How do you prove a prime is infinitely fragile?

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  • @standupmaths
    @standupmaths  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1133

    Apparently some Patreon People cannot find their Fragile Prime at the end of the video. They're all there! If you ask on this post I can confirm what yours is: www.patreon.com/posts/54207228
    AND YES, 33 isn't prime. Should have been 53. But it happened at the 33 second mark, so maybe it's a big conspiracy.

    • @MatthewLiuCube
      @MatthewLiuCube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      33 is a prime. We're all being lied to.

    • @MatthewLiuCube
      @MatthewLiuCube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      in all seriousness, insightful video, amazing production quality too thanks for sharing :)

    • @gibrana9214
      @gibrana9214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It happened at the 0:29 second mark. It was just there at the 0:33 second mark.

    • @noellelavenza494
      @noellelavenza494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It may not be a prime, but it tried pretty hard and almost got there, even if it still failed in the end...

    • @fahrenheit2101
      @fahrenheit2101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gibrana9214 Shhh...

  • @DOHandDOH
    @DOHandDOH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1586

    The 007-inspired intro is a masterpiece. Also, the fact 007 is mostly leading zeros is pure magic.

    • @sleepycritical6950
      @sleepycritical6950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Don't you mean double (infinite) O seven?

    • @caminoprojectUS
      @caminoprojectUS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      And its a prime

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Too bad 007 isn’t a fragile prime

    • @idontwantahandlethough
      @idontwantahandlethough 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@sleepycritical6950 LOL you're right... he's actually 000000(repeating)7

    • @idontwantahandlethough
      @idontwantahandlethough 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I know right? Nobody else (except maybe the writers of Bojack Horseman) would think of that pun and then decide to go through the process of hiring a singer and possibly an extra animator and put such an insane level of polish on it. That pun cost at least 1000 dollars and I say that's quite a good deal all things considered lol

  • @Standaardnaam
    @Standaardnaam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +881

    Matt: I will spare no effort on this intricate opening sequence, including James Bond remix of tune.
    Also Matt: Let me explain this by writing on this pdf while the software turns all my lines into arrows.

    • @gdclemo
      @gdclemo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      Except when he tried to draw an arrow... and then it turned the arrowhead of his arrow into an arrow.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      If he's James Bond, the animator is definitely Q.

    • @PanduPoluan
      @PanduPoluan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@gdclemo "Yo dawg I herd u liek arrows..."

    • @michellejirak9945
      @michellejirak9945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I just think of the arrow as a Parker line.

    • @achtsekundenfurz7876
      @achtsekundenfurz7876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Parker: "Here, it's really simple..."
      his tablet: * _laughs in PDF_ *

  • @mythology2467
    @mythology2467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1734

    "We've proven they exist and that there are infinitely many of them but they are too huge to compute and we don't know a single one"
    If that isn't the most maths thing I've ever heard I don't know what it! xD Great as always

    • @caracaes
      @caracaes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      If mathematicians could find the first one of them, it could be used to narrow down the search for large primes, since any number with the same ending as that would automatically be not prime.

    • @caracaes
      @caracaes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Although I think the first one of them is already several orders of magnitudes above the largest known prime

    • @Khaim.m
      @Khaim.m 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@caracaes I think that would be much less helpful than you think.

    • @yonatanbeer3475
      @yonatanbeer3475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@caracaes searching for large primes is actually pretty easy, checking for primality in general can be done with an algorithm that runs with a complexity of something like O(ln(n)^5) for an n digit number.

    • @AttilaMatolcsy
      @AttilaMatolcsy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      ​@@caracaes we know that the only even number that is a prime is 2. It narrows things down, but finding one widely digitally delicate prime (from now on wddp) would help only when we reach the next time it ends with the same digits. which are 9 cases for every x digit long numbers. (xxxx yxxxx y0xxxx y00xxxx). Checking every other numbers to that number would slow things down there. The question would be if it is worth the effort to check if the current number does not end to a wddp compared to checking those special cases to every previous prime. If the first wddp is 100 digits long it would mean that for the next set of numbers, half of a Googol -9 times, it would be an unnecessary check and only in those other 9 cases it would help things.

  • @Qermaq
    @Qermaq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +917

    Hey, if anyone should have a 007-styled theme, it's Grimes. James Grimes.

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Just so you know, it’s James Grime, not James “Grimes”

    • @Qermaq
      @Qermaq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@ragnkja Yeah, I was playing off "James Bonds".
      :D

    • @nonachyourbusiness1164
      @nonachyourbusiness1164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@Qermaq You've committed crimes against movies and their characters. What say you in your defense?

