Les meilleurs podcasts Stand Up Maths (2024)

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My UK election prediction was weirdly accurate: am I a mathematical genius? 25:46

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Go to https://ground.news/standup for a data-driven, objective way to stay fully informed on the issues most important to you. Save 40% on the Ground News unlimited access Vantage plan with my link.Thanks to Jop Schaap for analysing how lucky I was. See their report here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yrzp0z3r2u4dgistmtor1/Lucky_predictions_Jop_Sc…

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We shot a YouTube video about film formats on 35mm film 22:27

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If you'd like a piece of the film: support me on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/standupmathsThen sign up to get the physical film here: https://forms.gle/eNc46SgJW9bn3RaF6If you'd like to watch every last frame we shot, the complete scan of every roll of film is on my second channel. https://youtu.be/99ru8jtD7-4Comment below if you think there is…

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The Bingo Paradox: 3× more likely to win 30:15

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Details on where you can buy Love Triangle in the USA: https://bit.ly/3wCTesR Or if you just want it from Amazon, this is my affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4fy30Ph For people in Europe, signed UK copies are still available on Maths Gear: https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/love-triangle-by-matt-parker-signedThe box set you should not buy:https://achi…

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The search for the biggest shape in the universe. 18:49

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Love Triangle sweepstakes are open until Monday August 19th: https://sites.prh.com/love-triangle-sweepstakesDetails on where you can pre-order/buy Love Triangle: https://bit.ly/3wCTesR Or if you just want it from Amazon, this is my affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4fy30Ph For people in Europe, signed UK copies are still available on Maths Gear: http…

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Search for the mythological Klein-ing Frame 20:11

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Find out more about Jane Street's internships in Hong Kong and opportunities around the world! https://jane-st.co/hkginternship-sumVisit the Klein-ing Frame and the rest of the park yourself: http://www.infopia.net/create/index.htmlThis is the site and map I originally found.Site: https://polyhedra.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2019/04/post-87185f.htmlMap…

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The Greenwich Meridian is in the wrong place 25:07

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Pre-order Love Triangle anywhere, register for the sweepstakes here: https://sites.prh.com/love-triangle-sweepstakesDetails on where you can pre-order/buy Love Triangle: https://bit.ly/3wCTesROr if you just want it from Amazon, this is my affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4fy30PhFor people in Europe, signed UK copies are still available on Maths Gear…

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Surprise results I found as an election Count Agent 24:41

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Count Binface is on tour around the UK in September and October 2024. Details and tickets here: https://www.aegpresents.co.uk/event/count-binface/Tickets for An Evening of Unnecessary Detail NYC (and other London shows) here: https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/tickets/This is the website I scraped the election data from: https://whocanivotefor.co.…

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UK Election charts are a nightmare 28:16

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Vote Count Binface for Bindependence Day! https://youtu.be/YwnacH0VNhQ?si=1wamTebLkBfT_NfUMake your vote count. https://www.thisvotecounts.co.ukThanks to Dave Rowntree for taking time out on the campaign trail to help with this video: Dave Rowntree for Mid Sussex https://www.daverowntreeformidsussex.comThanks to Count Binface to for taking time out…

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Is pool actually just mathematics? 26:40

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Get a signed first edition of Love Triangle from Maths Gear: https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/love-triangle-by-matt-parker-signedAll UK options: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/443151/love-triangle-by-parker-matt/9780241505694All USA options: https://bit.ly/3wCTesRHuge thanks to Rollie and Jenn. Check out their videos on the diamond system.https://…

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Can you solve a 3,500-year-old maths puzzle? 21:12

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Pre-order a signed 1st edition of Love Triangle now: https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/love-triangle-by-matt-parker-signedAll UK options: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/443151/love-triangle-by-parker-matt/9780241505694All USA options: https://bit.ly/3wCTesRHugh thanks to the British Museum for getting the papyrus out of storage for me to see. You c…

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The shape that should be impossible. 26:01

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Get your Sydler-shape limited-edition dust jacket now! https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/love-triangle-by-matt-parker-signedHere is the bonus video with all the details: https://youtu.be/cB18rgH5YaMSee some of you at the Copenhagen Developers Festival, 28 August 2024https://cphdevfest.com/Thanks so much to Paul Catherall who made these beautiful pri…

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New 7-direction pencil model! 25:24

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Find out more about Jane Street’s programmes running across the world:https://bit.ly/sum-janestreet-programsIncluding the WiSE course which is open to self-identifying women and gender-expansive university students and incoming students: https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/programs-and-events/wise/Check out KangarooPhysics’ original gif sho…

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The mathematically impossible ball that shouldn’t exist. 19:29

