Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Nathaniel Johnston's post on The Binary “Look-and-Say” Sequence:
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