    • @Qermaq
      @Qermaq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@nonachyourbusiness1164 #ParkerPost

    • @zanews23
      @zanews23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@Qermaq But the character’s name isn’t “James Bonds” either 🤔

  • @jackeea_
    @jackeea_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1796

    That intro was a religious experience, I love it

    • @darrendarby1189
      @darrendarby1189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Transcendental.

    • @andreizonga4611
      @andreizonga4611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@darrendarby1189 Too irrational, I think. Well, at least it wasn't too complex or even imaginary!

    • @redpepper74
      @redpepper74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Best part of the video, totally. (Oh, besides 24:18- _that_ was definitely my favorite moment.)

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You could hypnotize someone with that.

    • @PTNLemay
      @PTNLemay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Was not expecting that. Definitely loved it.

  • @voidmayonnaise
    @voidmayonnaise 3 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    I have a gorilla with very weak fingers.
    He’s my digitally delicate primate.

    • @MrScorpianwarrior
      @MrScorpianwarrior 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Haha. Clever.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Still haven't discovered an infinitely digitally delicate primate.

    • @jimbobobtel
      @jimbobobtel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Mine has the same issue but has a really broad hand span and is thus considerably more apposite to the video. He's a widely digitally delicate primate.

    • @hamblance5938
      @hamblance5938 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      First off, you can’t have a prime 8…

    • @zackbuildit88
      @zackbuildit88 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@hamblance5938 you can in an irrational valued non integer base

  • @TechCavy
    @TechCavy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1103

    Production quality of the titles tends to infinity as video number tends to infinity

    • @willwhite1987
      @willwhite1987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      ... which doesn't tell anything about the quality of this particular video, but it was brilliant.

    • @maxwellsequation4887
      @maxwellsequation4887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello time traveller

    • @geekjokes8458
      @geekjokes8458 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@willwhite1987 *monotonically*

    • @zfnQRZJT
      @zfnQRZJT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@geekjokes8458 That still doesn't tell anything about the quality of this particular video. But it was still brilliant

    • @jkid1134
      @jkid1134 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Parker compliment

  • @CodeParade
    @CodeParade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1325

    Surely the same process would be simpler and have smaller primes for base-2... I wonder if a "binarily delicate prime" could be found within reasonable computation constraints?

    • @redpepper74
      @redpepper74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +259

      Every time I come across some kind of interesting phenomena that relies on base 10, I always ask, “what’s it like in other bases?”

    • @Ricocossa1
      @Ricocossa1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      That's a really good idea. Maybe it's even doable by hand. There are only 2 values of d to cover

    • @TheIsaiahgriego
      @TheIsaiahgriego 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@redpepper74 Same

    • @danielyuan9862
      @danielyuan9862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@Ricocossa1 I'm trying to do this, but it's actually harder than it looks, even for 2 values of d. I used mod powers of 2 to take care of one of the values, but the other one proves to be more difficult.

    • @Ricocossa1
      @Ricocossa1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Okay, so the problem I'm facing is that 2^p-1 is only prime if p is prime (this is unique to base 2). We need a distinct covering system (with no repeated mod bases), and I'm pretty sure this is impossible when the bases are all primes....
      Given a union of {n mod p, p prime}, any additional set will either be completely redundant, because already covered by some remainder mod some other prime, or it will be disjoint from the union.
      There's a theorem that says that disjoint covering systems cannot be distinct....

  • @zephaniahgreenwell8151
    @zephaniahgreenwell8151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +440

    Damn. This new James Bond has me hyped!

    • @joefaber4397
      @joefaber4397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      James Bond, agent 00000...007

    • @frechjo
      @frechjo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      James Bond: The primes are not enough.
      Or maybe
      James Bond: License to factor.
      Or is it
      James Bond: Doctor Nº.

    • @daanwilmer
      @daanwilmer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@frechjo Of course, this one was "Digits are Forever". Other suggestions are:
      - From infinity with love
      - You only count twice
      and of course:
      - The Man with the Golden Calculator (working title until negotiations with Casio have concluded)

    • @edwardlane1255
      @edwardlane1255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tau (more 0) never Pi's ?

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Live and Let Pi
      Pi Another Day
      Tomorrow Never Pis
      No Time to Pi

  • @123_king_me9
    @123_king_me9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    I love the contrast between the high quality animated intro and the pdf annotation with letters awkwardly constructed from arrows.