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Sign the petition now! https://mathsballs.com/Pre-order Love Triangle to read about the Impossi-ball. https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/love-triangle-by-matt-parker-signed Check out Jon-Paul's balls: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonpaulsballsHuge thanks to Jon-Paul and Allison for making the ball and inviting us to their studio. https://12p.com/Thanks to…

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When a complicated proof simplifies everything 6:22

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Pre-order Love Triangle on Maths Gear now and get a signed copy! https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/love-triangle-by-matt-parker-signedAlso, a special book cover if you're fast enough. You'll be fast enough.Video was inspired by this r/mathematics post and the discussion it lead to: https://www.reddit.com/r/mathematics/s/UNJaYMGGtSHuge thanks to my P…

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The Minecraft boat-drop mystery 16:41

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Here is camman18's YouTube short about the mystery: https://youtube.com/shorts/WvyVFSOD-uM?si=yeOzmMj6BD0a0E3cHuge thanks to Natalie for sending it to me!This is the bug report Oliver found: https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-119369?focusedId=804740Explore floating point errors yourself using the IEEE-754 Floating Point Converter: https://www.h-schm…

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The biggest hand calculation in a century! [π Day 2024] 36:50

6M ago36:50

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Please note down the new value of pi: 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460955058223176If you'd like to sign up to hear about future ridiculous maths projects that require volunteers: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6Play list of all my previous calculati…

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Rotation without rotating. 16:52

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Check out Jane Street's excellent Academy of Math and Programming (AMP). https://bit.ly/sum-ampHere are Andrew Taylors slides on "Rotation with three shears". I saw him give this talk at the MathsJam Gathering 2023. The proof is on page 4. https://github.andrewt.net/shears/This is a nice introduction to the concept: https://cohost.org/tomforsyth/po…

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How long are the dodecahedron SPACE DIAGONALS 15:18

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Do check out my video with Adam Savage over on Tested: https://youtu.be/s_F4uD8wAs0Yes, I'm back in NYC for An Evening of Unnecessary Detail on Sunday April 14. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/matt-parker-an-evening-of-unnecessary-detail-tickets-847453715877?aff=oddtdtcreatorPre-order my new book! https://mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/lov…

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The beautiful maths which makes 5G faster than 4G, faster than 3G, faster than... 11:18

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Pre-order Love Triangle on Maths Gear now and get a signed copy! Also, a special book cover if you're fast enough. https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/love-triangle-by-matt-parker-signedUK edition out 20 June, pre-order options: https://bit.ly/UKLoveTriangleUSA edition out 20 August, pre-order options: https://bit.ly/3wCTesRHere are the fantastic GeoG…

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The 1,200 Year Maths Mistake 19:10

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See you all in Wemding, Germany in 2033 for the next installation of this inevitable maths mistake.Thanks to everyone involved with Zeitpyramide who were hugely welcoming and accomodating. Official Zeitpyramyde website: http://www.zeitpyramide.de/Check out Ayliean MacDonald's excellent work on TikTok and indeed YouTube:https://www.tiktok.com/@aylie…

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What's up with this strange number coincidence? 10:50

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Support "Doing Things the Hard Way Matt" on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/standupmathsFull video of Doing Things the Hard Way Matt doing things the hard way is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/watch-full-doing-98412935OEIS sequence A010527 "Decimal expansion of sqrt(3)/2"https://oeis.org/A010527Do support the OEIS! https://oeisf.org/don…

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Why do all shapes lie in the Polyhedron Plane? 24:01

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Check out AMP or suggest it to someone who could benefit. And here is the puzzle: https://bit.ly/sum-ampThanks to Jane Street for sponsoring this video! https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/I'll be doing An Evening of Unnecessary Detail at the Bristol Beacon, UK on Tuesday 12 March 2024. Come and celebrate Almost Pi Day with me! And celebrat…

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I use mothematics to find a new species and get it named after me. 21:30

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Watch this space for any updates on if the rainforest moths we found were new to science!Thanks to Rainforest Expeditions who organised our trip. https://www.rainforestexpeditions.com/Full disclosure: we paid for our flights to Peru but Rainforest Expeditions provided our visit into the rainforest for free. We visited the Tambopata Research Center …

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Why are the ice shelves collapsing? 18:58

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Yes, I'm doing a show in LA on Sunday January 7. It's a bit last-minute. Come and say hi! https://www.flapperscomedy.com/shows/an-evening-of-unnecessary-detail/72865/Huge thanks to Sammie for sharing her equations. Check out her work at Northumbria University: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/b/sammie-buzzard/"A Mathematical Model o…

