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Why 0 is (the Most) Even -- 10 Reasons from Elementary to Advanced!
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Why is 0 even? It's quick to check that 0 is even, but often times this won't convince someone why the definition is a reasonable one. Let's explore 10 reasons why 0 really should be even, ranging from elementary school examples to more advanced mathematics!
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00:00 Introduction
00:35 Reason 1 - Definition
00:56 Reason 2 - Evenness
01:13 Reason 3 - Number Line
01:25 Reason 4 - Arithmetic
01:54 Reason 5 - Contradiction
02:27 Reason 6 - Even/Odd Functions
03:06 Sponsor Message
03:58 Reason 7 - Point in Polygon Test
04:49 Reason 8 - Group of Even Integers
05:31 Reason 9 - Möbius Function
06:54 Reason 10 - The Most Even Number
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Can You Solve the 'Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever' in Just 3 Questions?
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Head to squarespace.com/drsean to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DRSEAN The logician George Boolos called this the 'hardest logic puzzle ever'! One god always answers truthfully, one always lies, and one always answers randomly by flipping a coin in secret. They understand English, but they always answer "Ja" or "Da". You know these mean "Yes" and "No" in the...
Why the Strangest Sums in Math Are Actually Useful!
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Head to squarespace.com/drsean to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DRSEAN What is the point of strange sums like 1 2 3 ...=-1/12 or 1-1 1-1 ...=1/2? These series diverge in the usual sense that we study in Calculus and use throughout most mathematics. But these alternative summation methods actually have physical meaning! Let's explore these weird sums and see ...
The Unsolvable Problem in Every Voting System
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Head to squarespace.com/drsean to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DRSEAN Arrow's Impossibility Theorem tells us every ranked voting system has the potential to make irrational decisions. Let's explore the surprising result, and then prove why every ranked voting system must have this problem! This video is sponsored by Squarespace. 0:00 Introduction 0:34 Arrow...
Why is Pi Everywhere? 5 Levels from Basics to the Unexpected
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Head to squarespace.com/drsean to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DRSEAN Why does pi show up everywhere, even when there are no circles in sight? Let's explore pi in 5 levels, ranging from geometry to its surprise appearances in complex numbers, calculus, and probability! You can watch pi play Pokémon Sapphire on Twitch here: www.twitch.tv/winningsequence This...
Exploring Bayes' Rule in 5 Levels of Complexity
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To try everything Brilliant has to offer-free-for a full 30 days, visit brilliant.org/DrSean . You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Bayes' Rule lets us update probabilities (and our beliefs!) based on new evidence. Let's explore Bayes' Rule in 5 levels, starting with medical testing and trial evidence, and ending with an exploration of the power of Bayesian statistics. This v...
What exactly is e? Exploring e in 5 Levels of Complexity
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To try everything Brilliant has to offer-free-for a full 30 days, visit brilliant.org/DrSean . You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. What is e? Let's explore the number e in 5 levels of complexity, ranging from compound interest, to representing e in calculus, to simulating e with probability. Small correction: At 11:42, the area is 1/2 xy (1-z)^2 = A (1-z)^2. The left-hand si...
Imaginary Numbers are Not "Imaginary"! In 5 Levels of Complexity
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To try everything Brilliant has to offer-free-for a full 30 days, visit brilliant.org/DrSean . You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Imaginary numbers are not "Imaginary"! Despite their name, they are completely solid mathematically, and they are critical for many real-world applications. Let's explore imaginary numbers in 5 levels, ranging from the idea behind calling them "i...
3 Integrals You Won't See in Calculus (And the 2 You Will)
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In Calculus, we usually learn the Riemann integral, or sometimes the Darboux integral in disguise. But there are many problems these integrals can't solve! Like if we want to integrate a function which is discontinuous everywhere, or if we want to integrate with respect to a random process. Let's explore 5 different integrals, starting with the 2 you might see in Calculus, and then 3 more advan...
The Hot Potato Problem Solved 2 Ways - from Algebra to Math Major!
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The problem goes like this: you're playing hot potato on a cube. You're at one vertex, and a hungry monster is at an adjacent vertex. You throw the potato to one of the neighboring vertices with equal probabilities. People standing at each other vertex act the same way. What's the probability you feed the monster? Let's analyze this problem two ways - first with algebra, and then as a Markov Ch...
What is 0? From Bee Brains to the Minds of Mathematicians
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+1−1+1−1+... Explained in 5 Levels from Algebra to Math Major
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What is 1−1 1−1 ...? Let's explore this series in 5 levels, ranging from explorations with arithmetic and algebra to rigorous solutions from Calculus and beyond! 00:00 Introduction 00:18 Level 1 Arithmetic Ideas 01:33 Level 2 Algebra Ideas 03:01 Level 3 Calculus 04:01 Level 4 Cesàro Sum 05:20 Level 5 Abel Sum
Is π Random? Exploring the Elusive Normal Numbers
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Is pi random? Pi is fixed and predetermined, but its digits look just like random digits! We'll define normal numbers by exploring why pi's digits look random. Then we'll see what it would mean if pi is a normal number. 00:00 Introduction 00:18 Why do pi's digits look random? 01:02 Normal numbers 03:17 Is pi normal? 04:47 What if pi is normal?
The Hidden Power in Pascal's Triangle
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0^0 = 1? Exploring 0^0 in 5 Levels from Exponents to Math Major
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Divisibility Tricks in 5 Levels of Difficulty
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0! = 1 Explained in 5 Levels from Counting to Math Major
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This Simple Puzzle Tricks Mathematicians -- Monty Hall Problem in 5 Levels
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Endless Sizes of Infinity, Explained in 5 Levels
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0.99999... = 1 in Five Levels -- Elementary to Math Major
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Let's Solve the Interview Puzzle that Baffled Me
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Negative × Negative = Positive in 5 Levels -- Elementary to Math Major
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Winning Hexcodle with Binary Search
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A Surprisingly Simple Trick to Solve the Toughest GRE Probability Question
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Dividing by Zero in Five Levels -- Elementary to Math Major
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Dividing by Zero in Five Levels Elementary to Math Major
This Can't Be Right, But Where's the Flaw? Two Envelopes Paradox Explained
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This Can't Be Right, But Where's the Flaw? Two Envelopes Paradox Explained
Why don't these cancel out? The square root of x^2 is not always x!
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Why don't these cancel out? The square root of x^2 is not always x!
My Favorite Counting Technique includes ALL of the other Three!
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My Favorite Counting Technique includes ALL of the other Three!

