Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Get a signed first edition of Love Triangle from Maths Gear: mathsgear.co.uk/products/love-triangle-by-matt-parker-signed
All UK options: penguin.co.uk/books/443151/love-triangle-by-parker-matt/9780241505694
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Huge thanks to Rollie and Jenn. Check out their videos on the diamond system.
youtu.be/PW_pSnZ1BAk
youtu.be/KBCwU8Uno9A
Rollie's Climate Town videos: youtube.com/@ClimateTown
Rollie is an average pool player: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqVm2hbVs27MbFKr7IqZMuqgXjvMJ7pa0&si=4gGhuM3KGrr0Y-VH
Jenn's pool videos: tiktok.com/@jenn9mmbarretta
We filmed at Jenn's fantastic venue: Skyline Billiards and Bar. You should go there! skylinebilliards.com
And that Grant guy makes some pretty good math videos: youtube.com/@3blue1brown
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. Whenever I bounce off them they give me plenty of spin. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming by Alex Genn-Bash
Editing by Gus Melton
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
Playing darts in the background out of focus: Bec Hill
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: 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 a signed first edition of Love Triangle from Maths Gear: mathsgear.co.uk/products/love-triangle-by-matt-parker-signed
All UK options: penguin.co.uk/books/443151/love-triangle-by-parker-matt/9780241505694
All USA options: bit.ly/3wCTesR
Huge thanks to Rollie and Jenn. Check out their videos on the diamond system.
youtu.be/PW_pSnZ1BAk
youtu.be/KBCwU8Uno9A
Rollie's Climate Town videos: youtube.com/@ClimateTown
Rollie is an average pool player: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqVm2hbVs27MbFKr7IqZMuqgXjvMJ7pa0&si=4gGhuM3KGrr0Y-VH
Jenn's pool videos: tiktok.com/@jenn9mmbarretta
We filmed at Jenn's fantastic venue: Skyline Billiards and Bar. You should go there! skylinebilliards.com
And that Grant guy makes some pretty good math videos: youtube.com/@3blue1brown
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. Whenever I bounce off them they give me plenty of spin. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming by Alex Genn-Bash
Editing by Gus Melton
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
Playing darts in the background out of focus: Bec Hill
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: 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







![Eclipses can be approximated the same way as π. [ONE TAKE!]
Huge thanks to Destin for the chat and footage. Check out their video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk0MRxXqo9s
I was at the 2 July 2019 total solar eclipse in Argentina: 30°4107.6S 68°2850.2W
My old video Solar Eclipse Maths and the Cosmic Coincidence of the Saros Cycle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieUvzy6rnnw
Weve made some Think Maths teaching resources on approximating pi with a continued fraction.
http://think-maths.co.uk/standupmaths-videos?yt-pi-approx#pi-approx
The wikipedia page on solar eclipse cycles is actually pretty good.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_cycle
Wolfram Alpha can sort you out for all your continued fraction needs.
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=continued+fraction+%5B3;+7,+15,+1%5D
And this is the page with more about continued fractions than youll ever want to know.
http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/cfINTRO.html
CORRECTIONS
- I misspoke a couple of times (303 instead of 333, 2023 instead of 2022) but the correct number was always onscreen. Thats what I get for doing it all in one take!
- Yes, I mooned the camera. Im just that on theme.
- Let me know if you spot anything else!
Thanks as always for Jane Street being my principal sponsor.
https://www.janestreet.com/
Thanks to my Patreon supporters who help make these videos possible. Here is a random subset:
Mauro Cioni
Emily Dingwell
Terence Crisp
Alan McNea
Colin Williams
Support my channel and I can make more maths videos:
https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths
Filming and editing by Matt Parker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com/
Maths book: http://wwwh.umble-pi.com
Nerdy maths toys: http://mathsgear.co.uk/ Eclipses can be approximated the same way as π. [ONE TAKE!]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h9FZgaPdIuY/mqdefault.jpg)


![The sorting algorithm that shouldn’t.
Click this link https://boot.dev/?promo=STANDUPMATHS and use my code STANDUPMATHS to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev
Stanley P. Y. Fung’s original paper can be found here:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.01111
Along with an addendum to paper answering all of your burning questions here:
https://www.cs.le.ac.uk/people/pyf1/sorting.html
The viral video of sorting algorithms visualiser and sonifier is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPRA0W1kECg
And more info on the sonifier:
https://panthema.net/2013/sound-of-sorting/
If you want some info on genuinely useful sorting algorithms the check out Boot.Dev’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?is=mIPDDmyo9IP5iaeZ&v=GMV7ycKZ-mM&feature=youtu.be
Thank you to Andy Chisholm for creating the brilliant sound effects for the SWAP graphic. Find him over at www.andychisholm.com
For more unnecessary detail, tickets for upcoming London (including on September 7th) shows are available here: https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/tickets/
Also Im touring the UK again for the final time with Getting Triggy With It this Autumn. Its a short tour, so get your tickets here: https://standupmaths.com/shows/
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters.There is no sorting algorithm I have yet found which could put them in order. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- Thanks to a few people for pointing out my dry-wipe pseudo-code for Bubble Sort is a bit out. where it says if i [greater than] i+1 it should read if L[I] [greater than] L[i+1]”. Also this correction should use the greater than symbol but YouTube wont let me put them in.
Filming by Alex Genn-Bash
Editing by Gus Melton
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Directed by Rhys Jones
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com/
Click this link https://boot.dev/?promo=STANDUPMATHS and use my code STANDUPMATHS to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev
Stanley P. Y. Fung’s original paper can be found here:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.01111
Along with an addendum to paper answering all of your burning questions here:
https://www.cs.le.ac.uk/people/pyf1/sorting.html
The viral video of sorting algorithms visualiser and sonifier is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPRA0W1kECg
And more info on the sonifier:
https://panthema.net/2013/sound-of-sorting/
If you want some info on genuinely useful sorting algorithms the check out Boot.Dev’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?is=mIPDDmyo9IP5iaeZ&v=GMV7ycKZ-mM&feature=youtu.be
Thank you to Andy Chisholm for creating the brilliant sound effects for the SWAP graphic. Find him over at www.andychisholm.com
For more unnecessary detail, tickets for upcoming London shows are available here: https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/tickets/
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters.There is no sorting algorithm I have yet found which could put them in order. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming by Alex Genn-Bash
Editing by Gus Melton
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Directed by Rhys Jones
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com/ The sorting algorithm that shouldn’t.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ixXOUeBOPJw/mqdefault.jpg)