Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We were on Hurtigruten's ship: the MS Roald Amundsen. It's an amazing ship and perfect for a trip of a lifetime like visiting Antarctica. You can check it out here: standupmaths.com/antarctica (I payed for the trip myself but I do get a referral fee if you book via that link.)
Here's the Time And Date map: timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2021-december-4
Yep, that's my wife: luciegreen.com
Thanks to all of my Patreon supporters who mean I can justify a massive trip like this to make videos. For the record: I didn't use Patreon money to pay for the trip. But it did help me justify making so many videos while I was there. You too can help support me: patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot any mistakes!
Filming by Matt Parker and Lucie Green
Editing by Matt Parker
SUM Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
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
We were on Hurtigruten's ship: the MS Roald Amundsen. It's an amazing ship and perfect for a trip of a lifetime like visiting Antarctica. You can check it out here: standupmaths.com/antarctica (I payed for the trip myself but I do get a referral fee if you book via that link.)
Here's the Time And Date map: timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2021-december-4
Yep, that's my wife: luciegreen.com
Thanks to all of my Patreon supporters who mean I can justify a massive trip like this to make videos. For the record: I didn't use Patreon money to pay for the trip. But it did help me justify making so many videos while I was there. You too can help support me: patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot any mistakes!
Filming by Matt Parker and Lucie Green
Editing by Matt Parker
SUM Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
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




![2019 facts in 2 mins 19 seconds
Huge thanks to Inder Taneja for crunching the numbers. I asked for a few number facts: they produced a whole paper.
Inders work on their site: https://inderjtaneja.com/2018/12/31/2019-in-numbers/
The full PDF: https://zenodo.org/record/2529103
Here are text version you can copy of all the facts in the video:
2019 =
(2×22+2/2)^2 −2−2−2
1+(1+1)^11 − (11−1)×(1+1+1)
9+(9999−9) / 9+9×99+9
(aaaaa−a)×(a+a)−a×aa / a×aa
1+2×34+5×6×(7×8+9)
98+7+65+43^2×1
−1×(2+3)+√[4^(5+6)]−7−8−9
√9+8−7+65×(4+3^(2+1))
(1+2)×(3!!−4!−5+6−7−8−9)
9+(8+7)×(6!/5−4−3−2−1)
0^3 + 1^8 + 2^7 − 3^9 + 4^6 + 5^4 + 6^2 + 7^5 + 8^1 + 9^0
1^4 + 2^4 + 3^4 + 5^4 + 6^4
√[1155^2 + 1656^2]
CORRECTIONS
- Ive just noticed the descending square-root sequence still uses concatenation. Sorry. If you find a better version give me a shout.
- Torin Storkey was the first to suggest the solution for zero is: 0! + 0! + 0! + 0! + 0! + 0! + … + 0! = 2019
- Let me know if you spot anything else!
For the first time: Im using the frame from the video youtube automatically picked as the default thumbnail. I cant do better than that.
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Alan McNea
Laura
Brandon Steed
Rick de Bruijne
Alex Hackman
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Music by Howard Carter
Filming and editing by Matt Parker
Design by Simon Wright
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com/
Maths book: http://wwwh.umble-pi.com
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