ate during the very long drive. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Much filming by Greg Foot
Additional filming by Alex Genn-Bash
Editing by Christopher Brooks
Parkerscope design by Nicole Jacobus and Alex Genn-BAsh
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
some.3b1b.co
More details here: 3blue1brown.substack.com/p/some3-begins
Tim Chartier has a great book called "Get in the Game - An Interactive Introduction to Sports Analytics" if you'd like to learn more about their work. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo178291370.html
Here is their Davidson College page: https://www.davidson.edu/people/tim-chartier
The song "Get Ready for Maths" is written and recorded by Jonny Berlin (based on the original "Get Ready for This" by 2 Unlimited). Listen to it over here: jonnyberliner-sciencesongs.bandcamp.com/track/get-ready-for-maths and check out Jonny's site: http://www.jonnyberliner.com
And thanks to Nolan Rau, Liz Labows and Bec Hill for rounding out our team of six.
Check out MoMath's Hoop Curves. momath.org/home/hoop-curves
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They keep me in the game. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- At 04:44 I say "Noel" in the voice over instead of Nolan. Sorry Nolan!
- Yes, in the plots of our shots at 05:13, 05:59 and 14:22 I left the axis labelled as "inches" and it should be "feet".
- At 11:18 I say "eight points" but I mean "point eight points".
- Let me know if you spot anything else!
Diagram of basketball court adapted from this one:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basketball_-_NBA_-_field_diagram_-en.svg
Photo of restricted zone during a game from Roy on Flickr.
flickr.com/photos/thehutch/1536622933
Filming by Alex Genn-Bash
Editing by Nico Turner
Some graphics by Grant Sanderson
Other graphics by Matt's Terrible Python Code™
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter and Jonny Berliner
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Here is the original "Is there an equation for a triangle?" video. youtube.com/watch?v=4K-Jx914NcQ (I'm taking suggestions for what Part III should be named. Comment below.)
And thanks to everyone who contributed to the triangleness. Here are all the triangles and non-triangles mentioned in this video:
Mohammed Jafari's close-but-not-triangle: desmos.com/calculator/hr1ttjl1yj
Generic Viewer's close-but-not-triangle: desmos.com/calculator/kzpt2jaqf2
Harrison's non-generalised triangle: desmos.com/calculator/cvpc44qbj2
Idiotinium's non-generalised triangle: desmos.com/calculator/svfvcsygfn
Jaden's non-generalised triangle: desmos.com/calculator/uasl4f7jqt
Tristan's non-generalised triangle: desmos.com/calculator/pdu7mlk3ft
And Tristan's Zombie Walker: desmos.com/calculator/zkcv0dqidb
Reddit thread generalising triangle equation: reddit.com/r/math/comments/rc55yz/response_to_matt_parkers_triangle_video
Anson Mansfield's generalised triangle: desmos.com/calculator/pbzv9nsevh
Graham Goble's generalised triangle: desmos.com/calculator/eax4q1syvj
Steve's generalised triangle: desmos.com/calculator/qy4v9bcluw
Inigo's triangle in ShaderToy: shadertoy.com/view/XsXSz4
Huge thanks to my Patreon supports. They encourage me to triangle my best. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming by Alex Genn-Bash
Editing by Michelle Martin
Diagrams by Sam Hartburn
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Yet to be sponsored by Hubbard's Foodstore Spaghetti Rings in Tomato Sauce. Click here for 0% off your order! sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-baked-beans-in-tomato-sauce--basics-420g
National Insurance rates and categories (by Hey Mate, Right Cash) gov.uk/national-insurance-rates-letters
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. You're all tariffic. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- At 05:56 I say “standard leap year” when I mean “standard year”. Sorry! First noticed and reported by Blueboy5678 and Hari Krishnan.
- User “Go Away” corrected a typo in the above correction.
- Let me know if you spot anything else!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Graphics by William Marler
Written, performed and embezzled by Matt Parker
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
UK boundary data from the OS.
osdatahub.os.uk/downloads/open/BoundaryLine
World Country data from opendatasoft.
public.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/world-administrative-boundaries/table
USA states from looking at them very closely.
"English counties explained" by Map Men
youtube.com/watch?v=hCc0OsyMbQk
Oh look, a video about the City of London
youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc
Target 10.b
"in particular least developed countries, African countries, small island developing States and landlocked developing countries, in accordance with their national plans and programs".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goal_10
Graphics artfully animated by Christian Lawson-Perfect. somethingorotherwhatever.com
The other person in the field was Matt Watson, my tour manager. He also makes music: mattwatsonmusic.bandcamp.com
Massive thanks to my Patreon supports. They are a huge amount of Alp. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- Now I regret mentioning the Danube river! Apart from that one aside about international diplomacy and a port: for the rest of the networks I did not include rivers, even if they are navigable to an ocean. I appreciate these would change things like London and apparently the USA has some super great lakes.
- Let me know if you spot anything else!
Happy birthday to Eliyahu!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Graphics by Christian Lawson-Perfect
Muddy field navigating with Matthew Watson
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
And a huge thanks to my good friend BEC HILL who introduced me to Bobby. PS Hello to everyone reading this from A Problem Squared.
UPDATE: The envelope of pin-board paraphernalia has been claimed! twitter.com/standupmaths/status/1638855936923009026?s=46&t=EVDbN01K_p7T27Gd23R0bw
First person to find me IN A PUBLIC SPACE can have the pin-up board (without the pins or board). I've put all the bits in an envelop and will carry it with me whenever I'm in public. Don't try to hunt me down at home. It'll be weird.
I think this is the original claim that it was the mid-point of his life. From April 2019.
mjjcommunity.com/threads/unusual-michael-jackson-coincidence-how.142918
Here is the quote about the time of day his hair caught fire: "at the Shrine Auditorium Friday night"
upi.com/Archives/1984/01/28/Michael-Jackson-hospitalized-after-fireworks-mishap-on-set-of-Pepsi-commercial/9136444114000
Here is the regulation governing daylight saving time in Indiana when Michael Jackson was born:
1957: "The General Assembly votes to make Central time the official time of the state but permit any community to switch to daylight-saving time during the summer."
eu.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/27/indianapolis-indiana-time-zone-history-central-eastern-daylight-savings-time/2126300002
This website claims Gar did switch to daylight saving in 1958, specifically: "27 Apr 1958 - Time Zone Change (CST → EST)" but I'm not sure where that information has come from.
timeanddate.com/time/change/usa/indianapolis?year=1958
Huge thanks to my Patreon supports who keep in strings and pins. Join and you'll have a head-start the next I foolishly encourage the internet to hunt me down. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Huge thanks to Eric and the whole team for letting us in to skid some cars and calculate pi.
It was an active and working site and they did a great job making time, staff and cars available for us.
If you want to learn more about traffic reconstruction calculations, check out this (slightly odd) 1983 book "Handbook For The Accident Reconstructionist". ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Photocopy/98667NCJRS.pdf
If you want to sign-up and hear about Pi Day 2024 plans, here is the form: bit.ly/piday24help
Huge thanks to my Patreon people who support all my silly Pi Day videos with their irrational funding. Join in and we'll make Pi Day 2024 bigger and sillier. patreon.com/standupmaths
And sorry I could only put the names of Statistically Significant and higher Patreon tiers on the scrolling credits. A bunch of that was done by hand and that was the limit of what could be lined up.
CORRECTIONS
- If we had used 26/38 exactly were would have π = 3.136421 which is basically 3.14 (First spotted by CK.)
- Let me know if you spot anything else!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Pi Reconstruction by Eric
Stunt Driving by A Colleague Of Eric's
Location provided by Like We're Going To Tell You
Extra help by Why Are You Asking So Many Questions
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Credits Animation by William Marler
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
If you are need of urgent mental health support please check for crisis help lines available in your country.
