Why the hell the algorithm pushed that Harvard lecture at me, I have zero idea. I persevered for as long as I could, but this is altogether a happier experience.
Lisa Piccirillo, our speaker here, in this talk she gave in 2013, has just presented her solution and proof in February 2020 of the Conway Knot Problem, a decades old problem of John Conway's. It is a pleasure to watch her unfold her understanding of topological space in this video, and her thoughts of what Math is. It makes it evident to me why she could have solved the Conway problem. Here's part of that recent story: A few days later (after solving it), she met with Cameron Gordon, a professor at UT Austin, and casually mentioned her solution. “What?? That’s going to the Annals right now!’” Gordon said, referring to Annals of Mathematics, one of the discipline’s top journals. “He started yelling, ‘Why aren’t you more excited?’” said Piccirillo, now a postdoctoral fellow at Brandeis University. “He sort of freaked out.” ...a show of utter nonchalance on her part! www.quantamagazine.org/graduate-student-solves-decades-old-conway-knot-problem-20200519/
It's really a true honest "Good Will Hunting" kind of story only true. I think it is hysterical that she solved in with essentially a mindset of "why is that hard?" Now someone tell her how hard it is to quantize gravity! On another (and arguably related) note, there are some people you see that you can instantly see their inner child: the child who has still survived the seemingly relentless and almost personally directed goal by society and others to kill that inner spirit of wonder and curiosity that fuels a passion in the pleasure of discovery and understanding. Lisa exudes that childlike lovable nature of being curious and having that sense of wonder about this magnificent universe and seeking to know its hidden beauties.
Here because of the Conway knot proof. I'm so happy that Lisa Priccirillo is an example of how new outlooks and viewpoints can bring a new understanding to humanity. Thank you Lisa Priccirillo!
Someone wrote this brilliant comment on a more recent Harvard lecture by Lisa: "I subscribed because I find it fascinating that I'm listening to my native language and a foreign language simultaneously." And then the algorithm suggested this video to me, and that's precisely what Lisa addresses @17:37
For many people under 50, the word "like" has become an integral part of their everyday speech. It's often used as a filler word or to introduce examples, and sometimes it's just a habitual part of how they communicate. Frequent use of filler words can sometimes make conversations feel less fluid or distract from the main message. Many people who use "like" habitually are well-educated and articulate in other aspects of their speech. If it happens a lot in professional or important settings, I suggest clear and concise communication, as a shared goal can be beneficial for everyone involved. I am sure the future Professor is open to working on reducing her use of fillers.
15:40, does this mean that if the concepts in sociology are rigorously defined, then that sociology becomes a branch of mathematics? I think it would, but if the questions involve empirical observation, then it should be called just applied mathematics.
To answer Lisa's intro quote question: The spaceship lives on a torus. Here's why: * Walking on Earth: Earth is a sphere. If you walk south or west, you'll eventually return to your starting point after traveling a certain distance. * Asteroids: The spaceship in Asteroids wraps around the screen. If it moves down or to the left, it reappears on the opposite side, creating a continuous loop. * Torus Shape: A torus is a donut-shaped object. It has a continuous surface that wraps around itself, similar to how the spaceship moves in Asteroids. Therefore, the spaceship's environment can be best described as a torus.
An interesting lesson on how ideas can be made tangible - through different forms of language. The dissolution of language and it's distance from what it references is an important point. I don't know anything about math (just art), but her point about mechanisms that better define phenomena (math) is really interesting.
I kind of understand the general theme of the talk. (no mathematical background here) but what is the real world utility of any of this? Its like math philosophy without the human/societal overlap.
what did y’all do to geometry since I learned it in HS in the 80s? Which, by the way, I played asteroids after school at the arcade too. so very interesting, And props to you very smart mathematician’s!
Topology is the mathematics of holes. I love holes and spheres. But I don't understand why Brazzers, NaughtyAmerica, New Sensations or Harmony Films never used this for any of their movie names.
Actually you can't because Plato would have had at least seven through holes in his body but all the platonic solids are topologically equivalent to a sphere. th-cam.com/video/egEraZP9yXQ/w-d-xo.html
I'm just here because she's really cute and because topology is pretty cool. If you liked this lecture, check out the lecture series from Dr. Tadashi Tokeida for an awesome and amusing into to topology. He stands on the desk holding a paper Möbius strip with his toe at one point. Anyways, congratulations Lisa! I love that more and more mathematicians are making complex topics interesting and approachable to us in the general public now a days!
Very deceptive presentation. At minute 1:10 in the slide, the phi and psi functions in the note below don't enter the theorem in the box above. So what they are for? Also, It Is not clear what the rest of the presentation has tò do with this only slide of minute 1:10. The speed of talking and falsely popular communication Is unrespectful of the intelligence of the auditory.
What’s is Math? The first slide equations AND topology. ‘Garbage’ ? Sorry Euler, Jacobi, and Ramanujan….Nervous-Adderall-girlie says equations are stupid.
Thumbs up if exotic phenomena in dimension 4 was the first topology talk you've ever seen.
I've seen Numberphile videos on topology but that's about it.
Why the hell the algorithm pushed that Harvard lecture at me, I have zero idea. I persevered for as long as I could, but this is altogether a happier experience.
How did you know 😂
Thumbs up if the amplituhedron brought you here
I now feel about 40% more prepared to go back and watch it again after seeing this one.
I am here because of her Conway knot proof. Amazing mathematician.
Jee sir me bhi isi waja se aya hn
she looks more puffy and with squirrel cheeks. lovely lady thanks a lot.
I am about to take her class. Very excited LOL
@@manantv9299How is it? Cam you asl her if she can answer my email.
HOW can I be like her?? Is doing math mostly fun and enjoyable?
Lisa Piccirillo, our speaker here, in this talk she gave in 2013, has just presented her solution and proof in February 2020 of the Conway Knot Problem, a decades old problem of John Conway's. It is a pleasure to watch her unfold her understanding of topological space in this video, and her thoughts of what Math is. It makes it evident to me why she could have solved the Conway problem. Here's part of that recent story:
A few days later (after solving it), she met with Cameron Gordon, a professor at UT Austin, and casually mentioned her solution.
“What?? That’s going to the Annals right now!’” Gordon said, referring to Annals of Mathematics, one of the discipline’s top journals.
“He started yelling, ‘Why aren’t you more excited?’” said Piccirillo, now a postdoctoral fellow at Brandeis University. “He sort of freaked out.” ...a show of utter nonchalance on her part!
www.quantamagazine.org/graduate-student-solves-decades-old-conway-knot-problem-20200519/
It's really a true honest "Good Will Hunting" kind of story only true. I think it is hysterical that she solved in with essentially a mindset of "why is that hard?" Now someone tell her how hard it is to quantize gravity!
On another (and arguably related) note, there are some people you see that you can instantly see their inner child: the child who has still survived the seemingly relentless and almost personally directed goal by society and others to kill that inner spirit of wonder and curiosity that fuels a passion in the pleasure of discovery and understanding. Lisa exudes that childlike lovable nature of being curious and having that sense of wonder about this magnificent universe and seeking to know its hidden beauties.
Here because of the Conway knot proof. I'm so happy that Lisa Priccirillo is an example of how new outlooks and viewpoints can bring a new understanding to humanity. Thank you Lisa Priccirillo!
Someone wrote this brilliant comment on a more recent Harvard lecture by Lisa: "I subscribed because I find it fascinating that I'm listening to my native language and a foreign language simultaneously." And then the algorithm suggested this video to me, and that's precisely what Lisa addresses @17:37
Lisa Piccirillo - thank you - have been watching your lectures and the learning format is so helpful.
Love the old school asteroids analogy! Brilliant and entertainingly delivered.
I honestly don't care that this was posted 11 yrs ago, I'm 40 yrs old, and you make me smile
Lisa you are my idol... greetings from Chile 🇨🇱
I have no clue what she is talking about but I watch in fascination. Wish my brain worked like this
For many people under 50, the word "like" has become an integral part of their everyday speech. It's often used as a filler word or to introduce examples, and sometimes it's just a habitual part of how they communicate. Frequent use of filler words can sometimes make conversations feel less fluid or distract from the main message. Many people who use "like" habitually are well-educated and articulate in other aspects of their speech. If it happens a lot in professional or important settings, I suggest clear and concise communication, as a shared goal can be beneficial for everyone involved. I am sure the future Professor is open to working on reducing her use of fillers.
I think she will eventually hit something truly ground breaking with her deep supersonic thinking.
I enjoy the way you present yourself in an unthreatening way.
You deserve ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!! Well done!
15:40, does this mean that if the concepts in sociology are rigorously defined, then that sociology becomes a branch of mathematics?
I think it would, but if the questions involve empirical observation, then it should be called just applied mathematics.
To answer Lisa's intro quote question: The spaceship lives on a torus.
Here's why:
* Walking on Earth: Earth is a sphere. If you walk south or west, you'll eventually return to your starting point after traveling a certain distance.
* Asteroids: The spaceship in Asteroids wraps around the screen. If it moves down or to the left, it reappears on the opposite side, creating a continuous loop.
* Torus Shape: A torus is a donut-shaped object. It has a continuous surface that wraps around itself, similar to how the spaceship moves in Asteroids.
Therefore, the spaceship's environment can be best described as a torus.
At 4:53 in the video... Fausnaught... You could research and figure it out further for yourself....
Cool talk, thanks to Prof. Piccirillo and Quanta Magazine.
I’m here because I like to feel really dumb. I struggled with simple fractions so this is like magic to me.
Why is she holding the mic pack the whole time? There’s a reason they have a belt clip on them.
An interesting lesson on how ideas can be made tangible - through different forms of language. The dissolution of language and it's distance from what it references is an important point. I don't know anything about math (just art), but her point about mechanisms that better define phenomena (math) is really interesting.
I watch this to study English
I am Korean
I kind of understand the general theme of the talk. (no mathematical background here) but what is the real world utility of any of this? Its like math philosophy without the human/societal overlap.
Godsend, Thank You for sharing, Lisa.
I was watching a SHEIN haul, how did I get here?
lol... true crime for me
I was watching volleyball 😂
Felicidades super lisa!!
what did y’all do to geometry since I learned it in HS in the 80s? Which, by the way, I played asteroids after school at the arcade too. so very interesting, And props to you very smart mathematician’s!
Here because the algorithm thinks I am a genius .Algorithm, you’re drunk, go home.
😂
She is brilliant !
Genius also
She cute tho
Can someone please share with me the purpose or uses of this kind of math? I’m very interested and curious.
Space n shapes n shit
deeper understanding on our physical existence
What book is she talking about when she we read "Elements"?
euclid
@@shortnotes-bds2621 Doh! And thanks! =)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid%27s_Elements
Topology is the mathematics of holes. I love holes and spheres. But I don't understand why Brazzers, NaughtyAmerica, New Sensations or Harmony Films never used this for any of their movie names.
Did anyone understand any of this?
Proteins are the most complex folded things that I can think of
I came here to find out what came first, the chicken or the egg? I'll keep looking.
how can somebody be so genetically gifted..beautiful and genius
The way this lass is talking, I'm fairly sure she's one of those people who calculate slingshot orbits for probes?
It's called wrap-around.
6:15 Wow, didn't know you can build platonic solids out of Plato himself!
Actually you can't because Plato would have had at least seven through holes in his body but all the platonic solids are topologically equivalent to a sphere.
th-cam.com/video/egEraZP9yXQ/w-d-xo.html
Play-doh
@@BlitzN7 It's a joke. We all know what she said.
Thanks for your contribution, lovely lady.
this is great!
I'm just here because she's really cute and because topology is pretty cool. If you liked this lecture, check out the lecture series from Dr. Tadashi Tokeida for an awesome and amusing into to topology. He stands on the desk holding a paper Möbius strip with his toe at one point. Anyways, congratulations Lisa! I love that more and more mathematicians are making complex topics interesting and approachable to us in the general public now a days!
Distance between objects is an illusion
The source of light is in the eye
Marvelous.
She is look like brilliant woman. İ think she can solve kind of hard math proplem
Thank you
I came here cause of that knot topic, so what's her insta ?
Hilarious
whats the name of the two asteroids poking through her shirt?
Titus
@@seanl2930 Kekmerald, my good sire.
Brilliant!!
Here after what had she done 😍
Gratitude
"Don't let it touch itself"
😂
I came from the 4th dimension video
Same here.
Do you really know what she talked about?
@djames693 Nope.
@@jamesdean3352
😂😂😂
Are we being played?
Or, is she really smart?
Lisa: Nobody likes this [points at abstract math theorem].
Sheldon: Hold my virgin Cuba libre…
space, the final frontier. sadly, it only exists within your mathematical mediums.
Hope she finds her way out . ❤
I thought it was Asteroids, the Arcade Machine.
beautiful and genius
Any questions? ;) lol
I have a question, umm would i have a chance with her 😹 👩❤💋👩Shes stunning....Meow
"think in portals"
Is this just to confuse a college to pay you vast amounts of dollars Lisa?
She looked so pretty here. 😢
Why sad face?
@laineynae7943 Because she went for the ortorexia route and now looks emaciated and not as pretty
19:25
Im sorry i do not have white out Access to a computer with cut and paste, but dont worry the paint is only 350.00 for 5 galons of paint....@#$&+!?
Very deceptive presentation. At minute 1:10 in the slide, the phi and psi functions in the note below don't enter the theorem in the box above. So what they are for? Also, It Is not clear what the rest of the presentation has tò do with this only slide of minute 1:10. The speed of talking and falsely popular communication Is unrespectful of the intelligence of the auditory.
Internet in math is that in dir has had real rec
I'm not in a good at math. I do however find her extremely beautiful
What is that accent when she says "sooo"
Tism
@@seanl2930what
Brilliant
What kind of outfit was that? Was she pregnant?
WOW
no doubt about it: I am a masochist.
I think she needs to take a deep breath every now and then and just relax
She is so beautiful ❤
🎉🎉🎉
Wooow
HEY, TAKE SOME MINUTES TO RESOLVE HOMELESSNESS/DRUG ADDICTION/MENTAL HEALTH DEPERATION IN OUR CITIES!!!
I like her asteroids!
😊
Damn.. I am too stupid for this :(
I have to be excused at 115
any men of culture here?
wow she's gorgeous
Shes a circus side show😂
I love you
snake oil. She outta try fishing.
JACQUES LACAN KLEIN WORK'S
What’s is Math? The first slide equations AND topology.
‘Garbage’ ? Sorry Euler, Jacobi, and Ramanujan….Nervous-Adderall-girlie says equations are stupid.
her goal was accessibility, listen to what she says around the 19m mark. she solved a 50 year old problem, pretty sure she isn't writing off equations
This is a speed talk on speed... must be a zoomer thing. Talk fast with no regard for your audience
Wrong generation tosspot
she might be nervous
This was 11 years ago and she was in her 20's then... not a zoomer; she's just very smart.
Ahh my future wife
That's 11 years ago
@@francescosegre Lets hope shes still single thou 😹 👩❤💋👩....Meow
a bit slower and more fokused would help ---