    • @MarkTillotson
      @MarkTillotson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Steve Mould for Q perhaps? Weaponized chain fountains and suchlike.

  • @PeterFreese
    @PeterFreese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    The production quality of this video is over the top, from start to finish. Well done!

    • @chaimlukasmaier335
      @chaimlukasmaier335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You mean from start to 16:15, right?

    • @avelkm
      @avelkm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now we're waiting for 1M subs;)

  • @Rattiar
    @Rattiar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I liked this video halfway through the "Digits are Forever" song. That was enough. I am sure everything else will be gravy, but you already have my enthusiastic applause. That was amazing.

    • @Rattiar
      @Rattiar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The end song...*chef's kiss*

  • @HebaruSan
    @HebaruSan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    I like it when mathematicians work on things that generalize rather than being specific to base 10.

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths  3 ปีที่แล้ว +257

      Well, you're in for a treat then.

    • @yonatanbeer3475
      @yonatanbeer3475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      I actually find number theory phenomena which are base-10-centric quite uninteresting.

    • @isaacmammel9186
      @isaacmammel9186 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @@yonatanbeer3475 General results are great, but imo it's also interesting when results only hold for specific bases, and seeing why that's the case

    • @geoffgranger718
      @geoffgranger718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      All bases matter. Don't be a baseist!

    • @hotdogskid
      @hotdogskid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Its a good thing every base is base 10

  • @AnnoyedEchinda
    @AnnoyedEchinda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I forget how much I love watching Matt struggle just as hard with on screen annotation as I do. Also, the math are always way more engaging than any of my calc of diffeq classes I took through college.

  • @Itstoearly
    @Itstoearly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    What I love about these videos is I'll be totally following everything no problem and then I'll suddenly realized I have no idea what's going on or how far back I got lost.

    • @Robert_McGarry_Poems
      @Robert_McGarry_Poems 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ...Ok, ok,... 1+1=2, got it. 🧐
      ...😵... _Infinity!_ When did we get here? 🤔 I'm so confused.

    • @thefountainpendesk
      @thefountainpendesk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      SAMEEEE

    • @danielbrawner3677
      @danielbrawner3677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same

    • @devoltar
      @devoltar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I was immediately lost after the theme song, cause my brain was preoccupied with wanting Matt to release all these great variations (variants? call the TVA!) on Spotify (and a longer version of the orchestral version)

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      These numbers are just too g-dang big.

  • @parallaxe5394
    @parallaxe5394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hello. For the intro alone you deserve a like and a million subs. So happy you continue to make videos for all of us.

  • @avikdas4055
    @avikdas4055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    After the famous grothendieck prime 87, we finally have the parker prime 33.

    • @Bennici
      @Bennici 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      33 gave it a go to become a prime, and ended up just one factor short of being one. It fits too well.

    • @petertaylor4980
      @petertaylor4980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Wasn't the Grothendieck prime 57?

    • @dogdrovenorth
      @dogdrovenorth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Typographically 33 contains two brilliant primes!
      Its their close proximity that breaks them.

    • @avikdas4055
      @avikdas4055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@petertaylor4980 Probably yes. I got confused between the two because both looks primish but isn't...as 87=3×29 and 57=3×19...both 19 and 29 being primes

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@petertaylor4980 87 is the Parker-Grothendieck prime.

  • @IanSlothieRolfe
    @IanSlothieRolfe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Helen Arney has a great voice! Your video is good too, Matt. This kind of stretched my 45-years-ago maths education, but your videos are always fun even if I only understand them viscerally.

  • @mazza420
    @mazza420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    ive said it before, i’ll say it again,
    helen arney is absolutely amazing, what an intro!

    •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The intro is incredible! I would love to sing it, but the lyrics are hard for me to get right. Please, could you help me with that part "To the left is not (be-???) Zeros continue to (whenever?)"

  • @Kafemanhattan
    @Kafemanhattan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I have a learning disability that makes maths extremely difficult for me to understand, yet I really enjoy watching these videos. They're really intruiging and sometimes I even feel like I've learned something.

    • @zackbuildit88
      @zackbuildit88 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh! Is it dyscalculia?

    • @Jasper_4444
      @Jasper_4444 ปีที่แล้ว

      Intriguing indeed.