USA: mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help
UK: nhs.uk/mental-health/advice-for-life-situations-and-events/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health
Plus if you are in Europe you can search Mental Health Europe: mhe-sme.org
Check out Ben's Hopping Hoop Geogebra file:
geogebra.org/m/ddsfjbvy
Thanks to Lisa Mather for making the hopping hoops for me. And an extra shout-out to Joel Tatarek-Gintowt for modelling and 3D printing the ball bearing casement.
Here are all the papers mentioned:
A Mathematicians Miscellany (1953) by John Littlewood
archive.org/details/mathematiciansmi033496mbp
The Hopping Hoop (1997) by Tadashi F. Tokieda
doi.org/10.1080/00029890.1997.11990614
Hopping Hoops Don't Hop (1999) by James P. Butler
doi.org/10.1080/00029890.1999.12005084
The Hopping Hoop Revisited (1999) by Timothy Pritchett
doi.org/10.1080/00029890.1999.12005094
The rolling motion of an eccentrically loaded wheel (2000) by W.F.D. Theron
doi.org/10.1119/1.1302324
The amazing variety of motions of a loaded hoop (2007) by W.F.D. Theron and M.F. Maritz
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895717708000289
The dynamics of an eccentrically loaded hoop (2010) by Andrew Taylor and Mary Fehrs
aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.3300613
CORRECTIONS
- Yes, I know, 08:33 worst cycloid ever. No need to tell me.
- At 12:23 I say "no friction" when I am talking about the hoop not skidding, and yes, that should be "infinite friction".
- Let me know if you spot anything else!
Huge thanks to my Patreon supports. They keep me rolling along. patreon.com/standupmaths
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Props by Lisa Mather and Joel Tatarek-Gintowt
Written and performed by Matt Parker
GeoGebra and extra material/research by Ben Sparks
Hoop catching by Nicole Jacobus
Dog wrangling by Lucie Green
Hoop chasing by Skylab the Dog
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
RungeBot on both twitter (for now!) and mastodon.
twitter.com/rungebot
https://mathstodon.xyz/@RungeBot
Yes, I'm on mastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@standupmaths
Huge thanks to Matthew Scroggs for letting me turn his MathsJam talk into a video and helping me out with all of the animations. mscroggs.co.uk
Here is the MENACE Scroggs video I mentioned: youtube.com/watch?v=R9c-_neaxeU
Thanks also to Dave Hartburn for doing the flat earth digging. His MathsJam slides are here: mathsjam.com/assets/talks/2022/B%20Dave%20Hartburn%20-%20Maths%20or%20conspiracy.pdf
Cheers to Ben Sparks for making that geogebra file. bensparks.co.uk
Huge thanks to my Patreon supports. They keep me on the level. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Animations and geogebra by Matthew Scroggs
Some geogebra by Ben Sparks
Diagrams by Sam Hartburn
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
Legitimate scientist by Professor Lucie Green
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
NASA made a great "Webb’s Diffraction Spikes" infographic.
webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01G529MX46J7AFK61GAMSHKSSN
The differences between Webb and Hubble
jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/comparisonWebbVsHubble.html
Webb deepfield
nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-infrared-image-of-universe-yet
Hubble deepfield
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Deep_Field#/media/File:HubbleDeepField.800px.jpg
Here is the WebbPSF python package.
webbpsf.readthedocs.io/en/latest
LIVE: Biden previews first images from Webb Space Telescope (reveal is at 05:37)
youtube.com/watch?v=WsG_HGt6sl8
Bill Nelson born September 29, 1942. Joe Biden born November 20, 1942. They were both 79 at the time.
The images of space were all produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute who have kindly made them freely available for the rest of us to use.
Huge thanks to my Patreon supports. That shiny cardboard isn't cheap. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Get your North by North-North tour merch here! standupmaths.teemill.com/collection/north-north-north
Thanks to Bec Hill for voicing the Norths Tour. I have a podcast with Bec and we talked about me making this video in the latest episode: aproblemsquared.libsyn.com/49-grand-theft-auto-five-and-girlfriend-digit-size
If you're anywhere near Worth Matravers in Dorset you should absolutely visit The Square and Compass. squareandcompasspub.co.uk
Here is the OS Maps post about the triple alignment. ordnancesurvey.co.uk/newsroom/news/three-norths-align-great-britain
However, if you watch their video be warned about when the diagonal line crosses the 2° line: their line slopes to the left and moves to the right, whereas my line slopes to the right and moves to the left. This is because the OS is drawing the zero-point for magnetic-vs-grid but I'm doing magnetic-vs-true. Which is a mirror image.
You can see all of NOAA's Historical Magnetic Declination data here: ncei.noaa.gov/maps/historical_declination
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters who funded this ridiculous trip to the south coast of the UK to film a silly video. They also bought me two pints of beer and one packet of crisps. Which were all totally key props/research and not a mis-use of Patreon support funds. Support me and maybe next time I'll get a second packet of crisps. patreon.com/standupmaths
Bonus thanks to Christopher James who put a link to the OS article about this in a maths communication whatsapp group with the message "I hope someone is planning to visit and make an interesting video about this." And thanks to Colin Beveridge who answered some key questions about it in that group.
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Physical card deadline: end of 06 December 2022
Digital card deadline: end of 15 December 2022
(In both cases I'll try to accommodate sign-ups after that but no promises).
This is why the christmas tree on the card is so low resolution: youtube.com/watch?v=jOTTZtVPrgo
Here is the "Deltoidal kaleidoscopes" paper by Josep Rey Nadal and Manuel Udina Abelló.
archive.bridgesmathart.org/2022/bridges2022-351.pdf
Museu de Matemàtiques de Catalunya aka "Museum of Mathematics of Catalonia" https://mmaca.cat/en/
This is the art show listing from the 2022 Bridges conference in Helsinki. http://gallery.bridgesmathart.org/exhibitions/2020-bridges-conference/josep-rey
For both kaleidoscopes make two mirror images of each shape.
Deltoidal Hexacontahedron Kaleidoscope Faces: dropbox.com/s/9tltpyo4v6kjfr6/DeltoidalHexacontahedronKaleidoscopeFaces.pdf?dl=0
Deltoidal Icositetrahedron Kaleidoscope Faces: dropbox.com/s/jb356rspfn5888c/DeltoidalIcositetrahedronKaleidoscopeFaces.pdf?dl=0
Here is the second channel video from 2017: "How to flat-pack a cube" youtube.com/watch?v=Kr-yV_T-_9A
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters who funded so many sheets of mirror acrylic. I actually have a bunch left over. Support me and tell me what I should do with the rest of the mirrors. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything! My bad taping skills do not count as a mistake.
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Shape calculations by Sam Hartburn
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
To receive a physical card you officially need to be a "statistically significant" supporter (or higher) on Patreon by the end of 06 December 2022. And all supporters get emailed a digital copy! patreon.com/standupmaths
This is the tweet from Jun Mitani in 2017: twitter.com/jmitani/status/870414535034757120
And the recent retweet by Vincent Pantaloni I saw: http://twitter.com/panlepan/status/1582175737213509633
Huge thanks to Ryuhei Uehara for did much of this research and was very helpful then I emailed. You can see their page (with all 2263 nets) here: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~uehara/etc/origami/nets/index-e.html
All the publications I waved around:
2007 - "Geometric Folding Algorithms" by Erik Demaine and Joseph O'Rourke
2008 - "Polygons Folding to Plural Incongruent Orthogonal Boxes" by Ryuhei Uehara
2011 - "Common Developments of Several Different Orthogonal Boxes" by Zachary Abel, Erik Demaine, Martin Demaine, Hiroaki Matsui, Günter Rote and Ryuhei Uehara
2013 - "Common Developments Of Three Incongruent Orthogonal Boxes" by Toshihiro Shirakawa and Ryuhei Uehara
2015 - "Common Developments of Three Incongruent Boxes of Area 30" by Dawei Xu, Takashi Horiyama, Toshihiro Shirakawa, and Ryuhei Uehara
Here is Geometric Folding Algorithms on Amazon if you want your own copy to wave around. But it costs 'text-book money'. amzn.to/3OYDXrF
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters who funded those crazy nets I was sticking together. Support me and help me make more ridiculous shapes (also: videos). patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- At 07:36 I place the top shape in the wrong spot. But it totally works! Look at the diagram!
