The 10,958 Problem - Numberphile

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  • @Kyrbai
    @Kyrbai 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4319

    Q: How do you cheat on a test?
    A: *learn it*

    • @tmc990
      @tmc990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      big brain

    • @siroshcelot
      @siroshcelot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Wow this is very deep.

    • @tmc990
      @tmc990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@siroshcelot *It is.*

    • @nicholasz2510
      @nicholasz2510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Parker method of memorization

    • @guest273
      @guest273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's all coming together

  • @NobleNobbler
    @NobleNobbler 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1999

    2+2+2 = 6 and I'm prepared to accept that as given.

  • @irecycleoxygen2730
    @irecycleoxygen2730 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2990

    i thought he was joking about memorizing the whole table. And then he wasn't joking. And I was filled with fear of the man.

    • @JimBaumbach
      @JimBaumbach 5 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      When I was young, I memorized a bunch of useless stuff like that and now my memory is obese and sluggish due to early abuse. It's not like exercising a muscle, it's like an eating disorder. You don't have to believe me. You'll find out on your own. By then I won't be able to say "I told you so" so I'm saying it now.

    • @CHROMIUMHEROmusic
      @CHROMIUMHEROmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      not sure if you're joking about him not joking, but Matt *was* joking

    • @CHROMIUMHEROmusic
      @CHROMIUMHEROmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @Mastema :O

    • @tyler7992
      @tyler7992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Jim Baumbach I hope this is a troll comment lol

    • @zdcyclops1lickley190
      @zdcyclops1lickley190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Why? He doesn't know you know. Know what mean.

  • @user-lh2hx5xf4e
    @user-lh2hx5xf4e 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1020

    "Is there a rigorous proof?"
    Nah he just tried a BRAZILIAN times

    • @user-lh2hx5xf4e
      @user-lh2hx5xf4e 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ullasgargi6815 I took numberphile's word for it and didnt check myself, my bad.

    • @paulsutton5896
      @paulsutton5896 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It worked. But it was a close shave.

    • @vaquirino
      @vaquirino 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Iam brasilian

    • @brenoandreata49
      @brenoandreata49 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's how Brazilians do it kkk (I'm Brazilian, I can say that)

    • @jamesbroom7178
      @jamesbroom7178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's brilliant!

  • @road2dawn26
    @road2dawn26 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4630

    Lol "Keep your cheat notes in your head and no one knows you're cheating." "Also known as learning." "Shhhh."

    • @CoolGuy55000
      @CoolGuy55000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +302

      road 2dawn26 Exactly how I cheated in my exams. I memorised it before. Those bastards never saw it coming.

    • @ryanstanley6372
      @ryanstanley6372 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      CoolGuy55000 I'm mesmerising GCSE maths answers on the Internet lol. I'm doing it 2 years early but I will definitely get a C without cheating lol

    • @Peter_1986
      @Peter_1986 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      I always try to develop a real intuition for everything in my engineering courses.
      I don't like using formulas and handbooks, I feel much more flexible when I can actually derive things from scratch. =P
      In fact, I recently spent several hours making sure that I could derive all the formulas for central-force motion, and then reviewed them once a day for a couple weeks until it really had stuck.
      Now I can derive periapsides, apoapsides, distances, velocities and eccentricities without having to look up a damn thing. :D

    • @ManuLeach
      @ManuLeach 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Laurelindo that is pretty much what i do as well

    • @Noremaad
      @Noremaad 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      +Laurelindo
      This. This one-thousand times. This is the exact problem I had all throughout school. Every single teacher I had threw formulae at me, told me to remember them, and made no effort to explain their derivatives. May as well have made random numbers up and said they were important. It wasn't until a few years ago that I had to start tracking inventories that I ended up having to (reluctantly at first) relearn basic maths, as there came a point where I didn't know the operations I wanted Excel to do. Best decision I've ever made. Not that I'm particularly far along, mind you - but, figuring out how the different branches fit together, how they came to be, and more importantly WHY these things are true is fascinating, and quickly became something I was utterly obsessed with.
      I might also add that, with an intuitive understanding of the rules and why things function the way they do, there are indeed the real-life applications that people so often spout about, even if they themselves couldn't have given you a single example.

  • @rawtrout3402
    @rawtrout3402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4023

    I cheated on the SAT by memorizing all my textbooks

    • @abolfazl2255
      @abolfazl2255 5 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      I cheated in fortnite by memorizing how to aim

    • @arushverma4077
      @arushverma4077 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@abolfazl2255 no u

    • @russhoward3037
      @russhoward3037 5 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      *College Board would like to know your location*

    • @gregoryjclark81
      @gregoryjclark81 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I cheated in life by killing my ego, making a 180° turn, and giving chase to death rather than death chasing me.

    • @zizfie3782
      @zizfie3782 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      ​@@syntaxerror8955 I'm sorry but...
      r/woooosh
      before anyone screams "IT'S 4 O'S NOT 3" at me...

  • @leo17921
    @leo17921 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1378

    2:00 "Oh, I've done 2 pluses there, that is a mega plus, oh my goodness, that's pretty plus"

    • @TheBlackEternalWings
      @TheBlackEternalWings 4 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      At least he was positive about it...