    • @Osmium78
      @Osmium78 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What is the disability

    • @Kafemanhattan
      @Kafemanhattan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Osmium78 it's non verbal learning disorder
      It stems from my IQ having an extreme gap in between subjects
      Like I understand memorization work very well but math for example doesn't make sense to me whatsoever

  • @fredrikbreivald388
    @fredrikbreivald388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Finally, a Bond film I want to watch

    • @ipudisciple
      @ipudisciple 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go see the title sequence to Casino Royale again :)

  • @conoroneill8067
    @conoroneill8067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This is one of the best videos Matt's done - I feel like I genuinely understand a complicated piece of maths that I didn't before.

  • @keyaanmatin4804
    @keyaanmatin4804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +484

    matt: calls 3 a great prime
    earlier matt: '[2 and 3] are not real primes, i call them sub-primes'

    • @BenKonosky
      @BenKonosky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      What's next, he says Tau is better than Pi?

    • @heh2393
      @heh2393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@BenKonosky *gasp* HERESY!

    • @dielaughing73
      @dielaughing73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Parker Primes?

    • @BenKonosky
      @BenKonosky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dielaughing73But they weren't created by Matt, so he didn't give it a go creating them.

    • @Mothuzad
      @Mothuzad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      all primes are real tho

  • @mrsupizdomater
    @mrsupizdomater 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I mean.. Amazing intro. Cant express enough my both gratitude and excitement for just witnessing this undoubtably first-class piece of art! Hats off!

  • @PapaFlammy69
    @PapaFlammy69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +505

    With logic?

    • @AxeJamie
      @AxeJamie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well Mensa seems to think it, and I agree, you are a genius

    • @smolboye1878
      @smolboye1878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah right, like that would ever work. Low IQ individuals these days...

    • @markt43
      @markt43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Pffft, who uses logic when you can just do proof by calculator?

    • @gasun1274
      @gasun1274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      papa

    • @raphael714
      @raphael714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      By opening TH-cam

  • @Sinnistering
    @Sinnistering 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think my favorite part of your videos, Matt, is I can watch a complicated math video for 30 minutes, and it's the perfect balance of humor to keep me interested but also actually in depth exploration of math.

  • @flikkie72
    @flikkie72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Wow, I never noticed that 502,123,813 was a digitally delicate prime - and now it's mine! 😍

  • @Qwerasd
    @Qwerasd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I burst out laughing when the James Bond intro started. Bravo.

  • @cutza7
    @cutza7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Where the hell did that intro came from!? That was amazingly beautiful and I can't wait to see more!

  • @menstilo9172
    @menstilo9172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I did not expect a James Bond style intro in a maths video, good job :)

  • @biggiemac42
    @biggiemac42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is the best video on this channel, stunning work with the intro and a really good deep dive into concepts that help make this ridiculous sounding claim, digestible. Well done!

  • @fredsnicker
    @fredsnicker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    "...That can lead to 43 and the other 2 digit primes..."
    *Shows 33*
    Hol up

    • @jerry3790
      @jerry3790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      It’s a new type of prime! A Parker prime

    • @LukeSumIpsePatremTe
      @LukeSumIpsePatremTe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Perhaps it was supposed to be 44 - another digitally delicate parker number

    • @davidgould9431
      @davidgould9431 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oops, I missed your comment before I posted.

    • @davidgould9431
      @davidgould9431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@LukeSumIpsePatremTe 53?

    • @contingenceBoston
      @contingenceBoston 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This fucked me up tbh

  • @awabqureshi814
    @awabqureshi814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:10 best intro yet. You really outdid yourself Matt!

  • @6gradosproducciones
    @6gradosproducciones 3 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    So we're acknowledging leading zeros now?

    • @SuperPhexx
      @SuperPhexx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Everything is better with a lot of leading zeroes... Example: My 99 toyota has 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000085 horse power.

    • @peteredwardmason6205
      @peteredwardmason6205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@SuperPhexx you mean your 0000000000000000001999 Toyota?

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SuperPhexx What horse power is it? This is why you should metric instead.

    • @SuperPhexx
      @SuperPhexx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Liggliluff Wooden childrens toy horses.

  • @maxreenoch1661
    @maxreenoch1661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This (the tube-like covering system [hence system], starting at around 12:00) would be a pretty cool way to generate musical motifs.
    1) Choose a working system with the same amount of tubes as your target scale (say C major);
    2) Assign each tube to a note within said scale;
    3) Adjust the system chosen in step 1 to favor certain notes over others (by making some integers fulfill more than 1 possible requirement of each tube, and checking each tube in a certain order) if desired;
    4) When an integer comes along to a tube for which it fulfills the condition, play the associated note;
    5) Wait until it starts repeating again (which I think it would always do*), and take the set of notes generated;
    6) That's the motif.
    *If it doesn't, then just take part of it.