- Let me know if you spot anything else! My bad taping skills do not count as a mistake.
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Props by Lisa Mather
3D plot in Geogebra by Ben Sparks
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Just Shower Thoughts: just-shower-thoughts.com/post/149064738374/an-infinite-number-of-1-bills-and-an-infinite
Tumblr blog: popinloopy.tumblr.com/post/149635744662/just-shower-thoughts-an-infinite-number-of-1
Tumblr re-blog: at.tumblr.com/curtdogg/popinloopy-just-shower-thoughts-an-infinite/sgnir8oxqsxm
reddit post: reddit.com/r/meirl/comments/y5ifrs/meirl
Limmy's Show: Whats heavier a kilogram of steel or a kilogram of feathers
youtube.com/watch?v=-fC2oke5MFg
Check out Limmy on twitch: twitch.tv/limmy
Vsauce from 2015: The Banach–Tarski Paradox
youtube.com/watch?v=s86-Z-CbaHA
Vsauce from 2016: How To Count Past Infinity
youtube.com/watch?v=SrU9YDoXE88
Veritasium from 2021: How An Infinite Hotel Ran Out Of Room
youtube.com/watch?v=OxGsU8oIWjY
Numberphile from 2014: Infinite Fractions
youtube.com/watch?v=DpwUVExX27E
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters who funded those two giant piles of cash. Support me and help me make more ridiculous videos! patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- Yes, I put in a second ball numbered 13. I'm going to claim that was on purpose. Spoooooky 13.
- Let me know if you spot anything else!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Industry-leading post production and VFX by Alex Genn-Bash
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Voices by Gemma Arrowsmith and Tom Crowley.
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Huge thanks to Zoe Walker and all of the crew on Hurtigruten's expedition cruise ship MS Roald Amundsen.
Book a trip here: standupmaths.com/antarctica
See Zoe's website here: zoewalker.ca/researcher
Here is my whale on Happy Whale: happywhale.com/individual/5653;enc=262742 Should be named "Krill Bill" any day now...
"Advanced image recognition: a fully automated, high‐accuracy photo‐identifcation matching system for humpback whales" link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42991-021-00180-9
The 3Blue1Brown video is from 03:39 in "But what is a neural network?" youtu.be/aircAruvnKk?list=PLZHQObOWTQDNU6R1_67000Dx_ZCJB-3pi&t=219
Watch the whole series here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDNU6R1_67000Dx_ZCJB-3pi
But we can all agree my spreadsheet is just as visually stunning. Download it for yourself: dropbox.com/s/q2bsobqoiqu6crg/Spreadsheets_and_tails.xlsx?dl=0
Kaggle: Your Machine Learning and Data Science Community kaggle.com
CORRECTIONS
- None yet! Let me know if you spot anything.
Thanks to my patreon supporters whose money I totally do not spend on Antarctic cruises. Support my channel and I can not go spend it on even more cruises! patreon.com/standupmaths
Filming by Matt Parker
Extra camera work by Lucie "I thought we were on vacation" Green
Editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Music by Howard Carter (but not the SUM PI-AMI theme)
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/products/5b9fa76f230ffa140094dc43
Nerdy maths toys: http://mathsgear.co.uk
The improvement was to my code from this video: youtube.com/watch?v=_-AfhLQfb6w
This is episode 038 of the A Problem Squared podcast which started it all: aproblemsquared.libsyn.com/038-fldxt-in-wordle-and-improv-tact-hurdle
Here is Benjamin Paaßen's full grid of all results and techniques used. It also has links to all the code as well. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11sUBkPSEhbGx2K8ah6WbGV62P8ii5l5vVeMpkzk17PI/edit#gid=0
The article by "encody" I mentioned: medium.com/geeklaunch/how-to-speed-up-your-code-224-444-739-using-graphs-cc37dc395c0c
This is the reverse-frequency alphabet. Which is frequency in words, not in use (which would allow for frequency of word use; this list counts each word once).
QXJZVFWBKGPMHDCYTLNUROISEA
And whynot, a whole bunch of code. All of it is better than mine. All of it. (Even if you ran it all sequentially.)
Benjamin Paassen [bpaassen]
gitlab.com/bpaassen/five_clique
Sylvester Hesp [oisyn]
github.com/oisyn/parkerwords
Phire [phire]
github.com/phire/five_clique
Neil Coffey [neilcoffey]
github.com/neilcoffey/FunStuff/tree/main/WordleFiveWordFinder
Richard Ebeling [He3lixxx]
github.com/He3lixxx/five-words-five-letters
Phillip Alday [palday]
github.com/palday/FiveLetterWorda.jl
Diggory Blake [Diggsey]
github.com/Diggsey/five_words/tree/master
Orson Peters [orlp]
github.com/orlp/matt-parker-five-letter-clique/blob/master/src/main.rs
Bryan Redd [ae6nr]
github.com/ae6nr/25letters
Pablo Yaggi [pyaggi]
github.com/pyaggi/WordStats
Leonardo Taglialegne [miniBill]
github.com/miniBill/parkerrust
Nathan Baulch [NathanBaulch]
gist.github.com/NathanBaulch/cc26755dc89685fa209bf958e484c60d
Stefan Pochmann [pochmann]
replit.com/@pochmann/5words538?v=1
Jacob [encody]
github.com/encody/jotto-problem
Gé Weijers [gweijers]
github.com/gweijers/wordle_cover
David A. Dalrymple [davidad]
github.com/davidad/five-letters
Alex Recuenco [recuenco_alex]
github.com/alexrecuenco/five_clique
Kristin Paget [KristinPaget]
github.com/kristinpaget/fivewords
Ilya Nikolaevsky [IlyaNikolaevsky]
github.com/ilyanikolaevsky/five_words
Cheers to my Patreons for helping enable these videos. Without them test running all that code I'd never know how much better an iPad is than me. I'm sure I'll need Patreon help again soon; you can join the team here: patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- Ha, I got the percentage around the wrong way. Should be 40,832,277,770% better.
- Yes, I missed the binary digit for the "A" in "BREAD" and everyone in the live premier chat noticed. Sorry about that. 🍞
- Let me know if you spot any other mistakes!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Some graphics by Benjamin Paaßen
Written and performed by Matt "32 days later" Parker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
Nathaniel Johnston's post on The Binary “Look-and-Say” Sequence:
http://www.njohnston.ca/2010/11/the-binary-look-and-say-sequence
Huge thanks to my mate Jonny Berliner for recording Eigen See Clearly Now because I thought it would be funny. Check out his website and channel for more science music fun.
jonnyberliner.com
youtube.com/channel/UCmlQXk6q0peqvKO9YhvP3vA
More on the general Look and Say Sequence:
mathworld.wolfram.com/LookandSaySequence.html
I told you 3blue1brown had a good visual explanation for eigen-stuff.
youtube.com/watch?v=PFDu9oVAE-g
Thanks to Ben Sparks for helping out with the graphics as well.
youtube.com/c/SparksMaths
Cheers to my Patreons for helping enable these videos. That whiteboard wasn't free you know! Keep me in whiteboard pens here: patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
At 11:17 I accidentally have Nathaniel Johnston's name as "Daniel Johnston". No idea how that happened. But I'm very sorry.