    • @Xynful
      @Xynful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@TheBlackEternalWings Hhahhahahahhaha

    • @ktwolnuts
      @ktwolnuts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@TheBlackEternalWings actually he seemed pretty nonplussed...

    • @nicholasz2510
      @nicholasz2510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Parker plus

    • @xmpts3898
      @xmpts3898 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Plus ultra?

  • @mr_snowy14
    @mr_snowy14 5 ปีที่แล้ว +923

    So has he always considered memorising as cheating?
    Teacher: Parker you got an A+ in your maths exam.
    Matt: Thanks, I cheated.

    • @mattschottland3777
      @mattschottland3777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      U used two diff names for Matt and Parker

    • @rawanthebookworm1536
      @rawanthebookworm1536 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Technically you don’t need to memorise anything to get an A+ in maths, now if that was a biology test on the other hand ...

    • @vinos1629
      @vinos1629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Maths isn't about memory

    • @olivebranch7769
      @olivebranch7769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mattschottland3777 His name's Matt Parker.

    • @mohammednasheed9638
      @mohammednasheed9638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Vinos part of it is.

  • @RDSk0
    @RDSk0 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2802

    _From the creator of Parker Square_
    comes
    *MEGAPLUS*
    _put the "add" into "addiction"_

    • @nonachyourbusiness1164
      @nonachyourbusiness1164 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      KinRedysko Hah, love it

    • @wobblysauce
      @wobblysauce 7 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Parkers Addition.

    • @jeffirwin7862
      @jeffirwin7862 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      It's a real Parker Square of an operator.

    • @qbwkp
      @qbwkp 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahahaha

    • @andymcl92
      @andymcl92 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      But where does it fit into BODMAS (/PEDMAS)?

  • @rokljhui864
    @rokljhui864 5 ปีที่แล้ว +448

    "Never memorize anything you can look up" Albert Einstein. Even that quote, I needed to look up.

    • @andrewmat
      @andrewmat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      "how much is 2 + 2?"
      "Let me look up on the calculator"

    • @robertolvera4390
      @robertolvera4390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That quote aged poorly

    • @alexeysaranchev6118
      @alexeysaranchev6118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andrewmat But that is solvable.

    • @codinghub3759
      @codinghub3759 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly. Call it laziness if you want, but if all the information I need can be searched in less than a second, why do I need to memorize it?

    • @reizinhodojogo3956
      @reizinhodojogo3956 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@codinghub3759 cause not always u have ur home internet router flying out of ur home to give u internet

  • @prathampatel7408
    @prathampatel7408 5 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    Teacher : You can’t bring any cheat notes in the exams
    Student : but you can memorise the cheat notes
    *”modern problems require modern solutions”*

  • @pongopea
    @pongopea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    i still can’t believe you took a month to learn the tables just to prove a point

    • @erictalkington5674
      @erictalkington5674 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That is a determination that many people do not have. Don't underestimate it. That kind of tenacity will make someone be the kind of person who becomes a billionaire just to prove a point.

    • @tramquangpho
      @tramquangpho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I feel really guilty about this , I spend a year to get a certificate N1 in Japanese- highest level just to prove a point to my teacher said I can only learn English and French fast just because it is Latin alphabet- same as my native language. Despite I didnt like Japanese that much

    • @richardfeynman2960
      @richardfeynman2960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He didn't 😁😁 it's a joke.

  • @epicac100
    @epicac100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +968

    "If you wanna cheat, it's really quite straightforward. You put aside a month or two just to memorize this, and you can cheat with this inside your brain. That's the great thing about the human brain: you can cheat by memorizing your cheat notes, and then you can look at them without anyone being able to tell. It's a real loophole in life--you can cheat by memorizing." -Parker 2k17

    • @user-ju5rt6ph1o
      @user-ju5rt6ph1o 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      thats called studying

    • @MichaelClark-uw7ex
      @MichaelClark-uw7ex 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      That's how I got through high school and university, no wonder it was so easy...and boring.
      The subject matter such as this video wasn't boring, it was the way my instructors taught, I learned more by memorizing the text books and reference books, like Matt said.

    • @GamiCross
      @GamiCross 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I have a friend with perfect recall memory and I think he's being a jackass every time he brings something like THAT up "Just remember every detail perfectly, it's easy."

    • @MaksKCS
      @MaksKCS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@athiwatackaramongkolrotn4842
      Studying = learning

    • @heiljakepie3347
      @heiljakepie3347 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      omg ill cheat like this from now on
      dude ur a genius i can get in harvard now

  • @davidfelso1932
    @davidfelso1932 7 ปีที่แล้ว +967

    thank you numberphile for helping me "cheat" on tests

    • @cryoshakespeare4465
      @cryoshakespeare4465 7 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      Studying is just like preemptive cheating.

    • @aepokkvulpex
      @aepokkvulpex 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I honestly feel like I saw his whole line about "cheating" referenced in a tumblr post recently and it's just bizarre to think that a meme possibly caught traction from Numberphile - but I'm proud

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      214244 isn't bad either :D

    • @IamGrimalkin
      @IamGrimalkin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think I heard him use that line at a live show several years ago, it's not that new.