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I designed a silly but semi-functional computer. 24:19

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Get your calculating christmas card! Support me on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/standupmathsAll Patreon supporters will be emailed a personalised card (deadline end of December, but sign up sooner for an earlier email) and "statistically significant" or higher get posted a physical signed card (deadline end of December but sign up by end of Nov…

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Chicago has a problem until the year 2083. 20:52

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You absolutely must check out the companion Climate Town video: https://youtu.be/fDx6no-7HZEHuge thanks to Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan, Matt Nelson and the whole Climate Town team. We had an unreasonable amount of fun planning and filming these videos. You should subscribe to their channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ClimateTown What, you already …

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Why does Vegas have its own value of pi? 23:29

11M ago23:29

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Here is the value of "Vegas Pi":3.1415926535897932384617153643678925903600116892589235420199561121968230301952035301852Read all about the Sphere and science:https://www.thespherevegas.com/scienceThanks to Linus Boman for the help! Check out their excellent videos: https://www.youtube.com/@LinusBomanHere is Linus's post on Mastodon with type nerds c…

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Unexpected Alignment of the World's Biggest Antiprism 15:54

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Check out Jane Street paid internships https://www.janestreet.com/internships (or pass on to someone you think would benefit from it).Huge thanks to Laura Taalman for joining me for a day of walking and math. You can see all things Taalman on her website including excellent 3D print files: https://mathgrrl.com/Next "An evening of Unnecessary Detail…

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A needlessly complicated but awesome bridge. 13:24

1y ago13:24

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The Einstein Hat Competition! https://momath.org/hatcontest/Thanks to Jane Street for supporting this video.https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/Stan Wagon has written an article about all of the maths involved in the bridge: https://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/2917199Designed by Thomas Randall-Page. https://www.thomasrandallpage.com/…

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Mirror-image Mirror Balls: introducing the Kite-Rhombus Hectapentacontahedron 11:17

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The Big Feastival is this weekend! https://thebigfeastival.com/ (Or if you are watching this in the future: some weekend in your subsequent August.) I'm there most years, come and say hi! In 2023 we're making a giant sun dial.Blur are on tour again and have a new album out! I've seen the show and listened to the album so can recommend both personal…

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An unexciting video about distance derivatives 23:41

1y ago23:41

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An exploration of distance, speed, acceleration and other members of the distance-derivatives family. With no need for any flashy gimmicks.Watch the Rapid Motion Through Space Documentary. https://youtu.be/NYDdHSXRQroHuge thanks to Cas Visser, Dom Wilson, Jan Wolf and everyone else who had a look at my giant csv of data and tried to help wrangle it…

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How many ways can you join regular pentagons? 24:02

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Thanks to Jane Street for supporting this video.https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/Curved-Crease Sculptures by Erik Demaine and Martin Demainehttps://erikdemaine.org/curved/The original paper: "A Complete List of All Convex Polyhedra Made by Gluing Regular Pentagons" https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.01753Get your hexagon equivalent here: https:/…

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Unexpected science from a 0.000001 megapixel home-made telescope 23:58

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Bonus footage of me talking about the Parkerscope over here on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-data-chat-84165442Thanks to Greg Foot for helping out with all of the filming. Check out their channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GregFootPretty sure Greg was the only YouTuber who was with me at the Eclipse.Lucie's telescope was the "Coronal …

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We analysed 4,678,387 NBA shots 23:45

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Check out Grant's Summer of Math Exposition (supported by Jane Street!)https://some.3b1b.co/More details here: https://3blue1brown.substack.com/p/some3-beginsTim Chartier has a great book called "Get in the Game - An Interactive Introduction to Sports Analytics" if you'd like to learn more about their work. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…

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Behold all-new equations for triangles! 22:17

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Thanks to Jane Street for supporting this video. Check out their open roles, programs and events: https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/Here is the original "Is there an equation for a triangle?" video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K-Jx914NcQ (I'm taking suggestions for what Part III should be named. Comment below.)And thanks to everyone …

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I Discovered a Maths Loophole in UK Tax 17:39

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Subscribe to Stand-up Maths for more tax tips this useful or less.Yet to be sponsored by Hubbard's Foodstore Spaghetti Rings in Tomato Sauce. Click here for 0% off your order! https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-baked-beans-in-tomato-sauce--basics-420gNational Insurance rates and categories (by Hey Mate, Right Cash) https://www.g…

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Are There Any 3-Landlocked Countries? 18:07

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Best VPN there is: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/standupmathsUK boundary data from the OS.https://osdatahub.os.uk/downloads/open/BoundaryLineWorld Country data from opendatasoft.https://public.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/world-administrative-boundaries/table/USA states from looking at them very closely."English counties explained" by M…