- Let me know if you spot any other mistakes!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Eigen See Clearly Now music by Jonny Berliner channeling Jimmy Cliff
Eigen See Clearly Now lyrics by Matt Parker and Johnny Nash
Non-Eigen music by Howard Carter
Maths graphics by Ben Sparks
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
I'm not sure I mentioned this enough, but I have a podcast and it caused this video. Search for "A Problem Squared" wherever you get podcasts and you shall find. aproblemsquared.libsyn.com
Get ALL THE WORDS as "words_alpha.txt" here: github.com/dwyl/english-words
Here is the vastly superior code that Benjamin sent in: gitlab.com/bpaassen/five_clique
My tweet here: twitter.com/standupmaths/status/1549343218407456769
Against my better judgement, I have put my code on github: github.com/standupmaths/fiveletterworda
You can also see me talk about two lines of the code over on the second channel. youtu.be/kx2sT87Ah0I
I downloaded the Wordle words from here:
reddit.com/r/wordle/comments/s4tcw8/a_note_on_wordles_word_list
gist.github.com/cfreshman/a03ef2cba789d8cf00c08f767e0fad7b#file-wordle-answers-alphabetical-txt
gist.github.com/cfreshman/cdcdf777450c5b5301e439061d29694c
3blue1brown video about Wordle: youtube.com/watch?v=v68zYyaEmEA&ab_channel=3Blue1Brown
Cheers to my Patreons for motivating me to film a thing from the podcast as a quick youtube video. And helping me justify to Lucie why I need to film a thing while we are "on holidays". patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- Nothing yet. Let me know if you spot any mistakes!
That is all! Stop reading the description and go do a better job coding this challenge yourself.
Original question from Daniel Bingham
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Additional filming by Matt Parker
Beer by some hotel in Athens
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
J̸I̸G̵ ̸C̸O̴U̶L̶D̴ ̶H̵A̵V̵E̸ ̸F̷O̴U̴N̷D̷ ̷A̸L̴L̸ ̵5̵3̶8̷ ̶I̶N̶ ̸U̸N̸D̵E̸R̴ ̶3̴2̷ ̴D̸A̶Y̴S̶
janestreet.com/IMO2022
2022 International Mathematical Olympiad!
imo2022.org
If you want those d60 and d120 we sell them on Maths Gear or you can go direct to The Dice Lab.
mathsgear.co.uk/collections/dice
mathartfun.com/thedicelab.com/d120.html
Here is my terrible python code.
github.com/standupmaths/higher_of_two_rolls
Thanks to Gilad Levy for sending in the question. This is the best collection of maths about the problem we found at the time: rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/14690/how-does-rolling-two-d20-and-taking-the-higher-affect-the-average-outcome
But much of that looks at getting a certain value OR GREATER whereas I focused on specific values and the average value.
I’ve also noticed that Chalkdust just beat me with a similar article. Nice to see a different way (induction) to derive the same probability of getting specific value equation! chalkdustmagazine.com/features/slaying-the-dragon
Cheers to my Patreons for buying me all those dice. If you think I still don't have enough dice, get involved here: patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- Yes, on the bar chart axis it goes 2%, 4%, 2%, 4% instead of 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%. First spotted and pointed out by Deadeaded. It was just because I was copying and pasting in photoshop and forgot to edit it. Not because I was making that chart in a bar.
- At 23:07 I have (n=1) in the graphics which should be (n-1). Or maybe I put in two - and you should pick the highest. (Pointed out by Leick Robinson.)
- Marco Davi correctly noticed that the fifth Rhombic Dodecahedral Number is 369, not the 269 you see at 21:46.
- Let me know if you spot any other mistakes!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Dice gluing by Alex Genn-Bash
Putting 1/n in front of everything by 1/nMatt 1/nParker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
Here is the Geobebra file "Trigonometry Tracer" made by Ben Sparks:
geogebra.org/m/S2W46Thv
Do check out Ben’s channel: youtube.com/c/SparksMaths
Katie "radians" Steckles is also on YouTube: youtube.com/c/KatieSteckles
And Becky Warren is best found on twitter: twitter.com/becky_k_warren
This is the sort of ridiculous video I can make because I have an army of supporters on Patreon. Join in and be directly responsible for there being more silly maths videos in the world. patreon.com/standupmaths
And fine, here is the link to the original reddit post. But no brigading it or the OP etc. If you visit the page, consider it like visiting a museum. Look, but don't touch. reddit.com/r/mathmemes/comments/sc9eef/isnt_it_awesome_way_to_learn_the_values_to_be
CORRECTIONS
- Nothing yet. Let me know if you spot any mistakes!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Beard styling by Lucie Green
Shunning Drake played by Matt Parker
Embracing Drake played by Matt Parker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
J̸̫̈̉I̸̳̼͊G̵̼̈́ ̴̯͕̄L̵͙̜̎͘I̴̳̫̐V̸͙͐̏Ę̵̛̳̎S̴̢̟͒̅ ̶̛̮O̴͌͘͜N̷͉̬̚
cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/calculating-100-trillion-digits-of-pi-on-google-cloud
Register for Emma's live seminar! It's on at 19:00 BST and different time zones are different.
cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/pi-time
Emma Haruka Iwao's records:
2019: 31,415,926,535,897 digits of π
2022: 100,000,000,000,000 digits of π
Chudnovsky algorithm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chudnovsky_algorithm
And here is me Chudnovskying by hand: youtube.com/watch?v=LhlqCJjbEa0
Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe formula
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey%E2%80%93Borwein%E2%80%93Plouffe_formula
y-cruncher - A Multi-Threaded Pi-Program
http://www.numberworld.org/y-cruncher
Cheers to all of my Patreon supporters who mean I can jump on the ol' video machine whenever there is breaking maths news. You can also help support my videos. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS:
- At 07:34 I say that the first column are the hex locations. They are not. Those are the base-10 locations in scientific notation. Sorry!
- A few people noticed that at 02:20 I say 128 when I mean 158. The on-screen number is correct.
- Let me know if you spot any other mistakes
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Additional footage by Emma Haruka Iwao
Blah blah blah by Matt
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
If you are need of urgent mental health support please check for crisis help lines available in your country.
USA: mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help
UK: nhs.uk/mental-health/advice-for-life-situations-and-events/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health
Plus if you are in Europe you can search Mental Health Europe: mhe-sme.org
Check out A Podcast of Unnecessary Detail!
festivalofthespokennerd.com/podcast
I put a version of "Steamed Primes" on my second channel which has the original faintly in the background. It's a bit easier to see what is happening! youtube.com/watch?v=kwJ0LJOlUj4
This is Zach's Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic in question.
smbc-comics.com/comic/convert
Graham Sutherland's tweet to Zach.
http://twitter.com/gsuberland/status/1508697913177915393
Nick Matteo's amazing cheat to find Wally.
kundor.github.io/Finding-Waldo
Here is the Numberphile video from 2017 about picture primes.
youtube.com/watch?v=fQQ8IiTWHhg
Here is Jesse Mitchell's "pictoprime' code on GitHub. Also can be installed via npm.
github.com/TotalTechGeek/pictoprime
npmjs.com/package/pictoprime
Cheers to my Patreons for helping me double check there is nothing too sus in r/place. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- Nothing yet. Let me know if you spot any mistakes!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Additional filming by Matt Parker
Studio space to hang a black cloth provided by Matt's Dad's Study
Working in the living room instead by Matt's Dad
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
L̴O̵N̴G̷ ̶L̸I̴V̶E̷ ̷J̸I̵G̶
If you like mono-media, here is A Podcast of Unnecessary Detail. festivalofthespokennerd.com/podcast I talked about the 37 Dogs problem in season 01, episode 05.
And while I'm plugging things: did you know Skylab the Dog has her own YouTube channel? Well you do now. Good human. youtube.com/skylabthedog
The official American Kennel Club naming restrictions:
akc.org/register/information/naming-of-dog
See the full 50^39 × 37 number of combinations for yourself.
wolframalpha.com/input?i=39%5E50+*+37
Cheers to my Patreon supporters who help make this channel possible. Given I now have 10^81 dogs to feed, their support is needed now more than ever. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS:
- Yes, at 08:01 I say "I" when I mean "X". I didn't notice until we were in the edit. X decxded xt was somethxng X could lxve wxth.