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  • @saityusufbulur3366
    @saityusufbulur3366 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When you multiply 0.33333... by 3, and the result is 0.99999..., this doesn't show that 0.99999... is equal to 1. It shows that the exact real answer to the 1/3 operation is not 0.33333..., it's just an approximation. By definition of division, if you divide A by B and the answer is C, then when C is multiplied by B the result must be A. If the result is something different from A, answer C to the A/B division is approximate, not real.

  • @fdileo
    @fdileo วันที่ผ่านมา

    Zero is even because is simply zero

  • @postblitz
    @postblitz 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i is like dark matter. every video like this keeps saying imaginary numbers are rock solid and stuff.. but nobody knows anything about them, they just use them and know how to work with them. battered housewives would find this familiar. what are the digits of i ? does i even have digits? numbers have all sort of properties. i doesn't fit in with near-anything you can say about any given natural number. you can't even say complex numbers are just a pair of real numbers because i shows itself in real number operations. same with irrational numbers. we know how to get some and can use them but they're very much beyond the imagination for the most part; so far.

  • @johandaun874
    @johandaun874 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for this video. Very cool puzzle

  • @StudentAccount-fu8dt
    @StudentAccount-fu8dt 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sir, I don't know if you will ever see this, but i want you to know that you are one of the best internet teachers i have ever come across. Thank you for explaining everything so nicely.

  • @steampunk_willy
    @steampunk_willy 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'd argue that 0 has even properties, but it's properties are too exotic to be lumped in with the even numbers. For instance, I can divide by any arbitrary odd number I like, but I can't divide by any arbitrary even number unless I explicitly exclude 0. Your reason 5 proof by contradiction only holds if all integers must be either even or odd, but why can't the definition be that any non-zero integers must be even or odd. Your reason 10 is an argument against 0 being even since infinity is not a value and fits more with the idea that 0 is a multiplicative mask rather than an even number.

  • @mandresyfalimanana3538
    @mandresyfalimanana3538 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i love this man's video, it feelslke like cleaning my room

  • @mandresyfalimanana3538
    @mandresyfalimanana3538 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    delicious

  • @parthhooda3713
    @parthhooda3713 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    8th reason isn't that good of a reason since you can argue the same with 0 being odd for group of odd integers

  • @anonymouscheesepie3768
    @anonymouscheesepie3768 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Reason 5 is the best reason; there is no integer solution to 0 = 2n + 1. We all agree that 0 is an integer, and since 0 is not odd, then it has to be even. This proof is decisive and *must* be true.

