Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The master of learning himself – @MikeBoyd – teaches me how to code in Python by writing a simple algorithm to find a sum of 3 cubes equal to the first 100 positive integers.
The approach follows that of Miller and Woollett (1955). Read the paper explaining the method for yourself here: tomrocksmaths.files.wordpress.com/2022/10/journal-of-london-math-soc-january-1955-miller-solutions-of-the-diophantine-equation-x3-y3-z3-k.pdf
This video was recorded in Oxford when Mike came to visit to take a mock maths admissions interview. You can see how he did here: youtube.com/watch?v=qxM7Dr5iPWA
You can also watch Tom teach Mike how to pass the Oxford Maths Admissions Test (MAT) here: youtube.com/watch?v=_deqsuKIf_o
Learn more about Mike by watching him in an episode of ‘Maths Speed Dating’ with Tom here: youtube.com/watch?v=BQnQsa-VDeg
Thanks to Kim Boyd for filming.
Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is an Early-Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow at St Edmund Hall: seh.ox.ac.uk/people/tom-crawford
For more maths content check out Tom's website
tomrocksmaths.com
You can also follow Tom on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @tomrocksmaths.
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The master of learning himself – @MikeBoyd – teaches me how to code in Python by writing a simple algorithm to find a sum of 3 cubes equal to the first 100 positive integers.
The approach follows that of Miller and Woollett (1955). Read the paper explaining the method for yourself here: tomrocksmaths.files.wordpress.com/2022/10/journal-of-london-math-soc-january-1955-miller-solutions-of-the-diophantine-equation-x3-y3-z3-k.pdf
This video was recorded in Oxford when Mike came to visit to take a mock maths admissions interview. You can see how he did here: youtube.com/watch?v=qxM7Dr5iPWA
You can also watch Tom teach Mike how to pass the Oxford Maths Admissions Test (MAT) here: youtube.com/watch?v=_deqsuKIf_o
Learn more about Mike by watching him in an episode of ‘Maths Speed Dating’ with Tom here: youtube.com/watch?v=BQnQsa-VDeg
Thanks to Kim Boyd for filming.
Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is an Early-Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow at St Edmund Hall: seh.ox.ac.uk/people/tom-crawford
For more maths content check out Tom's website
tomrocksmaths.com
You can also follow Tom on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @tomrocksmaths.
facebook.com/tomrocksmaths
twitter.com/tomrocksmaths
instagram.com/tomrocksmaths
Get your Tom Rocks Maths merchandise here:
beautifulequations.net/collections/tom-rocks-maths