- If you spot anything else just let me know!
Filming, greenscreen and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Main dog by Skylab the Dog
Sitting dog by Skylab the Dog
Standing dog by Skylab the Dog
Walking dog by Skylab the Dog
Scratching itself dog by Skylab the Dog
Also walking around dog by Skylab the Dog
Lying down dog by Skylab the Dog
Other sitting dog by Skylab the Dog
Good dog by Skylab the Dog
Curious dog by Skylab the Dog
Chasing own tail dog by Skylab the Dog
Spaaaaace doooooog by Skylab the Dog
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
See the filming happen in person! Thursday 21 April 2022 at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London. ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-on/matt-parker
Original blog post about the book prices by Michael Eisen of the Eisen Lab, University of California, Berkeley. michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358
Wikipedia is a good place to start reading about the 2010 flash crash. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_flash_crash
Or read my book Humble Pi, obvs. mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Thanks to all of my Patreon supporters who mean I can mess around with animated videos like this. They are not economical to make otherwise. You too can help support me: patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything.
Animations and editing by William Marler http://wmad.co.uk
Music by Howard Carter
Voice work by Gemma Arrowsmith and Tom Crowley
Illustrations by Vicky Neville
Writing and shameless plugging by Matt Parker
Additional filming by Alex Genn-Bash
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Huge thanks to my patreon supporters who make this video possible. Join in and you can also help enable my ridiculous ideas: patreon.com/standupmaths
And if you are a patreon supporter and would like a piece of my working out: let me know! https://forms.gle/RsuU3dY1ZxG7hKEJ7
Volunteer to help out next time here: https://forms.gle/ypGENWgivE1WMTZZA
See more letters that Shanks sent the Royal Society over on Objectivity:
The Mathematical Spammer - youtube.com/watch?v=7yTXMeiVBCc
And I do some more maths about Shanks's other work on Numberphile.
Reciprocals of Prime Numbers - youtu.be/DmfxIhmGPP4
Thanks to Kepier School for letting us use their hall. kepier.com
The human calculator volunteers were:
Anitej Banerjee
Sam Basak
Thomas Beauchamp
Diana Bergerova
Lauren Billett
Sophie Bleau
Jasmine Burgess
Nick Campen
Hannah Charman
Matt Clough
Kelsey Hewitt
Max Hughes
Ben Hughes
Deanna Judd
Jeremy Kew
Christian Lawson-Perfect
Sophie Maclean
Max McCormick
Hazel Minty
Tilly Pitt
Matt Robinson
Matthew Scroggs
Richard Shackleton
Katie Steckles
Victoria Sun
Milosz Szymanski
Adam Townsend
Clare Wallace
Thanks specifically to the Council of Calculating Pi By Hand who helped me organise the event: James Grime, Christian Lawson-Perfect, Sophie Maclean, Matthew Scroggs, Ben Sparks and Katie Steckles.
CORRECTIONS
- We got pi wrong in the 12 decimal place. Apparently π ≠ 3.14159265358868...
- Viewer einyen1 is a true Shanks: they spotted two other mistakes in the printed version of pi. Thankfully William Shanks had them fixed back in 1873: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1873.0010
- Let me know if you spot anything else!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Additional filming by James Hennessy
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
HIDING IN THE CREDITS BY T̸̝̉H̵͘ͅĖ̸̯ ̵͕̆M̶̙̉I̴͈̅GHT̵̠̀Ẏ̷̳ ̵̘͑J̶̼̭͗Ì̸̼̘G̶̳̈́
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
If you are need of urgent mental health support please check for crisis help lines available in your country.
USA: mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help
UK: nhs.uk/mental-health/advice-for-life-situations-and-events/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health
Plus if you are in Europe you can search Mental Health Europe: mhe-sme.org
Get your free piece of the thumbnail puzzle over on Maths Gear. One each etc; no trying to game the system. Use the discount code "JIGGIVES" and the piece will magically be free. mathsgear.co.uk/products/jigsaw-piece-stand-up-maths-video
Here is the Jigsaw Jigsaw on Maths Gear: mathsgear.co.uk/products/jigsaw-jigsaw
Check out Karen's original video about the Jigsaw Jigsaw. And if you like puzzles: subscribe!
youtube.com/watch?v=G09ykdgk_iY&ab_channel=KarenPuzzles
Watch the unedited version of the opening shot where I build the thumbnail puzzle: youtu.be/QcvHc09Hjws
You can buy any of the puzzles in this video on eBay, all money going to WaterAid. ebay.co.uk/usr/standupmaths
The code for JIG is up on the standupmaths github. github.com/standupmaths/JigsawInferenceGizmo
This is Helen Grant's tweet from back in 2018. twitter.com/helengrantsays/status/1026085652318879745
Thanks as always to my Patreon supporters who enable this behaviour. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- At 22:31 I say “214” but the correct number on the screen is “2014”. First spotted by coolpeepsunite who really wanted to be in the corrections.
- Let me know if you spot any other mistakes!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Puzzle animations by William Marler
Maths graphics by Sam Hartburn
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
JIG was given life by Matt Parker
Jigsaw calculations by JIG
Jigsaw opinions and thoughts and feelings by JIG
JIG was upgraded by Matt Parker
Video description written by JIG
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Continue this video on Steve Mould Shorts: youtube.com/shorts/267MQF1z2PU
And then on Numberphile 2: youtu.be/2XKuG7cA03A
This video featured these humans. If you enjoyed their clip here: please do visit their channel and subscribe to them. Let's keep the edu-tuber community growing!
James Grime - youtube.com/singingbanana
Katie Steckles - youtube.com/KatieSteckles
Steve Mould - youtube.com/SteveMould
Ben Sparks - youtube.com/SparksMaths
Ayliean MacDonald - youtube.com/Ayliean
Grant '3Blue1Brown' - youtube.com/3blue1brown
Brady 'Numberphile' - youtube.com/numberphile
Hannah Fry - youtube.com/watch?v=Rzhpf1Ai7Z4
Simone Giertz - youtube.com/simonegiertz
Mehdi 'ElectroBOOM' - youtube.com/Electroboom
Mithuna 'Looking Glass Universe' - youtube.com/LookingGlassUniverse
Geoff Marshall - youtube.com/geofftech2
Jade 'Up and Atom' - youtube.com/UpandAtom
Jeremy Fielding - youtube.com/JeremyFieldingSr
Eddie Woo - youtube.com/misterwootube
Vi Hart - youtube.com/Vihart
Rohin 'Medlife Crisis' - youtube.com/MedlifeCrisis
'Tom Rocks Maths' - youtube.com/TomRocksMaths
Destin Sandlin - youtube.com/smartereveryday
Tom Scott - youtube.com/TomScottGo
and VFX by Eugénie Von Tunzelmann - imdb.com/name/nm1590981
Cheers to my Patreon supporters and everyone who supports all of the above content creators. We wouldn't have a such a variety of people doing this for a living if it was not for the dedicated audience who chip in. You can also help support and shape the videos I make: patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- Ok, I'll try to keep track of corrections but this one could be a wild ride. Let me know if you spot any significant mistakes!
- PS And I'll admit one correction right now: the titles claims 22 YouTubers but Ayliean is mainly a TikToker; Hannah Fry doesn't have her own channel and nor does Eugénie. But they all do loads of work on, in and with YouTube videos!
Filming of each clip was done by whoever is in the shot.
Editing by Alex Genn-Bash. It has aged him 22 years.
Stupid idea by Matt Parker with help from Steve Mould and Grant Sanderson.
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
English subtitles thanks to the world's greatest team of volunteers.