    • @asmus3738
      @asmus3738 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh Ho- o

  • @JTKatz07
    @JTKatz07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Boss: where are those reports?
    Me: *still not available*

    • @tommyproductions891
      @tommyproductions891 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jay Tee Kay too busy memorising a few 100,000 maths equations

  • @pasunurusaivineeth3739
    @pasunurusaivineeth3739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    "You know, if I had another holiday on the beach, I could sit there and memorize this one, too"
    - Matt Parker

  • @AbudBakri
    @AbudBakri 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4668

    I got 10958 problems, but numberphile ain't one

    • @achyuthramachandran7391
      @achyuthramachandran7391 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Dr.StickFigure idk y buy for some reason ur statement reminded me of Iggy Azalea 😺

    • @AbudBakri
      @AbudBakri 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Try a different artist!

    • @daksh8747
      @daksh8747 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Dr.StickFigure I see you everywhere

    • @tdoge
      @tdoge 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You omnipresent poltergeist

    • @TheZenytram
      @TheZenytram 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      it is 10958 dude "58", i hope that was a typo.

  • @michaelfalkner1186
    @michaelfalkner1186 5 ปีที่แล้ว +382

    Another 8 1's solution:
    998 = (111 * ( 11 - 1 - 1)) - 1

    • @lunaticnomad0
      @lunaticnomad0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cool!

    • @thelevellord574
      @thelevellord574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nice you got it shorter by an addition and an exponent 10/10

    • @erictalkington5674
      @erictalkington5674 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Brutha, you lost me at "Another" lol.

    • @IndieGuvenc
      @IndieGuvenc 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      8:02 maybe I'm lost but didn't he say using 1-9 in ascending order. What's up with the 111 i your solution. I don't get this video

    • @thelevellord574
      @thelevellord574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@IndieGuvenc the thing he is talking about is the number 998 solved with only ones near the beginning of the video

  • @dozer1642
    @dozer1642 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1788

    I can’t imagine ever being this bored.

    • @sillidill5227
      @sillidill5227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ha ha ha

    • @vanhelsing4602
      @vanhelsing4602 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Take it easy there Bubbles

    • @StefanoD420
      @StefanoD420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      “Hey bro you wanna play some videogames or wanna see a movie?”
      “Nahh G I’ve got these math problems I’m working on”

    • @jeffkosterewa9848
      @jeffkosterewa9848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      to him, doing this stuff cures boredom.

    • @dozer1642
      @dozer1642 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      jeff kosterewa no doubt.
      I don’t think any less of him for enjoying it, I just can’t picture myself spending more than five minutes in a row trying to beat this problem.
      Looking back, this probably explains my math grades in high school.

  • @bluedragon219123
    @bluedragon219123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    *What one digit number do you want to use?* Zero. :)

    • @anugar106
      @anugar106 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That is

    • @BrutalOverride
      @BrutalOverride 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      0!=1. You thought you were ready.

    • @thealexanderk1782
      @thealexanderk1782 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      bluedragon219123 he said natural numbers, 0 isn’t a natural number

    • @BrutalOverride
      @BrutalOverride 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@thealexanderk1782 0 is a very natural number. If I take all your stuff, how much stuff ya got? 0. You have 0 stuff's.

    • @poparobertandrei1698
      @poparobertandrei1698 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Jatin Bangar Aren't thosr the counting numbers?
      Or are the natural numbers and the counting numbers the same?

  • @windfall2147
    @windfall2147 6 ปีที่แล้ว +651

    We need to wait the next Universe patch to fix this bug.

    • @IAmStaka
      @IAmStaka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Blizzard spinning in their graves reading this.

    • @victorh5513
      @victorh5513 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Don’t hold your breath. We’re still waiting on the Mandela bug fix.

    • @TechnicolourMan
      @TechnicolourMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LOL.

    • @lolno6975
      @lolno6975 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @EXP Sheepy did u hear that???

    • @lolno6975
      @lolno6975 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @EXP Sheepy it was the joke

  • @absharhassan2566
    @absharhassan2566 5 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    6:17 EA would love this guy. 😂

    • @sandeepssanlab8029
      @sandeepssanlab8029 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahaha

    • @zachariasprice3762
      @zachariasprice3762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He received a job invite for a high ranking position in their marketing department 4 days later. His math knowledge will surely come in handy.

    • @jimilowe6642
      @jimilowe6642 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      XD

  • @AbandonedMines11
    @AbandonedMines11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    This was a very interesting video. I find obscure stuff like this to be very enlightening and entertaining. Thanks also for providing the links to the PDF downloads of Taneja’s formulas. Very cool.

    • @taserto2508
      @taserto2508 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      damn i didnt know u liked math lol (or found it interesting

  • @ArnoldPranks
    @ArnoldPranks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    2:40 - Inder Jeet Taneja is a Professor from India, but teaches in Brazil, yes.

