The Troublemaker Number - Numberphile

Dr Harini Desiraju discusses Somos Sequences and a number which breaks a streak. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Dr Harini Desiraju is a postdoctoral fellow at The University of Sydney. This video was recorded at MSRI. Like sequences - see these videos with Neil Sloane: http://bit.ly/Sloane_Numberphile Numberphile is supported...

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A number NOBODY has thought of - Numberphile

Featuring Tony Padilla. Check https://brilliant.org/numberphile for Brilliant and get 20% off their premium service (episode sponsor) More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Tony at the University of Nottingham - https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/antonio.padilla Order Tony's book Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them:...

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Two Candles, One Cake (Part 2) - Numberphile

Ben Sparks continuing from Part 1, which is at: https://youtu.be/FkVe8qrT0LA Go deeper with Ben's explanation at https://youtu.be/0eqBG6lz2mE More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Ben Sparks Numberphile playlist: http://bit.ly/Sparks_Playlist Ben on the Numberphile Podcast: https://youtu.be/-tGni9ObJWk Ben's website: https://www.bensparks.co.uk...

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Two Candles, One Cake - Numberphile

Featuring Ben Sparks. See part 2 at https://youtu.be/l5gUrDg01cQ More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Ben Sparks Numberphile playlist: http://bit.ly/Sparks_Playlist Ben on the Numberphile Podcast: https://youtu.be/-tGni9ObJWk Ben's website: https://www.bensparks.co.uk Ben's own YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNS_GTzkj_-qUoNAGaSX5jA...

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How to write 100,000,000,000,000 poems - Numberphile

Marcus du Sautoy on the clever use of mathematics to generate poetry... Episode sponsored by Backblaze online back-up - more at https://www.backblaze.com/numberphile More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ See an extra video with some example sonnets using famous numbers and combinations chosen by Patreon supporters: https://youtu.be/SqsH5K_M9Rs...

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Euler's Formula - Numberphile

Tom Crawford shows us some cool things about Euler's Formula... Check https://brilliant.org/numberphile for Brilliant and get 20% off their premium service (episode sponsor) More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Tom Crawford's website, with links to his work and other outreach: https://tomrocksmaths.com More Tom videos on Numberphile:...

Apr 2022

Drawing an Egg (with a Pentagon) - Numberphile

Featuring Johnny Ball... And see more about the egg formula at https://youtu.be/tjyFw1BX4eM More links about Johnny & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Johnny Ball website (with links to shows and other info): https://johnnyball.co.uk Johnny Ball books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3uMxB67 More Johnny Ball on Numberphile: https://bit.ly/Johnny_Ball...

Apr 2022

How do fish swim so quickly?

Featuring Tadashi Tokieda... Get 60% off your first box from MEL Science at https://melscience.com/sBEz/ and use code NUMBERPHILE60 (episode sponsor) More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Tadashi Tokieda is a professor of mathematics at Stanford University, specialising in applied mathematics. More videos with Tadashi: http://bit.ly/tadashi_vids...

Mar 2022

Twin Proofs for Twin Primes - Numberphile

With Ben Sparks... Check https://brilliant.org/numberphile for Brilliant and get 20% off their premium service (episode sponsor) More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Twin primes with James Maynard: https://youtu.be/QKHKD8bRAro Ben Sparks on the Numberphile Podcast: https://youtu.be/-tGni9ObJWk More Ben Sparks on Numberphile:...

Mar 2022

Big Factorials - Numberphile

Large factorials and the use of Stirling's Approximation. Featuring Professor Ken McLaughlin. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Professor McLaughlin is based at Colorado State University: https://www.math.colostate.edu/~kenmcl/ We filmed this during his time at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute. 69 Factorial:...

Mar 2022