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Find your nearest Park Run: parkrun.com
Thanks to all of Geoff's running buddies for being involved. This is Matt's Runderground channel: youtube.com/c/runderground
Cheers to my Patreon supporters who keep this whole channel running. But not literally. You can also help support and shape the videos I make: patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- 10:49 Yes, I said "converges" by accident when filming and I dropped in a "diverges" in the edit. I don't think anyone will notice.
- I think my big divergent observation may not hold! Clarence Lam was the first to spot that the lead n out the front of the series can explain the increasing times without the series itself needing to diverge. I suspect there is still an argument to be made around the rate at which times go up outpacing n, but I’m not sure it’ll be super intuitive.
-Let me know if you spot any other mistakes!
Early morning filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Props by Matt Parker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
English subtitles by Max, Rob Macdonald, Eric Rodríguez and Matt Parker
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Here is Maths Fest! Live from the Royal Institution on Wednesday 9 February 2022, you can watch it anywhere in the world for up to a month after. Details: maths-fest.com/livestream
And if you missed the 2022 shows, we'll be doing more every year. http://maths-fest.com
Check out Danny Gonzalez's video "The Problem With Huge Giveaways On YouTube" where de does actually 'give away a Tesla'. The mathy bit with the whiteboard starts at 16:56: youtu.be/w_6HHWCdl7w?t=1016
And here is his whole gosh darn channel: youtube.com/Danny100
Cheers to my Patreon supporters who, and this is completely true, 0.3% of which are named "Greg". But whatever your name, you can also help support and shape the videos I make! patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- When I give the convergence range 0 - r - 1 at 17:53 it actually could be -1 - r - 1. Spotted by Dennis R.
- Let me know if you spot any more mistakes.
Editing under duress by Alex Genn-Bash
Maths by Matt Parker
Music by Howard Carter
"Music" by Howard Carter and Matt Parker
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
WHY DO I CALL MY FANS MATH?
Danny calls his "Greg" and I thought it would be funny. And all you have to do to join is hit subscribe and turn on notifications.
#mattparker
#dannygonzalez
Check out Ben Sparks’s campaign video on how the GeoGebra file was made! youtu.be/1KQ0NccasRA
And here is what you came for, the Harvard github with details on how to send me your effects as a CSV file. github.com/GSD6338/XmasTree
In short: each line of the CSV starts with a frame number and then R, G, B values (one 'column' each) for all of the LEDs in sequence. (You can see examples in the Harvard github.) Send them in by 09 January 2022 either directly on the standupmaths GitHub or email to matt+LEDs@standupmaths.com
You can get my tree's coordinates in GIFT format as either a CSV:
dropbox.com/s/lmccfutftplhh3b/coords_2021.csv?dl=0
Or a TXT file in the old format from last year:
dropbox.com/s/xkb55tzdsxb07m4/coords_2021.txt?dl=0
Plus I've put my auto-correcting code from this video up on my github (along with the GIFT coordinates). github.com/standupmaths/xmastree2021
Thanks to all of my Patreon supporters who keep my LED habit alive. You too can help support me: patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS:
- Yes, I say "squared" twice instead of "cubed". But I was thinking "cubed". You know I was.
- Not actually "within 10%" but actually I was off by 11.8%. Close enough.
- Let me know if you spot anything else wrong!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Terrible code by Matt Parker
SUM Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
We were on Hurtigruten's ship: the MS Roald Amundsen. It's an amazing ship and perfect for a trip of a lifetime like visiting Antarctica. You can check it out here: standupmaths.com/antarctica (I payed for the trip myself but I do get a referral fee if you book via that link.)
Here's the Time And Date map: timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2021-december-4
Yep, that's my wife: luciegreen.com
Thanks to all of my Patreon supporters who mean I can justify a massive trip like this to make videos. For the record: I didn't use Patreon money to pay for the trip. But it did help me justify making so many videos while I was there. You too can help support me: patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot any mistakes!
Filming by Matt Parker and Lucie Green
Editing by Matt Parker
SUM Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Here is all the integration you ever wanted over on my second channel: youtube.com/watch?v=ppmeoittHaI
Thanks to Ben Sparks for helping with all of the plots for this video. Ben's companion video on their channel here! youtu.be/I4fxSYHCa9Y
It's the Gamma Function of MathWorld, but look out for the off-by-one feature. mathworld.wolfram.com/GammaFunction.html
Cheers to all of my Patreon supporters who mean I can justify squeezing in one more video while I am technically away. We filmed this days before I left for Antarctica. I'm writing this blurb from the middle of the ocean right now. I mean, there is a ship between me and the water. So we're all good. But yes, as I was saying, thanks to my Patreon supporters! They have not paid for any of this trip, but knowing they are all out there helps me justify so much time spent making videos. You too can help me produce videos from all seven continents: patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything mistakes!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Animations and equations by Ben Sparks
Written and performed by Matt of the Antarctic
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
This video was inspired by an email from Sinhran Callahan and based largely on this MathPages post (but I've re-done and changed a bunch of the equations). mathpages.com/home/kmath351/kmath351.htm
No, Mattim is not open source. But Manim is. And Geogebra is also free.
github.com/3b1b/manim
geogebra.org
CORRECTIONS
- Nothing yet. Let me know if you spot any mistakes!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Plot animations by Matt Parker's terrible python code.
Actual maths animations by Sam Hartburn who used Geogebra like a professional.
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
This site was super helpful at explaining the history and math of apportionment. As always though, verify the specifics of the data yourself (but all the general points are definitely correct). maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/apportioning-representatives-in-the-united-states-congress-introduction
You want MY data? Come get my data. dropbox.com/s/o8bmzmwcpbl04vq/SUM_census_data.xlsx?dl=0
George Washington was voiced by my friend Ben Moor. They are in The Queen's Gambit!
The Voice of Alabama is voiced by The Voice of Alabama. They are in Alabama!
Thanks to all of my Patreon supporters who mean I can spend a silly amount of time on a video like this. So much time. So much historical data. You too can help support me: patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- I didn't bother showing me locking cell references in the animations. Things like "=B4/B2" should have been "=B4/$B$2" so I could drag the formula down. We took that out in the interest of clarity.
- Yes, at 13:20 I say "the divisor ceases to lose some of its strict meaning" which is the opposite of what I meant! the sentence needs but the one negative. Either of these would work: "the divisor loses some of its strict meaning" OR "the divisor ceases to have some of its strict meaning".
- Sorry, at 16:47 column D is wrong. These are different numbers using 880 but the values over in E use the correct 930. It's just a display issue and does not change the results (despite being a bit confusing!). Spotted by a few people including Thomas Klemm and AverageJon.
- People have mentioned that Theorem 2 (and the conclusion) from this 1974 paper by Balinski & Young has an Alabama-paradox-beating method. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.71.11.4602
- Let me know if you spot anything else.
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Animations by William Marler http://wmad.co.uk
Voice work by Ben Moor and Destin Sandlin. Yes, it was Destin. Well done on scrolling all the way down here to check.
SUM Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Hep Cats by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500022 Artist: http://incompetech.com
Against my better judgement, here is all the terrible python code I used to find the cosh curves. github.com/standupmaths/bubble-cosh
The Goldschmid point is at 0.5276973967
The bubble bursts at 0.6627434193
The working out steps I skipped are on the MathWorld Minimal Surface of Revolution page. mathworld.wolfram.com/MinimalSurfaceofRevolution.html
If you like some bikes with your gradients, check out Nico's 'Live To Ride' channel. youtube.com/user/NicoTurnerVideos
And as you may have noticed, the laser video with Seb is not out yet. I think it's going to trail this one by quite a while.
Thanks to all of my Patreon supporters funded this video. Normally I would just visit a maths museum and have a fun day out. But thanks to you all, I was able to hire a camera person to follow me around. Plus I did a day of prep-work writing code before my visit and a day of generating plots after the visit. That's thanks to Patreon. (Who am I kidding; I would have done the coding and plots anyway.) patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet: let me know if you spot any mistakes!