    • @marcuscasagrande7596
      @marcuscasagrande7596 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Obrigado! Eu já estava pensando "isso nao é um nome brasileiro definitivamente" hahahha

    • @InAnotherLife90
      @InAnotherLife90 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If it said Pajeet I would've known. The Inder was pretty obvious tho too

    • @allisround
      @allisround 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes, taneja is an indian surname

    • @pbr3s
      @pbr3s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      i think he was naturalized brazilian.. as i found in google a CV that says he was born in Delhi and is Brazilian. The guy in the video is not that wrong

    • @devd_rx
      @devd_rx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@pbr3s no he isn't natural Brazilian, taneja is indian name

  • @theatheistpaladin
    @theatheistpaladin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +514

    Next Numberphile video, how to use the new mega plus function.

    • @sadhlife
      @sadhlife 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      it's a basic increment funtion in c++ and java, etc.
      eg.
      a = 5;
      a++;
      cout

    • @flourbvoy1269
      @flourbvoy1269 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well done, mate. :D

    • @user-vo8zx1db6m
      @user-vo8zx1db6m 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I imagine it would just be: 2(n+x) or alternatively (depending on how you feel) n²+x², or even (n+x)²

  • @LupeFenrir
    @LupeFenrir 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1490

    What kind of genius could memorize such a crazy long list of stuff...
    *Notices my 3DS on the desk with pokémon in it.
    Right, never mind.

    • @muazkashif8554
      @muazkashif8554 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LupeFenrir SAME

    • @zackrakesh6151
      @zackrakesh6151 7 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      lol i can memorise over 700+ pokemon names, moves and abilities but not a simple proof i need for the exam.

    • @HK_BLAU
      @HK_BLAU 7 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      You remember things you're interested in *shrugs*

    • @DekuStickGamer
      @DekuStickGamer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +HJ BLAU /thread

    • @gasquakestudios
      @gasquakestudios 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The human brain is amazing!

  • @jrsleao
    @jrsleao 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He eas my professor at UFSC in south Brazil. He is originally from India but has been in Brazil for many many years now. Brilliant guy. Great professsor!

  • @MattsCrazyArt
    @MattsCrazyArt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    "I can sit here on the beach and memorize all of these" (Holds up 50 page packet of Algebra problems in 14 pt. font)
    Me: Clearly not all people are built the same. You couldn't pay me enough money to sit on a beach and do that.

  • @jamesbatley173
    @jamesbatley173 5 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    It's official guys. Mega-plus is now an operator. 2:02

    • @Peter_1986
      @Peter_1986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How does the mega-plus operator work?

    • @content1968
      @content1968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Peter_1986 yes

    • @Peter_1986
      @Peter_1986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@content1968
      So every time you write a mega-plus you say "yes" and this solves the equation?

    • @reidmartin6209
      @reidmartin6209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      3 + 3 = 6
      3 *_+_* 3 = *_s i c k s_*

    • @donnerrob6615
      @donnerrob6615 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It looks like a parker plus to me...

  • @sorariver
    @sorariver 6 ปีที่แล้ว +809

    I completed 10957, and im so tired!
    ugh, one more wont hurt..

    • @HexCypherr
      @HexCypherr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      aylia well you are L

    • @Mrz00mik
      @Mrz00mik 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      (1+2+34)×(5×6+7)×8+(√9)!=10958 It's present for you.

    • @Bibibosh
      @Bibibosh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      _z00m1k_ no square roots

    • @Bibibosh
      @Bibibosh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      or factorials

    • @dj0ml4
      @dj0ml4 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mrz00mik it's 10955

  • @Peters-swamp
    @Peters-swamp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    *Glitch in the matrix has been found*

  • @schrodinger1cat
    @schrodinger1cat ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love how these papers give you the old-timey feel before computers and you had to go through physical records to get something. I wasn't born in time to see that but man that's amazing.

  • @red2theelectricboogaloo961
    @red2theelectricboogaloo961 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1140

    "memorize your cheat notes"
    *thats not cheating*

    • @SreenikethanI
      @SreenikethanI 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      **wait. that's illegal!**

    • @marselmusic
      @marselmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      _"you can cheat by memorizing you're cheat notes and no one will know"_

    • @rebelfriend1818
      @rebelfriend1818 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      *thats the joke*

    • @siggodg5950
      @siggodg5950 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The joke just went right over your head *woooosh*

    • @raphidae
      @raphidae 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That depends. If you need to formally prove something on a test, you *could* memorize the entire proof, but that would be cheating the test. If you pass the test without having the requisite knowledge the test is testing you for, you have cheated the test (and yourself).

  • @HoTrEtArDeDcHiXx
    @HoTrEtArDeDcHiXx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Likable mathematicians like Parker are hard to find. He's a keeper

    • @maddy3852
      @maddy3852 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've known about him for a while but I've been diving into his videos and they're so entertaining.

  • @patrickboyle3106
    @patrickboyle3106 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wish I had a math teacher like this. Someone who so enthusiastically showed the beauty in math, instead of the snooze factory I was forced to attend in high school. Bravo all.

  • @tsresc
    @tsresc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    02:37 Inder Jeet Taneja is a brilliant Mathematician.
    He is one of my fav. Mathematicians who came up with innovative and funny math problems.
    Great video! I love your channel.
    Math is super awesome.

