a Putnam-exam-level system of equations

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  • This question is B3 from the 1969 Putnam exam. Very suitable for calculus 2 students.
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  • @leadnitrate2194
    @leadnitrate2194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    Legend has it that the bunny can solve the Reimann Hypothesis in four different ways.

    • @noahzuniga
      @noahzuniga 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      blackpenredpen video in 2024: How to solve the Riemann Hypothesis (two ways), Calc 3 Practice

    • @lucaschai5788
      @lucaschai5788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      是吗?Are you sure?

    • @MarkusDarkess
      @MarkusDarkess 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Twin primes will be found at multiples of 15.
      Odd numbers will find twin primes ending in 1,3 and 7,9
      Even numbers will find twin primes 9,1.
      Euclid PNT Q=P1,P2,P3...... P24
      First three primes are 2,3,5=30.
      So multiplying any prime after will only find spots at intervals 30.
      This is only partial proof of the riemann hypothesis. I have the full proof written down.
      But no friends or family want to talk about it... because to them math is pointless. And went I went to a college the professor wasn't there and when they asked what it was about. I told them it was essentially a thesis... but after they found out I had no college. They said it was probably nothing before even looking.
      I don't have the skills to take it even higher because I cannot afford college. And I have been working on this for two years alone. But if I go to college or not won't take away the meaning of this proof.
      And after comprehending the full scope of this. I am going to post my
      I just want to be a productive member of society and have a voice. This is why many mathematicians die before they are recognized.
      I would really like a response before I post it. But... I will probably post it within the next 24hours.

    • @MarkusDarkess
      @MarkusDarkess 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@noahzuniga I guess I am the quantum bunny
      I am the last mimzy. (A movie) I have the other 4 proofs too

    • @user-mt9ux2di6u
      @user-mt9ux2di6u 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahaha!

  • @sashabell9997
    @sashabell9997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    2:54 "sometimes he likes to be on the bottom, sometimes he likes to be on the top"
    I guess you could say the variable is pretty versatile then huh?

  • @Maou3
    @Maou3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Algebruh moment at the end there

  • @aronpacino8009
    @aronpacino8009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    5:55
    I'm sensing a double factorial here, not yet sure, i'm not yet done watching

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You were right!

    • @internetbad3575
      @internetbad3575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wow you must have like 200 IQ to have seen that coming

    • @aronpacino8009
      @aronpacino8009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@blackpenredpen yes, it seemed to be so, i noticed that they are just like a factorial, but instead of decreasing by 1, they are decreasing by 2. Hehehe

    • @rahimeozsoy4244
      @rahimeozsoy4244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you 140 IQ

  • @bingcheng8419
    @bingcheng8419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You should check limit of a_(2n+1)/a_(2n+2), in case the limits are not same.

  • @Nerketur
    @Nerketur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    ::confused face:: "square root... pi/2???"
    ::long pause::
    ::cut to real solution:: "its obviously plus or minus the square root of 2/pi!"
    thank you for that. i really needed that laugh. xD
    this truly made my day. :D

  • @integralboi2900
    @integralboi2900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Yay! You finally uploaded!

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Sorry, took too long to decide “which mic” to use. : )

  • @Rahulsingh-lw8hk
    @Rahulsingh-lw8hk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i love these types of problems thanks to you to make me able to see fun in mathematics!

  • @Meetu4151
    @Meetu4151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi bro!! Love your maths videos, they keep me motivated!!!

  • @andrewmccauley6262
    @andrewmccauley6262 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did it via a bunch of factorials and stirling's approximation, was very satisfying cancelling everything out to get to the right answer!

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just found out about your channel! I love math

  • @nafrost2787
    @nafrost2787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video, is why the pie notation for multiplication was invented.

  • @MathemaTeach
    @MathemaTeach 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice microphone, i wanna use one like that in my math videos too..
    This is a great help for students on lock down but still needing to learn...

  • @santoshmishra5993
    @santoshmishra5993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    our blckpenredpen will be doing goldback conjecture also in 2 methods till 2025

  • @erickherrerapena8981
    @erickherrerapena8981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jajajaja no me esperaba que pusieras tu pequeño error de cálculo, pero quedó bien. ¡¡Buen video!!