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Was Michael Jackson's hair catching fire during a Pepsi ad the exact mid-point of his life? 15:11

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Do check out Bobby's video. It's a work of art. But be warned: it contains adult themes and some strong language. So if you watch my videos with young people, maybe watch Bobby's when they're not around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHi479xN_poFirst person to find me IN A PUBLIC SPACE can have the pin-up board (without the pins or board). I've p…

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Using an Out-of-Control Car to Calculate π. 17:24

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Happy Pi Day: 14 March 2023. (Yes, the video goes out a few days early. So teachers have time to plan their Pi Day activities.)Huge thanks to Eric and the whole team for letting us in to skid some cars and calculate pi.It was an active and working site and they did a great job making time, staff and cars available for us.If you want to learn more a…

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The 56-Year Argument About a Hopping Hoop 23:55

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Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this video! To get 10% off your first month of therapy, go to https://betterhelp.com/standupmaths to sign up today.If you are need of urgent mental health support please check for crisis help lines available in your country.USA: https://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-helpUK: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-…

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Beware the Runge Spikes! 17:08

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Check out Overleaf: the easy to use, online, collaborative LaTeX editor! https://bit.ly/overleaf_sumRungeBot on both twitter (for now!) and mastodon.https://twitter.com/rungebothttps://mathstodon.xyz/@RungeBotYes, I'm on mastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@standupmathsHuge thanks to Matthew Scroggs for letting me turn his MathsJam talk into a video a…

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The Genius Geometry of the James Webb Space Telescope 17:54

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Details about the Jane Street Academy of Math and Programming: https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/programs-and-events/amp/ Apply by 15 March for full-scholarship attendance. See you there!NASA made a great "Webb’s Diffraction Spikes" infographic.https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01G529MX46J7AFK61GAMSHKSSNThe differences betwe…

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Once a Millennium Alignment of All Three Norths 15:54

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Own the map! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364113096218Get your North by North-North tour merch here! https://standupmaths.teemill.com/collection/north-north-north/Thanks to Bec Hill for voicing the Norths Tour. I have a podcast with Bec and we talked about me making this video in the latest episode: https://aproblemsquared.libsyn.com/49-grand-theft-a…

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Making efficient Platonic and Archimedean shapes in a kaleidoscope 19:44

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Sign up on Patreon for the SUM xmas card! https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths If you want the physical card you need to be greater than or equal to "Statistically Significant".Physical card deadline: end of 06 December 2022Digital card deadline: end of 15 December 2022(In both cases I'll try to accommodate sign-ups after that but no promises).This…

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Can the Same Net Fold into Two Shapes? 25:59

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If you cut out the net from the card and solve a fold: send me a photo! Maybe hang it on your tree as a decoration.To receive a physical card you officially need to be a "statistically significant" supporter (or higher) on Patreon by the end of 06 December 2022. And all supporters get emailed a digital copy! https://www.patreon.com/standupmathsThis…

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An infinite number of $1 bills and an infinite number of $20 bills would be worth the same 22:34

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Reminder if you want Patreon xmas stuff from me: be a confirmed supported by the end of November! https://www.patreon.com/standupmathsJust Shower Thoughts: https://just-shower-thoughts.com/post/149064738374/an-infinite-number-of-1-bills-and-an-infiniteTumblr blog: https://popinloopy.tumblr.com/post/149635744662/just-shower-thoughts-an-infinite-numb…

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I Found a Whale Using Maths! 22:22

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Need a VPN for $2.11/month? I use https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/standupmathsHuge thanks to Zoe Walker and all of the crew on Hurtigruten's expedition cruise ship MS Roald Amundsen.Book a trip here: https://standupmaths.com/antarcticaSee Zoe's website here: https://www.zoewalker.ca/researcherHere is my whale on Happy Whale: https://happywhal…

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Someone improved my code by 40,832,277,770% 28:47

2y ago28:47

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YES, the improvement should be 40,832,277,770%, not what I say in the video. The "408,322,778" multiple was correct and I did the percentage the wrong way. There will not be a follow-up video to correct that.The improvement was to my code from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-AfhLQfb6wThis is episode 038 of the A Problem Squared podcas…

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Can you trust an elegant conjecture? 15:35

2y ago15:35

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If you, or someone you know, would like a paid internship in New York, London or Hong Kong: check out Jane Street. https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/internshipsNathaniel Johnston's post on The Binary “Look-and-Say” Sequence:http://www.njohnston.ca/2010/11/the-binary-look-and-say-sequence/Huge thanks to my mate Jonny Berliner for recording…

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