    • @rg-hd6sb
      @rg-hd6sb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      are you inder jeet taneja?

  • @krish28july
    @krish28july 7 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    Matt Parker is the BEST .

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Krish Vijayan This comment is the BEST.

    • @twwc960
      @twwc960 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No it isn't. It's a fairly dull comment. I'm not saying it is (or isn't) true, merely that it is far from being the best comment.

    • @schadenfreudebuddha
      @schadenfreudebuddha 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      well, he's not exactly impartial. a Parker Square of impartiality, if you will.

  • @unflexian
    @unflexian 7 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    2:00 That's a parker plus

    • @SomethingUnreal
      @SomethingUnreal 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      A plarkus?

    • @robinsparrow1618
      @robinsparrow1618 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      parker portmanteau
      sorry

    • @Reitenshii
      @Reitenshii 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      sagiksp With the Parker plus, is there a "magic plus"?

  • @willdebeast3172
    @willdebeast3172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    There are basically 3 types of people in this world:
    1. Those who can't do math
    3. Those who can’t do math

    • @leonardoraphael8867
      @leonardoraphael8867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      2. Those who can't do math

    • @sumsarsiranen
      @sumsarsiranen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      3. Those who claim 0=1

    • @weetabixharry
      @weetabixharry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't.

    • @georgen.2959
      @georgen.2959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wrote only 2 of 3, that’s other one?

    • @icantth1nkofanam40
      @icantth1nkofanam40 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@weetabixharry so original

  • @austinholt8987
    @austinholt8987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    This Brazilian dude must have been INCREDIBLY bored though

  • @solaribass2491
    @solaribass2491 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    10958 is part of the premium version

  • @sly4u247
    @sly4u247 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    3:22 best definition of learning ever!!

  • @cj222100
    @cj222100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Geez that first paper you memorized!?! That's absolutely insane, I wouldn't be able to memorize even one column of one page!

  • @fl641
    @fl641 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    First video i watch in this channel and im already subscribing. Great one!

  • @whoeveriam0iam14222
    @whoeveriam0iam14222 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    today is the 1 year anniversary of the Parker Square

  • @thatzachary
    @thatzachary 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Pulling out those sheets of paper was a pretty funny moment.

  • @colinnewton7291
    @colinnewton7291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your enthusiasm is infectious.

  • @I_SuperHiro_I
    @I_SuperHiro_I ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can you imagine how crappy he felt when he found 1 that doesn’t work after 10957 others? Lol

  • @inkyscrolls5193
    @inkyscrolls5193 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I was just waiting for that Parker Square reference!

  • @Yaka95
    @Yaka95 7 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    Did he actually memorize all the solutions to the 999 numbers?

    • @elinag5743
      @elinag5743 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Yaka95 I feel like that's a lot of brain space wasted... LOL

    • @Yaka95
      @Yaka95 7 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Yeah, I'm not sure if he was joking or not lol

    • @JakeDavidHarrison
      @JakeDavidHarrison 7 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      I think he was probably joking, that's a huge task for anybody who isn't a savant.

    • @jacks.4390
      @jacks.4390 7 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      If he did, I'm sure there are some patterns. Seems too hard to memorize 9000 independent pieces of information, at least in a month.

    • @IamGrimalkin
      @IamGrimalkin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Well he did actually do 10 coin flips in a row... and then the confetti cannon broke.This is a guy with patience.

  • @JamesCFan
    @JamesCFan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:02 Here I am studying for every test while I could have just cheated by memorizing everything...

  • @kevinl6231
    @kevinl6231 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    How fascinating.
    What could you possibly do with this information?!

    • @liammartinsmith1
      @liammartinsmith1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The actual information is likely 99% useless as it's pretty abstract. But if the Indian dude has come up with a method for verifying that his calculations are the shortest possible root to get an answer and with just the resources available each time, that likely has some very useful applications in computing or quantum mechanics or something similar if it can be made into an algorithm in A.I. Sometimes we don't always have a full set of tools to do something or we don't use our tools in the most efficient way. This guy likely does a lot of useful maths too and this little party trick could be an offshoot of something massive he has worked on and solved. Peniscillin was an accidental discovery that came from just dicking about carelessly though so even not having a purpose in the outset can be amazingly useful in the end.

    • @shaunsurname8275
      @shaunsurname8275 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You could use it to focus on if you were in a back room of a pawn shop being abused by a policeman and his friend. It would take the edge off a bit

    • @dnjj1845
      @dnjj1845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You never know. It can be applied to a computer algorithm to solve a significant problem that would otherwise be unsolvable. Just look at cyber security.

    • @shaunsurname8275
      @shaunsurname8275 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dnjj1845 or end up providing concious thought, free will, ambition and unquenchable thirst for human blood and power to otherwise mundane machinery. Slippery slope messing about with numbers that have no use for people. Very slippery indeed

    • @ikickss
      @ikickss 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't know. But.... since even magic squares found applications(IC designs), it's only matter of time, someone find a use for this.