Filming and editing by Nico Turner
State-of-the-art computer simulations by Matt Parker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
This is Bec Hill.
youtube.com/channel/UC5_iLVNOt2i0fX57v8AjMEQ
http://www.bechillcomedian.com
Huge thanks to Sam Hartburn! Check out her posts on 'Rupert Polyhedra'.
samhartburn.co.uk/sh/rupert-polyhedra-cube
And here are her files on github: github.com/SamHartburn/RupertPolyhedra
Prince Rupert's Cube on Mathworld.
mathworld.wolfram.com/PrinceRupertsCube.html
My previous Halloween videos:
What is a Vampire Matrix? youtube.com/watch?v=9nogAYHmnNw
How to make a fold-and-cut bat! youtube.com/watch?v=1K-uEwD0OTg
Thanks to all of my Patreon supporters who mean I can waste a day wasting a pumpkin. You too can help support me: patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet: let me know if you spot any mistakes!
Filming and editing by Matt Parker
Opening titles by Alex Genn-Bash
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Huge thanks to Richard Garriott de Cayeux and the whole team.
richardgarriott.com
Here is the raw data as a CSV or you can download my Excel spreadsheet.
dropbox.com/s/6lvnqayp7k2ibr7/Flere_03Mar_1_2021.csv?dl=0
dropbox.com/s/b9s4lyb77giy83q/Flere_03Mar_1_2021_MATT.xlsx?dl=0
Video of me double-checking the units will be here shortly: patreon.com/standupmaths
Behold the TRITON 36000/2
caladanoceanic.com/home/technology/sub
"Revised depth of the Challenger Deep from submersible transects; including a general method for precise, pressure-derived depths in the ocean"
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063721001813
All the Gibbs SeaWater Oceanographic Toolbox details you could ever want!
teos-10.org/pubs/gsw/html/gsw_contents.html
Thanks to all of my Patreon supporters funded the DSV Unrealistic. You too can help support me and be part of such cutting-edge fictitious research and development. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- At 14:13 I say the mass "of the submersible" when I should be talking about the mass of water above the submersible.
-At 31:34 I say "grams" instead of "kilograms". Which takes some of the air out of my unit bashing.
- Let me know if you spot any other mistakes!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Additional footage and photos thanks to Richard Garriott de Cayeux
DSV Unrealistic by Jennie Vallis
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Details about Jane Street + University of Oxford’s Black Academic Futures Scholarships: http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduate-study/jane-street-graduate-scholarships
Huge thanks to Sebastian Stamminger and Daniel Pape from TNG for all of their help.
TNG: tngtech.com
Big Techday: tngtech.com/tng-ueber-uns/bigtechday.html
Here is James Grime talking ABC. youtu.be/RkBl7WKzzRw
Manim “math animation” community version: https://www.manim.community
Grant of 3blue1brown fame: youtube.com/c/3blue1brown
This video was made possible by my Patreon supporters who this time only had to buy me some wooden blocks Lego. They also helped stress-test the ABC site before the video was released. You can also help support and shape the videos I make! patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- Yes, the Big Techday was actually two weeks ago. We had unavoidable website issues so this video just had to wait patiently.
- Let me know if you spot any other mistakes!
Editing, filming and Lego gluing by Alex Genn-Bash
Manim by Sebastian Stamminger
Site coding by Daniel Pape
Stop-motion by Matt Parker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
waterstones.com/book/rutherford-and-frys-complete-guide-to-absolutely-everything-abridged/adam-rutherford/hannah-fry/2928377065652
amazon.co.uk/dp/1787632636
If you have a spare 2⅔ hours you can watch Matt hand craft a protractor. Yes, I know the audio is glitchy. youtu.be/rSox1RRbxXA
More about Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni: mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Al-Biruni
This video was made possible by my Patreon supporters for. Those cocktails were officially on you. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet! Let me know if you spot any mistakes.
Editing and filming by Trunkman Productions trunkman.co.uk
Protractors by Matt Parker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
And cheers to Maddie for being my number one bee friend. She made a video on the same day which you should absolutely check out. Her whole channel is fab. youtu.be/gMa1y_vrmzM
Huge thanks to Black Bee Honey for letting us annoy their bees. blackbeehoney.com
And thanks to Vincent for talking to me about bees. http://chittkalab.sbcs.qmul.ac.uk/VinceGallo/VAG.html
This video was made possible by my Patreon supporters for whom I will risk more than bees. You can also help support and shape the videos I make! patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet! Let me know if you spot any mistakes.
Editing and filming while covered in bees by Alex Genn-Bash
Additional filming and bee angering by Greg Foot
Cardboard models by Matt Parker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
UPDATE: We have a proof that if a cable goes back and forth under a handle an equal number of times it can always be removed! Thanks to Henry Segerman. (It does assume the cord itself is not knotted.) dropbox.com/s/h8r1wk7qo1wwv71/Plug%20Handle%20Puzzle.pdf?dl=0
Huge thanks to Susan Okereke for helping out with the video. dothemathsthing.com
Check out her podcast with Bobby Seagull: Maths Appeal
youtube.com/channel/UCAScbgd_NlV99YSTK_pwfAQ
https://m.soundcloud.com/mathsappeal
This is the reddit post Steve mentioned. reddit.com/r/blackmagicfuckery/comments/kf65yo/dont_snip_use_sorcery
Whitehead link
mathworld.wolfram.com/WhiteheadLink.html
Cheers to my Patreon supporters. Without them I could not have afforded Steve's exorbitant YouTube consultancy rates. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- I never make mistakes.
Filming by Steve Mould, Alex Genn-Bash and Matt Parker
Editing by by Alex Genn-Bash
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
This is the GeoGebra file Sam Hartburn made for me:
geogebra.org/m/pffgbck8
Here is The Coding Train's first part of the Super Shape series.
youtube.com/watch?v=z86cx2A4_3E
I mentioned the these old videos of mine:
Ellipses and perimeters youtube.com/watch?v=5nW3nJhBHL0
Generalising fibonacci youtube.com/watch?v=ghxQA3vvhsk
Lemniscate on MathWorld
mathworld.wolfram.com/Lemniscate.html
This is a really good write-up about Gauss and the Arithmetic-Geometric Mean.
https://homepage.univie.ac.at/tomack.gilmore/papers/Agm.pdf
This is a nice related problem about the area v perimeter of a squircle.
johndcook.com/blog/2019/04/11/dido-problem
Cheers to my Patreon supporters for whom I have dedicated one digit of Gauss's constant each. It was their inspiration who made me do the 'multiple Matts' thing. You can also help support and shape the videos I make! patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- If you feel a sense of déjà vu: yes, the two sections at 16:13 and 16:45 cover the same content. I tried saying it two different ways and we accidentally left both in the edit. So, let's call that 'buy one get one free' sale on learning.
- At 21:42 I say "geometric mean" instead of "arithmetic mean". And that is probably not the only time. These words have lost all meaning to me.
- The Patreon credits stop early! Long story. I'll explain on Patreon.
- Let me know if you spot any other mistakes.
Crazy amount of editing and meshing of footage by Alex Genn-Bash
Maths graphics by Sam Hartburn and Matt Parker
Kitchen by Carrie and Nina
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
Here are my files with all the distances and angles on a keyboard.
http://pi-ratebay.com/files/all_keyboard_distances.txt
http://pi-ratebay.com/files/all_keyboard_angles.txt
If you want the original coordinates of all keys, I'm pretty sure you can find that on http://pi-ratebay.com
Thanks to everyone who made those ridiculous Mathematics He Wrote opening titles possible. The folder was crafted by Lisa Mathers, the SUM theme was one again remixed by Howard Carter and the whole thing was directed by Alex Genn-Bash. I did all my own typing.