  • @andersonabelriquelmefernan8725
    @andersonabelriquelmefernan8725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Genial!!, como siempre.
    Me encantan tus videos, a pesar de no hablar tu mismo idioma entiendo la mayor parte del video. Muchas gracias y exitos.
    Psd: me gustaría que añadas subtítulos al español :)

  • @gabest4
    @gabest4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Printed the numbers up to a1000 and the solution is almost certainly correct. Good job! Although the convergence of an/an+1 to 1 is not mononically decreasing. Around a93 it starts oscillating a little. Could be some strange floating point error.

  • @egillandersson1780
    @egillandersson1780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I recognized the Wallis product only at 9:17 . Shame on me !
    Very interesting video. I didn't think that pi woud come here !

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      pi always like to come to math parties

    • @FaranAiki
      @FaranAiki 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's hard to remember some formula :D

    • @lucaschai5788
      @lucaschai5788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@blackpenredpen pi always come to parties that he shouldn't go :D

    • @egberthuizinga4408
      @egberthuizinga4408 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blackpenredpen i always like to come to math parties

  • @killergames7923
    @killergames7923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi! I've been watching your videos for weeks and I am really fascinated. I love math and I really want to study it at advanced level and be good at it, but I don't know how to begin. Have you got any advices(maybe some videos or sites or books)?
    I hope you read this message
    Thank you, you're amazing

  • @MathsCoach
    @MathsCoach 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Hi. Where do you buy your microphone covers from? They look so cool!

    • @krish1349
      @krish1349 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's a pokeball, with asH inside it😂

    • @MathemaTeach
      @MathemaTeach 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I want one too... 😊

  • @tusharbansal8794
    @tusharbansal8794 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A big fan sir

  • @kinshuksinghania4289
    @kinshuksinghania4289 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great ✌️✌️, I was suspecting π right from the start!!!

  • @soumyanamdeo2347
    @soumyanamdeo2347 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sir you are awsome

  • @aarl901
    @aarl901 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have found by myself, but it took me quite a long time. finding explicit formulas for a(2n+2) and a(2n+3) with factorials, then using Stirling Formula and many calculus manipulations. I didn't remember Wallis Product, clearly it would help me find faster the answer

  • @LaBrantMath
    @LaBrantMath 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I need a rabbit like that for when I get stuck explaining to my students.

  • @cameronkhanpour3002
    @cameronkhanpour3002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    hahaha that part at the end was funny "底下 底下 底下"

  • @pkmath12345
    @pkmath12345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Series! Cool haha I like to cover topic related to the patterns, also like that lil thing you are holding~ great

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks. It’s a pokéball. : )

  • @madmuffin2511
    @madmuffin2511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where is the error in the following ?:
    a_n*a_n+1 = n
    --> a_n = n/a_n+1
    multiply with a_n and use a_n/a_n+1 --> 1 for n --> infty
    --> a_n**2 = n*a_n/a_n+1 --> n
    --> a_n --> sqrt(n) (*)
    a_1 = (n-2)!! / (n-1)!! *a_n --> sqrt(2/pi) * sqrt(n) --> infty with (*) and square root of wallis product.

  • @gustavopaz5453
    @gustavopaz5453 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Long time no see, sir!

  • @warlokyx
    @warlokyx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    a1 is being a chaotic vers and I'm here for it 😂

  • @omarelric
    @omarelric 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    AMAZING!!!!! That was delightful, how can you deny math’s platonic qualities when you glance at stuff like this?

  • @agraneesingh755
    @agraneesingh755 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    phenomenal 🙀🙀

  • @l_szabi
    @l_szabi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    13:50 that is such a math teacher moment :D

  • @haltyouropinions3780
    @haltyouropinions3780 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    at first i was confused it looks to me like at the end of the wallis product it would be
    (2n-1)/(2n-2) * (2n-1)/(2n) but then what about the other (2n-2)?
    well before the (2n-1) term, there is (2n-3), so the other (2n-1) goes to that.

  • @guest_of_randomness
    @guest_of_randomness 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    🤣“等一下”

    • @user-oe5eg5qx4c
      @user-oe5eg5qx4c 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      0:33 and don't worry ,if I get stuck 小兔兔 will help us out

  • @saharhaimyaccov4977
    @saharhaimyaccov4977 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing..

  • @Mathematica1729
    @Mathematica1729 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please somebody explain me at 7:58 why did he put the square on (2n-2) in the denominator.

    • @davidgould9431
      @davidgould9431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Between 2, 4, 6, ... 2n there is a (2n - 2).
      Edit: ok, that was a bit terse.
      We are multiplying (2 x 4 x 6 x ... x (2n - 2)) with (2 x 4 x 6 x ... x 2n). Now, 2n is bigger than 2n - 2. You match up all the terms to 2n - 2, so they get squared. There is still one term 2n left, so multiply that in too.

  • @DrMasi
    @DrMasi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    AWESOME

  • @z4zuse
    @z4zuse 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice to see Nijntje came to the rescue

  • @gopalans7599
    @gopalans7599 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    @blackpenredoen
    Could you pl find the limit of x tending to infinity
    Root(x^2+2x)-x

  • @POLKQWER
    @POLKQWER 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    6:06 may i ask what is he calling that term? can't quite hear it well.

    • @John-uh1pb
      @John-uh1pb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "The limit as n goes to infinity of a-whatever over a-sub whatever (the same whatever) and then plus one"

  • @Steven-ov4no
    @Steven-ov4no 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    曹老師的頻道越來越多朋友了🤣

    • @Steven-ov4no
      @Steven-ov4no 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      13:55 (發現怪怪)
      13:57 等一下等一下!
      應該要找小兔兔來幫忙才對

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      哈哈哈 是啊

    • @aashsyed1277
      @aashsyed1277 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blackpenredpen WHY??????????????????

  • @ronandodds
    @ronandodds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    stupid question, why is the (2n-2) squared in the equation outlined in red? Shouldn't it just be to the first power times (2n) ?

    • @davidgould9431
      @davidgould9431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We are multiplying all the evens up to (2n - 2) with 2 x 4 x 6 x .... x (2n - 6) x (2n - 4) x (2n - 2) x 2n, so the (2n - 2) is squared, too.

  • @Sam-zx4rp
    @Sam-zx4rp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice year, btw.

  • @nikitakipriyanov7260
    @nikitakipriyanov7260 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I solved this myself and got the same answer! Despite the fact I started to forget all this math (and now trying to remember it as a way to massage my brain, while others solve sudokus and crosswords).

  • @VaradMahashabde
    @VaradMahashabde 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My guess : alternatively divide and mulitply, wallis product style,
    so a_1 = a_1 * a_2 / (a_2 * a_3) * (a_3 * a_4) ... =1 /2 * 3 / 4 ...
    = lim_{n -> inf} (2n+1)!! / (2n)!! or = lim_{n -> inf} (2n-1)!! / (2n)!!
    But the limit is infinite for the left one and zero for the right one 🤔

    • @valeriobertoncello1809
      @valeriobertoncello1809 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I also thought about this method of solving it, though I couldn't find a way to include the condition imposed by the limit in the proof!
      If you square both sides in your last expression you should get:
      (a_1)² = 1²×3²×5²×•••/2²×4²×6²×••• = 2/π
      and therefore a_1 = ±√(2/π)
      But, again, how does the limit come into play in this proof? must be wrong :c

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Varad Mahashabde You are probably not carrying out the product correctly. You are supposed to ultimately just have a ratio of double factorials multiplied by some extra normalizing factor.

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also, I am not quite sure that your claim that lim (2n + 1)!!/(2n)!! (n -> ♾) is true.
      EDIT: The claim is true, but irrelevant, since a(1)^2 = lim (2m + 1)!!(2m - 1)!!/(2m)!!^2 (m -> ♾), it is not the case that a(1) = lim (2m - 1)!!/(2m)!! (m -> ♾).

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Valerio Bertoncello The idea is that lim a(n)/a(n + 1) (n -> ♾) = 1 implies that 1/a(1)^2 = lim (2m)!!^2/[(2m - 1)!!(2m + 1)!!] (m -> ♾) .

  • @allmight801
    @allmight801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    gotta solve 'em all

  • @msolec2000
    @msolec2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    But what if you had started with lim (a_(2n-1)/a_(2n)) instead?

  • @nitayderei
    @nitayderei 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1969. Nice.

  • @hach1koko
    @hach1koko 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    the fact that lim a_(n)/a_(n+1) = 1 is just a consequence of the definition, right ? It's easy to see that a_(2n)/a_(2n+2) and a_(2n+1)/a_(2n+3) both converges to 1 by using the definition of a_(n).

  • @user-bz2qm2ij9d
    @user-bz2qm2ij9d 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice.

  • @joekerr5418
    @joekerr5418 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shouldn't there be a (2n-1) before 2n at 8:21?

  • @gardenmenuuu
    @gardenmenuuu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    sir I am your great fan n regular viewer.Where are you from? whats ur job ,qualifications i wanna know plzzz

  • @soumyanamdeo2347
    @soumyanamdeo2347 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How can I send you questions ???

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Twitter is the best place since u can just tweet me a pic.

  • @divisix024
    @divisix024 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    13:56 「等一下等一下等一下」wwwww

  • @criskity
    @criskity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    13:56 Chinese? 等一下!

  • @Vampianist3
    @Vampianist3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So in the end you asked 小兔兔 for help right?

  • @miruten4628
    @miruten4628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should confirm that also lim_{n->∞} [a_{2n-1} / a_{2n}] = 1 with those values of a_1. Otherwise there would be no solution for a_1.

  • @andraspongracz5996
    @andraspongracz5996 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    We are NOT done: you have only demonstrated that if there is an answer, then it must be $\pm \sqrt{2/\pi}$. The problem is that you only computed the limit of a subseries, namely the one obtained by taking every other term of $a_n/a_{n+1}$. You can easily finish the proof by showing the same result for the subseries of the remaining elements. (Or an elegant finish: it is clear from the definition of the $a_i$ that $a_n/a_{n+2}=n/(n+1)$ tends to 1, so if the above half of the quotient series tends to 1, then the other half does too.)

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      András Pongrácz This is a moot point. The limit of the ratio of the subsequence is the same as the limit of the ratio of the sequence itself. This is because if lim a(n)/a(n + 1) = 1, then n = 2m, and as n -> ♾, m -> ♾. Since this transformation is bijective, which is trivial, the implication holds in the other direction.

    • @andraspongracz5996
      @andraspongracz5996 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@angelmendez-rivera351 The limit of a subsequence is the same as the limit of the sequence... provided that the sequence has a limit. It is not a moot point, but a theoretical mistake (which is of course easy to fix, as I wrote). Imagine that every other term is 1, and every term wit odd index $n$ is $n$. If you only focus on the even indices, you might think that the limit is 1.

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      András Pongrácz Okay, but we already knew the sequence has a limit at all, it is literally part of the premise of the problem. So, it is indeed a moot point. There is nothing theoretically incorrect that he did in this video. He didn't use induction to prove the form of the terms a(2k) and a(2k - 1), but to be fair, proving it is so trivial, it's not as if anyone watching the video is confused about why he didn't do it.

  • @Tomaplen
    @Tomaplen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    13:45 Me on every single fucking test... u.u

  • @Risu0chan
    @Risu0chan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was expecting a limit of a[n]. You can show an equivalence a[n] ~ √n , that is limit a[n]/√n = 1

  • @maxamedmuuse4882
    @maxamedmuuse4882 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great

  • @hamsterdam1942
    @hamsterdam1942 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    +-sqrt(pi/2) could be also an answer

  • @duggydo
    @duggydo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you sing the song at the end bprp?

    • @erikkonstas
      @erikkonstas 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It says on the bottom-right "outro song by Zach & Jonah (check out MotorMusic)" very clearly, so...

  • @josedearimatea4832
    @josedearimatea4832 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shouldn't the pi over 2 be squared on that last part?

  • @Happy_Abe
    @Happy_Abe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wouldn't the higher degree of n in the denominator cause the limit to go to 0?

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Avraham Radin The denominator does not have a higher degree of growth with respect to n. Just to be precise, a(1)^2 = lim (2n - 1)!!(2n + 1)!!/(2n)!! (n -> ♾), which is the reciprocal of the Wallis product. (2n - 1)!!(2n + 1)!! and (2n)!!^2 have the same growth. This can be proven by using double factorial identities to convert into factorials and exponentials, and then compare the numerator and denominator by using the Stirling asymptotic approximation.

  • @domanicmarcus2176
    @domanicmarcus2176 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you do a video on washers on disks? Can you please do the same problem in both washers and discs? I have a problem with setting it up. Can you please do more than just 1 problem? Please explain in your video why 1 method would be easier than the other method. Please, explain the setup. Also, can you please do the same problem if it was rotated about the x-axis and then about the y-axis. In some problems, I must solve for x and in other problems and in other problems I must solve for y. Can you please explain when to solve for x or y? I have a problem with setting them up. You don't need to solve the problems. Just the setup is where I am running into a problem. I can integrate the problem(s) myself. The integration is the easy part. The setup is the HARD PART. Thank You, Sir.

  • @rosamondcarson1508
    @rosamondcarson1508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    哈哈哈,,,我听到了“等一下等一下”

  • @nicolascamargo8339
    @nicolascamargo8339 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow ese producto está curioso

  • @djvalentedochp
    @djvalentedochp 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pi always being on strange places

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      DJ VALENTE DO CHP It isn't as strange as it seems. There are a bunch of double factorials in this product, and the double factorials come from the Gamma function being evaluated at half integers, which is equivalent to integrating a cylindrically symmetric bell curve. The cylindrical symmetry is where π becomes relevant.

  • @yasharya9765
    @yasharya9765 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @blackpenredpen today I uploaded a Putnam 1992 functional equation problem try it

  • @krishnasimha8097
    @krishnasimha8097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It shows a pattern=n!!/n-1!!

    • @FaranAiki
      @FaranAiki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't forget the square :D

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not n!!/(n - 1)!!, but (2n)!!/(2n - 1)!!, and you must square the ratio.

  • @brownwater6212
    @brownwater6212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the pokeball mic.

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks.

    • @Diaryofaninja
      @Diaryofaninja 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      BrownWater nice mr robot pfp

    • @brownwater6212
      @brownwater6212 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Diaryofaninja Thanks :)

    • @idontwantanamethx
      @idontwantanamethx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thought he captured the bunny in the pokeball... By the way, does the bunny have a name?

    • @brownwater6212
      @brownwater6212 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@idontwantanamethx th-cam.com/video/zbZsdllCFQw/w-d-xo.html
      At 0:05

  • @Magistrixification
    @Magistrixification 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you ever feel like you are inadequate?

  • @Geffde
    @Geffde 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    There’s gotta be more solutions than that because a1 = a2 = 1 also generates the same set of answers...

    • @niklasschmidt3610
      @niklasschmidt3610 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You may be able to construct a series with a_n * a_(n+1) =n with a_2k and a_(2k+1) like the ones in the video with (a_1)^2 =1, but then the lim (a_n/a_(n+1)) = 2/pi and not 1. So I don't think there are different answers. I'm actually sure there are none

  • @Karimkarim-mr2lf
    @Karimkarim-mr2lf 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow 😲😲

  • @grawuka6900
    @grawuka6900 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    A bit sad the derivation isn't done from the Stirling formula as it's what is expected to be known from Putnam candidates.
    Still a nice video :)

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Grawuka I think the Wallis product is better known than the Stirling asymptotic approximation formula. In any case, the Stirling approximation can be derived from the Wallis product, and the Wallis product can be derived from the Stirling approximation, hence it really does not matter.

  • @Aria-mm9fq
    @Aria-mm9fq 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you ever heard anything about maryam mirzakhani?

  • @markkennedy9767
    @markkennedy9767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It seems obvious but can anyone tell me why
    if the lim (a(n)/a(n+1))=1,
    then the lim(a(2n)/a(2n+1))=1.
    Otherwise I may have been able to do this

    • @stephenbeck7222
      @stephenbeck7222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Let u=2n. Then as n goes to infinity, u also goes to infinity. The limit with the 2n and 2n+1 becomes a(u)/a(u+1), which is equivalent to the given limit in the question.

    • @rajawi9999
      @rajawi9999 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stephenbeck7222 that's incorrect because a(n) isn't a function

    • @rajawi9999
      @rajawi9999 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stephenbeck7222 that's incorrect, what if a(n+1)=n and a(n) =1, we have here a(n+1)*a(n)= n but a(n)/a(n+1)=>0

  • @OfficialGamingNetwork
    @OfficialGamingNetwork 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:54 - 2:58 mood

  • @guest_of_randomness
    @guest_of_randomness 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i should have known that he will come out with a crazy weird formula in the end. but then i clicked in... and saw a weird formula...

  • @bigwatermelon2973
    @bigwatermelon2973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    13:56 等一下,等一下 lol

  • @Kdd160
    @Kdd160 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He always starts with
    "Hello let's do some math for fun"

  • @xalluniverse9028
    @xalluniverse9028 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's interesting that a1 = 0.5!

  • @gaaraofddarkness
    @gaaraofddarkness 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    13:52. Hug Diya na!! lol

  • @DanBurgaud
    @DanBurgaud 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    13:40 LOL! you took a shortcut skipping a step ending with 13:50

  • @arandompersononyoutube3739
    @arandompersononyoutube3739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is it pokeball or mic ?

  • @whybeee
    @whybeee 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So all the jokes about the Pokéball are now true

  • @ameerunbegum7525
    @ameerunbegum7525 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think there is pikachu in that ball

  • @rhemalogos7980
    @rhemalogos7980 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is every thing equal to pii or what? crazy as pii followed us since primary school

    • @criskity
      @criskity 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pi pops up in the oddest places. But as 3Blue1Brown says, wherever you find pi, a circle is involved somehow. It may be hidden, but it's there.

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      CNVideos Yes. In this case, the sequence {a(n)} is a ratio of double factorials, which can all be expressed in terms of ratios of products of fractional factorials, which are the result of the n-volume of the bell curve, which has polar properties. In those polar properties is where the circle is hidden.

  • @rajawi9999
    @rajawi9999 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    you should prove first the relation that you wrote betwen a2n+1 and n

  • @yaleng4597
    @yaleng4597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    等一下,差點搞砸了
    LMAO

  • @bttfish
    @bttfish 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    For the sake of rigor, you need to construct a concrete sequence to prove that sqrtpi/2 can actually be a1

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What did you mean by “prove that sqrt(pi/2) can actually be 1”?

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What do you mean? The infinite product is the limit of a concrete well-known sequence.

  • @user-go6dj6lg8b
    @user-go6dj6lg8b 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    13:56 等一下XD 突然冒出中文我嚇到

  • @gorillajock
    @gorillajock 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's Wallis product, not Walli's product

  • @cpgrace1902
    @cpgrace1902 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can someone tell me why this formula always generates primes for even values of x?
    x^4-x^2(x-1/x)^2

    • @gz4978
      @gz4978 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try 12.

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      (x - 1/x)^2 = x^2 + 1/x^2 - 2 ==> x^4 - x^2(x - 1/x)^2 = x^4 - x^2(x^2 + 1/x^2 - 2) = x^4 - x^4 - 1 + 2x^2 = 2x^2 - 1. The expression you presented is equal to the much simpler 2x^2 - 1 for all values of x. Anyhow, for x = 0, 2x^2 - 1 = -1, which is not prime.
      If x = 2y, then 2x^2 - 1 = 2(2y)^2 - 1 = 8y^2 - 1. For y = 6, 8y^2 - 1 = 287, which is not prime. In fact, there are infinitely many values of y for which 8y^2 - 1 is not prime. This is a famous theorem of number theory: there does not exist any finite polynomial with integer coefficients that generates.

  • @pilime103
    @pilime103 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    等一下XD 老師是哪裡人啊

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      我來自台灣喔

    • @pilime103
      @pilime103 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      我是高中數學老師,關注你的頻道一段時間了,本來以為你是ABC,原來是台灣人啊~老師應該是在大學任教吧

  • @MarcDM92
    @MarcDM92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just about to comment "Hey you missed to square Wallis Product result due to the squares of the limit formula..." but NO NO!! DON'T DO IT!!!! :)

    • @LLWN84
      @LLWN84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was too, but later realised. Lol

  • @newmansLP
    @newmansLP 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didn't you just proof that for even/odd? If an is odd and an+1 is even the answer would be root(pi/2) right? correct me if I'm wrong.

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Goatgod No. lim a(n)/a(n + 1) (n -> ♾) = lim a(2n)/a(2n + 1) (n -> ♾). This is the property the question is reliant on.

  • @F1U7R2Y9
    @F1U7R2Y9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Plz do a collab on a topic of math with muPrimeMath. plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    • @blackpenredpen
      @blackpenredpen  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We will! Maybe after a few weeks tho since he has AP exams and I have other things to work on as well.

    • @F1U7R2Y9
      @F1U7R2Y9 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blackpenredpen o' Thanks for reply.