  • @parzh
    @parzh 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    7:40 If someone tells you that 0 is not even, let them know that it would be odd

  • @deleted-something
    @deleted-something 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Of course 0 is even, I can divide my zero quantity into two zeroes 😅

  • @maestro3887
    @maestro3887 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    0 is even because it can be written as 2k with k being an integer. That‘s all, the definition of even numbers. All the other reasons follow from the property of an even number because by definition of even numbers 0 is even.

  • @timothychinye6008
    @timothychinye6008 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I thought about this in Year 2 and explained into to my teacher, she said I was smart and I never forgot it: Odd + Odd = Even Even + Odd = Odd Even + Even = Even 1 + 0 = 1 Considering "1 is odd", the equation is either: Odd + Even or Odd + Odd. Since 1 + 0 = 1 and 1 is odd, therefore we have: Odd + Even = Odd. Therefore, 0 is Even.

  • @AidenOcelot
    @AidenOcelot 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I remember in first grade learning this and was confused, they never taught us integers, so when they asked if 3 was even, I said yes, it has two even halves each being 1.5. 15 minutes later they said it could not have a decimal and I finally understood

  • @austinxiao6452
    @austinxiao6452 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    4:19 What would happen if the ray intersected the polygon at a single point? Would the point be in the polygon? Also, can it be any infinite point, from any direction?

  • @vladthemagnificent9052
    @vladthemagnificent9052 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I don't get it, why would anyone think 0 is not even in the first place. this whole debate should not have happened at all. This whole video would look the same if you replaced all zeros with twos. all the arguments are the same. let's discuss 10 reasons why 213423 is odd. there's literally nothing special about 0, 2 or whatever other integers.

    • @schtreg9140
      @schtreg9140 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      One small correction. There is something special about zero as it is the neutral element of addition and it is the only real number with no inverse under multiplication. But other than that, yes, I agree. There really is no reason to assume zero wouldn't be even. I can't even think of a definition of "even" that would in any way suggest otherwise and it's funny that the video literally starts with the definition of even. Could have ended right there after 10 seconds.

  • @Rudol_Zeppili
    @Rudol_Zeppili 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Zero is even and an even threeven number.

  • @kenzou776
    @kenzou776 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love the second one. Gonna use that explanation for my middle school students!

  • @barrybence4555
    @barrybence4555 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    All this is very true, but there is always that One Big Question about the special numbers and constants such as i, e, pi, etc., and that is they seem to be necessary for our structured reality to exist, but why? Why do all the ratios and integrals and probabilities exist the way they are? Did we invent them, discover them, or did the Cosmic Mathematician design them? Inquiring former math majors would like to know. I'm 81 and would like an answer soonest!

  • @_Exen_
    @_Exen_ 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    clean editing, nice script, liked.

  • @S-payanage
    @S-payanage 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    🦦

  • @mstmar
    @mstmar 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    for the mobius function, why are multiples of squares defined to be 0? doesn't that just break the multiplicative property? e.g. mu(4) = 0 != mu(2)*mu(2) = 1. if we just counted all prime factors (with multiplicity), it would be multiplicative for all numbers, not just coprime ones

    • @DrSeanGroathouse
      @DrSeanGroathouse 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Right! We could certainly create a different definition so the multiplicative property always holds. The Mobius function is often used when we want to sum over all divisors, and defining mu(n) = 0 when n has a repeated prime factor helps solve many problems of this form. We can think of this definition as making the "average" value of the Mobius function 0 (in some number theoretic sense). One initial illustration is if we add up mu(d) for all divisors d of an integer n > 1, then we get 0. For example, if n=12, we get mu(1) + mu(2) + mu(3) + mu(4) + mu(6) + mu(12) = +1 - 1 - 1 + 0 + 1 + 0 = 0 The Mobius Inversion Formula is another example of why we would want to define the Mobius function this way.

    • @lox7182
      @lox7182 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@DrSeanGroathouse I think the multiplicative propery in this case is of a selective kind in that it only works if gcd(a,b) = 1 (f(ab) = f(a)f(b) if gcd(a,b)=1)

    • @YouTube_username_not_found
      @YouTube_username_not_found 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah, most of the number-theoretic functions are only multiplicative for GCD(a,b) = 1. In fact, I have read a Wikipedia article about multiplicative functions and I remember it was written that this selective multiplicativity, in the context of number theory, is simply called multiplicativity. Apparently this property alone is enough.

    • @lox7182
      @lox7182 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TH-cam_username_not_found oh fascinating, though i guess that makes sense considering number theory's obsession with primes

  • @RSLT
    @RSLT 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

  • @binbots
    @binbots 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The most obvious reason is that it’s between two odd numbers

  • @avaraportti1873
    @avaraportti1873 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nothing "is" anything. Neither the objects nor the categories exists. It simply makes sense to categorize certain things with certain other things: like zero with "the even numbers".