  • @sams6306
    @sams6306 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2:12 "but people would cease watching the video quite quickly"
    Try me

  • @Fishbunnn
    @Fishbunnn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    2:01 "Ugh, I've done two pluses there, that is a mega plus, oh my godness that's pretty plus" I died xD

  • @Thornskade
    @Thornskade 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't even begin to fathom how long this must've taken to assemble, and the hilarious part is that there's probably a method to this madness that allowed him to get to the results much faster which is even further beyond my grasp.

    • @ErikID142
      @ErikID142 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He probably just wrote a script to solve it by brute force.

  • @BigAl6405
    @BigAl6405 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didn't learn anything useful from this video, but I did find it very relaxing to watch

  • @Mrz00mik
    @Mrz00mik 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If you can't find answer for this question, that's it (1+2+34)×(5×6+7)×8+(√9)!=10958

    • @harshadpatil4961
      @harshadpatil4961 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice..
      3 factorial...

    • @neo778
      @neo778 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow - great!

  • @classygamingcollective2749
    @classygamingcollective2749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    That you memorized that many things is more impressive than the trick you were doing. You should just lead with the cheat sheet and tell people you got it memorized.

    • @DoofEvil
      @DoofEvil 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Dogman G *8,991. For every number there is 9 expressions

    • @denialater7775
      @denialater7775 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      you guys honestly think he memorized these? lol

    • @egenuch9844
      @egenuch9844 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@denialater7775 I thought he was definitely being sarcastic at first, but then he didn't explain a non memorizing way to get there. So I guess you know he didn't do it by memory and how??

    • @denialater7775
      @denialater7775 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@egenuch9844 in sure it was scripted or it he was looking at the sheet when the camera was looking at the paper

    • @zwan1886
      @zwan1886 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@egenuch9844 A non memorizing way like.. looking it up in the piece of paper he has right next to him? Are you that dense?

  • @craigcook3801
    @craigcook3801 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've literally only just started watching your channel because the TH-cam algorithm proposed a video of how to beat Dr. Nim and then after watching one more I'm now I'm in love with maths... Also I'm from the UK so we say maths rather than math lol.. But wow super hyped to find out that "math" is actually fun

  • @slavengerdrmassepoyves-mar1969
    @slavengerdrmassepoyves-mar1969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    man , should give this J. Taneja a special prize> ascending descending nobel prize !

  • @orhan771
    @orhan771 6 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    11000 - 10958 = 42 (The Answer)

    • @thibautguerquin6087
      @thibautguerquin6087 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I see what you did there, Google is your friend ;)

    • @treyhibbard
      @treyhibbard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The legend has been real all along. How could we be so blind

    • @matthewplayspiano7053
      @matthewplayspiano7053 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That’s real funny Sadam Huseyn

    • @kroneyt1493
      @kroneyt1493 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@matthewplayspiano7053 gg

    • @arinerm1331
      @arinerm1331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I just added the 42nd Like. Do I win the Universe?

  • @UselessGTAV
    @UselessGTAV 7 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    This BLEW my mind

  • @nachovyofficial
    @nachovyofficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Numberphile: *finds a number*
    Also Numberphile: *THE PROBLEM WITH THIS RANDOM NUMBER WE FOUND NOW*

  • @mexicanhonoka
    @mexicanhonoka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This is like a Life Hack that I never knew existed.
    I feel poweful now but sadly I dont know how to use this power.

    • @Mayhzon
      @Mayhzon 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      If it doesn't enhance your life, it's not a life hack. Just more useless "knowledge" you get a ton of in "education".
      This is so bored and tired, it isn't even a fun fact, because it isn't fun. Just typical math nerds thinking they're super smart about something that won't help you or anyone else for that matter.

  • @FromTheMountain
    @FromTheMountain 7 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Time to test my Python skills :).

    •  7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Any results after 6 hours?

    • @FromTheMountain
      @FromTheMountain 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hmm.... i might have underestimated the problem a little bit. I have to make the script place all kinds of operators in an expression and then make it evaluate it, which is a bit more difficult than I thought. Plus, I have to tell the script to put brackets in all types of places... I've given up on it for now, however I might get back on it soon.

    • @lucbourhis3142
      @lucbourhis3142 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Obvious tip: abstract! Expression tree… Similar method as used to find solutions for the infamous game "Countdown"

