Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Learn more and apply to Jane Street’s WiSE program in New York, London, or Hong Kong:
jane-st.co/SUM-WiSE-2026

There is just enough time to support the tour filming Kickstarter before it closes, for ridiculous perks: kickstarter.com/projects/standupmaths/getting-triggy-with-it

And you can be there for the filming or the pre-filming tour in October: standupmaths.com/shows

Check out Noel Friedrich's video about how annoying this paper series is: youtube.com/watch?v=zDKBCIMkDbw
This is Noel's github with their code and more material: github.com/noel-friedrich/paper-packing

Here is Scroggs’s Rectangle Filler: github.com/mscroggs/rectangle-filler

Thanks to Ewan and the crew at Edinburgh Copyshop for supplying hundreds of A9s and A10s when no one else would. edinburghcopyshop.co.uk

Ayliean visited the missing bridge! youtube.com/watch?v=NXDYr8v0igM

Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They are all A1 people. 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: standupmaths.com