    • @hdbrot
      @hdbrot 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      This sounds deep but it is actually rather shallow. (Yes, it *is* shallow.)

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    7:37 ν₂(0) = ∞! = ∞ yup, checks out :D

    • @kenzou776
      @kenzou776 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Infinity factorial😂

    • @Emayeah
      @Emayeah 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      "some infinities are bigger than others" here's an infinite amount of infinities :D

  • @Bob94390
    @Bob94390 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    11: Zero is even because the last bit in its binary representation is zero

    • @lox7182
      @lox7182 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You can even connect this to the whole infinitely even thing by saying that zero is the 2-adic limit of 2^n as n goes to infinity

    • @chan-the-chemist
      @chan-the-chemist 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Reason 11 was already covered at 1:15

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    0:07 of all the answers given there, "even" is obviously the best answer but the second-best answer is woefully underrepresented: "I don't know."

  • @abbasfadhil1715
    @abbasfadhil1715 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I haven't watched it yet, but I can only expect an incredible video as always

  • @overlordprincekhan
    @overlordprincekhan 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Call me mad but e=π=3 g=10

  • @eranronen573
    @eranronen573 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As a physics major, is there a level 0?

  • @Garfield_Minecraft
    @Garfield_Minecraft 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    give me extra e-2!

  • @Garfield_Minecraft
    @Garfield_Minecraft 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    let say "i" exist I prefer imaginary in geometry than in algebra though because in algebra "i" kinda feel dry

  • @hilbertshotel
    @hilbertshotel 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If lim_{t -> 0⁺} 1/e^{t/t} = 1/e, then you’re saying 0^0 = 1, which is the same thing we get from the other limit.

  • @macbird-lt8de
    @macbird-lt8de 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    does math equal reality?

    • @Chris-5318
      @Chris-5318 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It does according to Max Tegmark.

  • @Someoneisontheinternet-h4j
    @Someoneisontheinternet-h4j 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When we got to level 4, I literally shouted out “Limits!” I learnt a tiny estimation when I was in precalc class as a sophomore.

  • @ludsonalmeida1844
    @ludsonalmeida1844 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    These cookies at the beginning are so ugly

  • @2Bretter
    @2Bretter 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice Video, though it should be obvious that if you have no nothing, you have something. That is the reason of our existence, isn't it?

  • @DamnOldAlready
    @DamnOldAlready 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sometimes even math-nerds do too much pot.

  • @DamnOldAlready
    @DamnOldAlready 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I can't do it by math, but phylosophic it is the same as before, cuz you divide something by nothing, kinda not, kinda don't. So it's the same.

  • @TheCryptoTeam
    @TheCryptoTeam 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you have 6 cookies and divide by 0 friends, you still have 6 cookies. 🤷‍♂️

  • @khmak9387
    @khmak9387 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In Level 4: If "there should be a gap", how can they be equal? 🤔

    • @Chris-5318
      @Chris-5318 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He said "there shouldN'T be a gap"

  • @agnelomascarenhas8990
    @agnelomascarenhas8990 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Beautiful exposition with just the right dose/exposure of a new topic.

  • @francisgrizzlysmit4715
    @francisgrizzlysmit4715 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This guy looks like a teenager or younger, or is it that I am getting so old at -> 62 lol😆🤣😆, anyway very good can't fault you in anything I have seen so far

  • @sabinakoirala7268
    @sabinakoirala7268 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    thank u so much i really love thsi video and i just subscribe u keep making such videos.thank u so much

  • @nudelsuppe2090
    @nudelsuppe2090 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "The lebesgue integral is usually only seen in grad school"??? What

  • @deuce2293
    @deuce2293 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    math major would just set e=exp(1)

  • @kidsvideos4fun
    @kidsvideos4fun 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1:32 if my friend already has some debts and I am removing it then it must result in zero. How it is positive??? 😅😂😂

  • @selahattinaydogan280
    @selahattinaydogan280 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The following three articles explain that every number is divisible by zero. In doing so, they refute the claims in this video. I recommend reading these articles if you want to learn division by zero from different perspectives. 1.Division by zero in the light of the five fundamental principles - Beş temel ilkenin ışığında sıfıra bölme 2.A study to prove that the denominator can be zero in fractional numbers - Kesirli sayılarda paydanın sıfır olabileceğini kanıtlamaya yönelik bir çalışma 3.The problems created by zero in the division operation, their reasons and an attempt at a solution - Sıfırın bölme işleminde oluşturduğu; sorunlar, nedenleri ve çözüme yönelik bir deneme çalışması