    •  7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ok, here are my findings so far:
      You can have the following different operators: +;-;*;/;_ (nothing, just chaining the digits to a bigger number);*- (multiply with the negative) and /- (divide by the negative). +- is just - and -- is just +. On 8 positions, that's 7^8=5.764.801 combinations, which should be pretty straightforward to implement (_ before * / *- /- before + -). Also the 1 can be negative, which doubles this.
      Now to the brackets, which are the really difficult part about this: You could try to optimize it and put in all the rules so that you get all different possibilities, but only the necessary variants. But that's extremely difficult, because you could for example have multiple opening and/or closing brackets between two numbers, you can have a closing bracket, an operator and an opening bracket, but that not if the operator is _, because obviously you can't put two digits together to one number, but have it split with brackets. That would just be multiplication, we don't want that. Also you would want to exclude things like (1) or ((1+2)). And the more you think about it, the more can go wrong. So don't restrict the position of brackets too much. But what can you restrict? The total amount. In the worst case you might get something like 1-(2-(3-(4-(5-(6-(7-(8-9))))))), which are 7 pairs of brackets, but you can shorten that to 1-2+3-4+5-6+7-8+9. And I haven't found any combination yet that needs more than 4 brackets. So that's pretty reasonable. You can start a bracket from [before the 1] to [between 7 and 8] and end it after at least two numbers. So depending on how much effort you want to put into reducing the number of possibilities further, you can spend different amounts of time with that or let the computer do it. You could just (or I could, I want to do it, too) let the computer place four starting brackets at the 7 different positions and the ending brackets at the end positions >=2 after the opening one. That way you would also have the brackets linked and never have too many early closing brackets. And invalid cases like )_( it could just skip, there shouldn't be too many of those.
      All that's left now is to program the actual operator evaluation, which should be a fun programming challenge unrelated to math(s). The limited amount of brackets should allow you to rearrange it as you need it before actually evaluating it. Maybe give every digit group a priority index? I don't know, I haven't thought about that too much yet.
      I'm pretty sure that the brackets will make the number of possible combinations insanely high, so it might need some more optimizations to run in a reasonable time. I would keep my PC on for a week if that's definitely necessary, but I wouldn't want a full month. So if it takes too long, I would have to optimize further.

    •  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But... If the computer already runs that long... Why not save ALL the results and sort them? Then you have a complete index! It's a limited amount of possibilities anyway, you can't go to 10 or 11 (or A or B), because it's all base 10 based and the length is also limited. So we can make a complete table, not just a small one that this quoted person (whose name I forgot) made!

  • @DanielQRT
    @DanielQRT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    Mitochondrion is the powerhouse of the cell.

    • @edmundsmith9482
      @edmundsmith9482 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The solution to 998

    • @TheDjurze
      @TheDjurze 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Daniel mitochondria is plural! The mitochondrion is the powerhouse of the cell

    • @hecko-yes
      @hecko-yes 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      George William Sykes Nobody says it like that though.

    • @nauvalrifky3502
      @nauvalrifky3502 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh,well thanks im 9th grade btw,and i need that info
      how about you?

    • @lereff1382
      @lereff1382 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Digestion begins in the mouth!

  • @rn5598
    @rn5598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve no idea how I’ve arrived at this video but I love it

  • @JordanHJ
    @JordanHJ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    10958? That's Numberwang!

  • @paulduncan3214
    @paulduncan3214 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I've got it . I have written it down in the margin of my maths book as it's so simple . Must dash .

  • @killiman8289
    @killiman8289 6 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    Your name is Matt Parker and you look like a mix between Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

    • @luckyducki
      @luckyducki 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      DufferTheRoleplayer this is really scaring me

    • @marcuscasagrande7596
      @marcuscasagrande7596 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      HAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @promerops
      @promerops 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      With a dash of Michael Palin thrown in. Have any statistical studies been done on the limit of facial characteristics combinations?

    • @FlawlessRythym
      @FlawlessRythym 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Illuminati

    • @siestaface
      @siestaface 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hah! Gae!!!!

  • @Danimal1177
    @Danimal1177 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Okay, smartass, my three digit number is 181, and my single digit is 0. Proceed.

    • @booshwireless
      @booshwireless 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      0 is a lack of digits not a digit itself

    • @HunterPhenomMakoy
      @HunterPhenomMakoy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Matt White Wrong

    • @booshwireless
      @booshwireless 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@HunterPhenomMakoy I give it's a digit

    • @McDe_
      @McDe_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Most mathematicians dont count 0 as a natural number tho

    • @HunterPhenomMakoy
      @HunterPhenomMakoy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dennis L I agree on that.

  • @bengieg3152
    @bengieg3152 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoyed watching this video!

  • @b.clarenc9517
    @b.clarenc9517 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    6:16 This is the 2nd time in my life I hear the word "freemium", the last one was 1h ago.
    Nice coincidence, cosmos.

    • @GewelReal
      @GewelReal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Freemium*

    • @steamaccount3442
      @steamaccount3442 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That's the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.

    • @rawtrout3402
      @rawtrout3402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      life is freemium

    • @tubester358
      @tubester358 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      All modern cloud services that people have access to for free and can pay for more premium features use the freemium business model; e.g. all cloud storage services, website making/hosting sites like wix/wordpress, free apps with pro versions etc.

    • @rawtrout3402
      @rawtrout3402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      freemium is a very common word among gamers especially mobile games where u pay to win (freemium)

  • @DiamondzFinder_
    @DiamondzFinder_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I would happily watch a ten hour video of Matt showing off this trick.

  • @Skelingtronnn
    @Skelingtronnn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Here is a problem no one was really looking for solution for... but I think I found one"
    Yep, mathematicians in a nutshell.

  • @xedron1079
    @xedron1079 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    DEAR TH-cam I FINALLY WATCHED THIS VIDEO NOW PLEASE STOP RECOMMENDING IT TO ME

    • @smyasir0
      @smyasir0 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      EXACTLY !

  • @CinematicLaboratory
    @CinematicLaboratory 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They also say 'division by zero' can't be done even though the Universe did it right from the start. This is probably why we still don't have warp drives. But a great video, regardless.

    • @belgaer4943
      @belgaer4943 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would love to study you

  • @theillestvillain9409
    @theillestvillain9409 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Did anyone just went to the comment section just to find someone who solved the 10958 problem?

    • @deadaces7949
      @deadaces7949 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      still searching!

    • @rawtrout3402
      @rawtrout3402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      he cheated. he memorized 10,000 number combinations

    • @11metalfan
      @11metalfan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Send it to 4chan

    • @rawtrout3402
      @rawtrout3402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      10958chan*

    • @11metalfan
      @11metalfan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@rawtrout3402
      (4+(4÷4))×(4^(4))×(4)×((4+4)÷4)+(44×(4×4))+((4×4)−(4
      +4)÷4) chan

  • @samueldeandrade8535
    @samueldeandrade8535 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh! My! Euler! Taneja??? I met him! I studied in the university in which he works. Or worked. What a surprise!!!

  • @PianoScenesMoviesandSeries
    @PianoScenesMoviesandSeries 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really thought I had a cool new math trick to impress family and friends at boring parties. Turns out this wizard just remembered the combinations.

  • @achu11th
    @achu11th 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Happy parker birthday, matt.

    • @achu11th
      @achu11th 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The mega plus: a parker square of a matt operation

  • @alef97
    @alef97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    two plus two is four, minus one, thats three, QUICK MAFFS

    • @sel5595
      @sel5595 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      dashD 😂😂I love this comment

    • @XxXedig21XxX
      @XxXedig21XxX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      dashD Take off your jacket man, kmon

    • @adbrz09
      @adbrz09 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm laughing at this waaaaay more than I should... I don't know why..!!! ROFL

    • @tommyv4980
      @tommyv4980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SKEEYAAAAAAA

    • @zenterno-zt1pl
      @zenterno-zt1pl 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Scrrrrrŕraaaaah pop pop pop pop pah

  • @marchaustein1429
    @marchaustein1429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I could go on the whole day
    Would love to see that with every 3-digit number

  • @Peter_1986
    @Peter_1986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me at all if Matt actually did memorise all of these tables while chilling at the beach. He just is that kind of person.

  • @kamon9339
    @kamon9339 7 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    i am the 10958. viewer... i am the problem

    • @Tastyspanishpaella
      @Tastyspanishpaella 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      you're not the problem, you was a mistake

    • @99bits46
      @99bits46 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      king betalot xDD

    • @bigrainbowdog
      @bigrainbowdog 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Salman Mehmood "was a mistake"
      Strokes beard
      I see

    • @johannesvanderhorst9778
      @johannesvanderhorst9778 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd like to like your comment, but then I saw you already have the perfect amount of 42 likes.

    • @markfox1545
      @markfox1545 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johannesvanderhorst9778 number not amount.

  • @genhen
    @genhen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    "learning"

  • @lightning77125
    @lightning77125 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is the 10,958th unknown problem Numberphile has solved.

  • @davidbaranski7718
    @davidbaranski7718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this guy remembered a whole thesis in 1-2 months, and I can even learn a paragraph for my french homework

  • @JonathanGray89
    @JonathanGray89 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm thinking the 10958 problem could maybe be feasibly brute forced. The numbers stay the same it's basically just the mathematical instructions and brackets that are different and change the result. I can't imagine it being too difficult for a computer to calculate a list of all of the possibilities.

    • @gyurhanaziz7676
      @gyurhanaziz7676 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Technically yes. The possibilities are around 4⁸ but if we need brackets things can get out of hand quickly.

  • @kirtanshah26
    @kirtanshah26 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “That is a mega plus, oh my goodness that is pretty plus”

  • @chhayapatel4098
    @chhayapatel4098 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I use this information to writing an article . So it is very important and useful for me .

  • @jakegleinser9648
    @jakegleinser9648 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so absurdly nerdy. I love it.

  • @hangugeohaksaeng
    @hangugeohaksaeng 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mat, Did you really memorize that list? If so, I'd love to see a quick video on your method.

  • @btnskillsh0t810
    @btnskillsh0t810 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I'm kinda mad at this **** number. Why is it like this? Why does it exist in first place? Was it bullied in school? Maybe unloving parents..

  • @kevinmason5093
    @kevinmason5093 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a wonderful use of time it is to find out which numbers make other numbers.

  • @MelancoliaI
    @MelancoliaI 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy is having way too much fun with this number.

  • @kchapps973
    @kchapps973 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey man i love your videos. You've single handedly given me hope getting back into mathmatics after abandoning it in grade school.
    Have you considered doing an episode on the dimensions of the grate pyramid at Giza and it's relationship to the Earth's precision?

    • @namelastname4077
      @namelastname4077 ปีที่แล้ว

      History Channel has an entire week dedicated to this riveting fact

  • @thinBillyBoy
    @thinBillyBoy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    You know he likes math when he calls memorization cheating, because that would mean he didn't work it out and solve it himself.

  • @BlakeSegafredo
    @BlakeSegafredo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Numbers are crazy!! I love this.

  • @dvkprod
    @dvkprod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "A problem noone's looking for a solution for, but I think I found one." Matt Parker, ladies and gentlemen