For my word list I used "words_alpha.txt" from here: github.com/dwyl/english-words
Here is Sam Hartburn's cross product Geogebra file: geogebra.org/m/ez7sqwxw
If you like word fun, you should check out Word Ways. All the editions are available free online. Here is the one I showed: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol32/iss4/13/
The tshirt I'm wearing is 'Focal Point' which has sadly been discontinued by Ugmonk: ugmonk.com/products/focal-point
Thanks to all my Patreon supporters who help make these videos possible. If you can't find your name in the credits, I'll be handing out distances over here: patreon.com/posts/55048738
CORRECTIONS:
- Urg, at 05:46 Pythagoras is accidentally spelled as “Pythagorus”. That’s not a joke; legit mistake. I’ve made a real uss of myself.
- At 09:57 I say PAPAL averages 13.1cm "per journey" when I should have said "per letter". Consider this my confession.
- At 3:40 I say "So the top 4 rows, now including the letters" but I meant “now including the digits". But what are digits if not fancy letters? Spotted by Trimutius.
- Let me know if you spot any other mistakes!
And here are most of the words mentioned in this video:
MINIMUM (distance = 248.0mm, angle = 77.4°)
DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE (distance = 2119.5mm, angle = 1548.0°)
ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM (distance = 2031.8mm, angle = 1229.3°)
SUPERINCOMPREHENSIBLENESS (distance = 1665.5mm, angle = 1090.4°)
PALAPALA (distance = 1112.9mm, angle = 19.6°)
PAPAL (distance = 655.7mm, angle = 6.5°)
PAPA (distance = 503.3mm, angle = 0.0°)
AS (distance = 19.1mm, angle = 0.0°)
ASS (distance = 19.1mm, angle = 0.0°)
POO (distance = 19.1mm, angle = 0.0°)
POOP (distance = 38.1mm, angle = 0.0°)
DEESS (distance = 43.4mm, angle = 50.9°)
WEEDS (distance = 57.7mm, angle = 180.0°)
WEEWEE (distance = 57.2mm, angle = 0.0°)
WEEWEED (distance = 76.8mm, angle = 104.0°)
DISMANTLEMENT (distance = 1124.2mm, angle = 143.3°)
SPA (distance = 316.6mm, angle = 0.8°)
FUZZ (distance = 162.8mm, angle = 0.9°)
GAZOGENE (distance = 523.5mm, angle = 310.3°)
SCHIZOGONY (distance = 638.2mm, angle = 407.0°)
WAYZGOOSE (distance = 502.8mm, angle = 294.0°)
OUTREACH (distance = 255.3mm, angle = 878.2°)
ETHMOIDS (distance = 278.4mm, angle = 798.9°)
NONMISCHIEVOUSNESS (distance = 965.9mm, angle = 1068.5°)
NONSUBSTITUTIONARY (distance = 989.4mm, angle = 1038.4°)
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Props by Lisa Mathers
Geogebra by Sam Hartburn
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
All typing by Matt Parker
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
You can watch the original live-stream of the trick here. I actually did it twice! Yeah, now you're convinced, you sceptical bunch you. youtu.be/hlsN32dBCHQ
Here is my previous video about perfect bridge deals. youtube.com/watch?v=s9-b-QJZdVA
52-Card Perfect Shuffles on Numberphile. youtube.com/watch?v=Y2lXsxmBx7E
The Solutions to Elmsley’s Problem by Persi Diaconis & Ron Graham. https://statweb.stanford.edu/~cgates/PERSI/papers/pre-elmsley.pdf
Thanks to Cameron Zach for being the first to send me a valid new solution to Elmsley’s Problem. Here is their code: dropbox.com/s/na4t1j0ksajaapa/shortest_shuffles.py?dl=0
Maths on the Back of an Envelope by Rob Eastaway. mathsgear.co.uk/products/signed-copy-of-maths-on-the-back-of-an-envelope
All the fancy animations are done by William Marler. To see more: check out their Learn With Will channel. youtube.com/channel/UCJg0GwRpaD9W8W9RYB0KeVQ/featured
Thanks to all of my Patreon supporters who made up much of the live audience for the trick. You too can help support me and get advanced warning of other such things! patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet: let me know if you spot any mistakes!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Amazing animations by Willian Marler
Other adequate graphics by Matt Parker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
If you are need of urgent mental health support please check for crisis help lines available in your country.
USA: mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help
UK: nhs.uk/mental-health/advice-for-life-situations-and-events/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health
Do check out Jordan Ellenberg's book Shape. This video was inspired by Chapter 2.
nytimes.com/2021/06/21/books/review/jordan-ellenberg-shape.html
jordanellenberg.com/book/shape
Support me on Patreon and I will post you a free torus balloon. I hope I don't regret this. patreon.com/standupmaths
Here is Sam Hartburn's geogebra file: geogebra.org/m/yjtjxr2n
Trouser animations thanks to:
Bentley Davis https://BentleyDavis.com
Em Raymond twitter.com/techcavy
Kalina Panteleeva instagram.com/kalinadoescg/?hl=en
Thanks to Visual Topology & Geometry for "Punctured torus homeomorphism". youtube.com/watch?v=tz3QWrfPQj4
Me cutting two joined cylinders in half way back in 2015. Good times. (At 29:29.) youtu.be/1wAaI_6b9JE?t=1769
CORRECTIONS:
- When talking about the Euler Characteristic of the torus at 16:29 I say the value of zero is "only on our friend the torus" which is technically wrong. In the moment I was just talking about the sphere and the torus but loads of other shapes have an Euler Characteristic of zero. Like the cylinder.
- I'm undecided if the string method of thinking about holes at 17:04 was helpful. I could have talked about the dimension of the boundary manifold, but that felt like I was repeating the previous bit too much and wanted a different way to think about it. Not sure if this counts as a 'correction' per se, but I just needed to talk to someone about it. Thanks for listening.
- Let me know if you spot any other mistakes!
Filming and trouser sewing by Alex Genn-Bash
Editing by Michelle Martin
Graphics by Sam Hartburn
Doughnuts later eaten by Matt Parker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/products/5b9fa76f230ffa140094dc43
Nerdy maths toys: http://mathsgear.co.uk
https://people.math.sc.edu/filaseta/ConsecutiveDigitallyDelicatePrimes2021.pdf
Data from the paper:
https://people.math.sc.edu/filaseta/ConsecutiveWDDPrimes.html
Here is the bonus footage. youtu.be/wtzgbJuHSfM
And yes, the theme song (along with the remix) is on Bandcamp as 'pay what you want'. So you can download for free, or pay something to help support the channel. standupmaths.bandcamp.com/track/digits-are-forever-inc-prime-remix
More than ever, thank you to my Patreon supporters for making this video possible. It is also their fault that the next SUM-007 will be called "The Spy Who Loved e". They got to vote on ten pun titles and "The Spy Who Loved e" beat second-place "No Time to π" 239 votes to 226. patreon.com/posts/53485855
Help support and shape the videos I make! patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- At 00:33 there is a "33" which should be "53". Mistake first spotted by Andrew Foong but I'm going to claim it's some hidden message about the number 33.
- I say k is a "positive integer" a bunch when it should be "non-negative integer" to include zero. Like at 06:30, 08:48 and 14:35 (thanks Martijn Oostrom!). The formal statement on-screen at 17:15 is the official correct version showing that n is positive but k is non-negative.
- Robin Houston noticed that the on-screen text at 4:19 says Erdös instead of Erdős. Excuse me while I delete the whole channel.
- Let me know if you spot any more mistakes!
As always: thanks to Jane Street who support my channel. They're amazing.
janestreet.com
Music by Howard Carter
Lyrics and vocals by Helen Arney
Animations by William Marler
Filming and editing by Matt Parker
Maths graphics by Sam Hartburn and Matt Parker
Colour grading by Alex Genn-Bash
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback