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Which is your favourite - 2592 or uhtcearu? Cast your vote here: https://forms.gle/DM8HUWVseGYo6HCg9
This is the thirteenth round in the series - "Numbers vs. Words" - where Dr Tom Crawford and Susie Dent share some of their favourite numbers/words in a battle for your vote.
Results will be posted alongside the next round so keep an eye out to see if your favourite was the winner.
Full playlist of all rounds so far: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMCRxGutHqfn45EYuRQ48bEskAwg2jQwx
Round 1: 29 vs. "to lick something into shape" youtube.com/shorts/jxam_uihwlg
Roind 2: Binfluencer vs. 3435 youtube.com/shorts/iTDYm6TmfCg
Round 3: 6 vs. Went youtube.com/shorts/B-EQinext4I
Round 4: Mountweazel vs. 31,557,600 youtube.com/shorts/468_BzoJRLc
Round 5: 3999 vs. Stupific youtube.com/shorts/0e_eQHhQFi8
Round 6: 70 vs. Arseropes youtube.com/shorts/0Yxg2bQO9CY
Round 7: 676 vs OMG youtube.com/shorts/1Dfe3Ljz7hQ
Round 8: 1729 vs Aluminum youtube.com/shorts/7DubtxU2jo8
Round 9: 1,913,091,205 vs. Orange youtube.com/shorts/YEdEKMXlcAs
Round 10: 220 vs. Thing youtube.com/shorts/ayFO8WEcdB0
Round 11: 23 vs. Beck and Call youtube.com/shorts/4JevosKnGH0
Round 12: 117 Billion vs. Ruthful youtube.com/shorts/fkIQvSuTwXM
Susie is a lexicographer, etymologist and writer, best known as the expert in 'Dictionary Corner' on Countdown for over 30 years.
Dr Tom is the Public Engagement Lead and Departmental Lecturer in Mathematics at the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education. He is also a fellow at Robinson College, Cambridge. conted.ox.ac.uk/profiles/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
Support Tom's work via Patreon here: patreon.com/tomrocksmaths
Which is your favourite - 2592 or uhtcearu? Cast your vote here: https://forms.gle/DM8HUWVseGYo6HCg9
This is the thirteenth round in the series - "Numbers vs. Words" - where Dr Tom Crawford and Susie Dent share some of their favourite numbers/words in a battle for your vote.
Results will be posted alongside the next round so keep an eye out to see if your favourite was the winner.
Full playlist of all rounds so far: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMCRxGutHqfn45EYuRQ48bEskAwg2jQwx
Round 1: 29 vs. "to lick something into shape" youtube.com/shorts/jxam_uihwlg
Roind 2: Binfluencer vs. 3435 youtube.com/shorts/iTDYm6TmfCg
Round 3: 6 vs. Went youtube.com/shorts/B-EQinext4I
Round 4: Mountweazel vs. 31,557,600 youtube.com/shorts/468_BzoJRLc
Round 5: 3999 vs. Stupific youtube.com/shorts/0e_eQHhQFi8
Round 6: 70 vs. Arseropes youtube.com/shorts/0Yxg2bQO9CY
Round 7: 676 vs OMG youtube.com/shorts/1Dfe3Ljz7hQ
Round 8: 1729 vs Aluminum youtube.com/shorts/7DubtxU2jo8
Round 9: 1,913,091,205 vs. Orange youtube.com/shorts/YEdEKMXlcAs
Round 10: 220 vs. Thing youtube.com/shorts/ayFO8WEcdB0
Round 11: 23 vs. Beck and Call youtube.com/shorts/4JevosKnGH0
Round 12: 117 Billion vs. Ruthful youtube.com/shorts/fkIQvSuTwXM
Susie is a lexicographer, etymologist and writer, best known as the expert in 'Dictionary Corner' on Countdown for over 30 years.
Dr Tom is the Public Engagement Lead and Departmental Lecturer in Mathematics at the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education. He is also a fellow at Robinson College, Cambridge. conted.ox.ac.uk/profiles/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
Support Tom's work via Patreon here: patreon.com/tomrocksmaths

![Yang Mills Mass Gap Hypothesis with Martin Hairer (2014 Fields Medal)
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Professor Martin Hairer (Imperial College London, 2014 Fields Medal) explains his recent work on the million-dollar Yang Mills Equation to Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford.
Recorded at the 2024 Heidelberg Laureate Forum. Thanks to the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation.
Martin’s recent publications on the topic can be found at the links below.
Chandra, A., Chevyrev, I., Hairer, M. et al. Stochastic quantisation of Yang–Mills–Higgs in 3D. Invent. math. 237, 541–696 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00222-024-01264-2
Chandra, A., Chevyrev, I., Hairer, M. et al. Langevin dynamic for the 2D Yang–Mills measure. Publ.math.IHES 136, 1–147 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10240-022-00132-0
[8] arXiv:2411.03482
Ergodicity of 2D singular stochastic Navier-Stokes equations, Martin Hairer, Wenhao Zhao
Thanks to DeleteMe for sponsoring this video.
Other videos recorded at the 11th HLF.
Gerd Faltings (1986 Fields Medal): https://youtu.be/FVULa2yjUe0
Klein Bottles: https://youtu.be/gjbJB-YM7Rg
Po-Shen Loh: https://youtu.be/WTs5jpwqW4A
Previous videos recorded with Martin Hairer.
Random Tea: https://youtu.be/vDTqswT0ajk
Infinite Tetris: https://youtu.be/Z6XP3n-Sjiw
Brownian Castles: https://youtu.be/4jR8Sg4PYAA
Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is Public Engagement Lead at the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education: https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/profiles/tom-crawford
For more maths content check out Toms website https://tomrocksmaths.com/
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Oxford University Department of Continuing Education
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