  • @tibortresla
    @tibortresla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The intro is a masterpiece. I absolutely love it!

  • @SirDuckyOfAlfheimr
    @SirDuckyOfAlfheimr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your videos! Even when I don't always understand what I'm learning I can still feel that knowledge being mashed in to my brain. And that James Bond-ian opening title was absolutely brilliant!

  • @MCPhssthpok
    @MCPhssthpok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    8:48 - Technically, k has to be every _non-negative_ integer since you need to consider d×10^0

    • @nickfaire
      @nickfaire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Okay. Gonna start a civil war. You mean that k has to be a natural number, right?

    • @MCPhssthpok
      @MCPhssthpok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nickfaire Haha, not going there! But even the paper shows k in the union of the positive integers and the set {0}.

    • @nickfaire
      @nickfaire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MCPhssthpok I saw it, the paper remains just neutral about the maths civil war. XD I just like the meme, and the number 0. •>•

    • @adarshmohapatra5058
      @adarshmohapatra5058 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nickfaire Well it depends where you're coming from, doesn't it?
      Here in India we learn that the set of natural numbers = {1, 2, 3, ...}
      and the set of whole numbers = {0, 1, 2, ...}
      It really depends on whether you consider 0 "natural" or not.
      You have to consider that most cultures didn't consider 0 as a number until an Indian mathematician Aryabhatta introduced the concept of nothingness being a number on it's own.
      Sure some cultures used placeholders like we use 0 to fill in the gaps. Like "19_87_5" meant 1908705.
      But I don't think any of them considered ascribing this nothingness to a single digit: 0.
      The romans had an entire numeral system that did not involve 0 at all.
      So surely 0 was not a "natural" number to them.

    • @nickfaire
      @nickfaire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@adarshmohapatra5058 In nowhere the set of whole numbers is {0,1,2,...}. You probably mean {...-2,-1,0,1,2,...}.
      Also, Aryabhatta used a placeholders too, not a unic symbol for zero. The zero was implicit in his work, but was not mentioned directly. As far as I know, the arab al-Jwārizmī was the first to normalized the use of the number zero, and then it spread to Al-Andalus, from where the venezian Leonardo Fibonacci introduced it to the rest of Europe.
      It was just a joke about the """war""" in mathematics about if zero is natural or not. I'm not talking about cultural-based definitions, which are not formal and therefore are not the subjecr of study of mathematics. But, as I said, it was just a joke.

  • @kaidenschmidt157
    @kaidenschmidt157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was such a high quality video. I personally love videos that just take a moment to discuss new papers in math!

  • @elementalsheep2672
    @elementalsheep2672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I love how the standupmaths theme is just as recognisable and catchy as any movie theme

  • @wsjudd
    @wsjudd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy crap, the intro was incredible. The production value is going off the chain, great job.

  • @GrimboBrimbo
    @GrimboBrimbo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Did you just put a bond intro in an educational math video about grouping prime numbers?
    You're my favorite

  • @AnkhArcRod
    @AnkhArcRod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Production quality has gone up by a factor for 10 in this one! That song and graphics were very well done.

  • @Liggliluff
    @Liggliluff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The prime numbers 2 and 5 are interesting in that if you change any of the infinitely many leading zeros, it will never be prime. But if you change the 2 or 5 itself, it could be prime. You have to make up a name for that too.

  • @notmyname327
    @notmyname327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, the production value in this video is just amazing. The animations! The song! The maths!

  • @eladblaier898
    @eladblaier898 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    at this point I'm certain Tao's mind has ascended beyond human evolution

  • @joefoster92
    @joefoster92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is my adviser and academic brothers' work! So cool to see you doing a video about it!!!

  • @souptime8635
    @souptime8635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Wait a minute, 007 can be changed into another prime by changing it to 107. Maybe James Bond was truly Matt's "prime" example of inspiration for this video.

    • @bl4cksp1d3r
      @bl4cksp1d3r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not to forget 017!

    • @andrew_ray
      @andrew_ray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Also 002, 003, and 005.

    • @milestailsprower4555
      @milestailsprower4555 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      00,000,000.0000004 = 0,000,000.0000004 = 000,000.0000004 = 00,000.0000004 = 0,000.0000004 = 000.0000004 = 00.0000004 = 0.0000004 = .0000004

  • @randomblogger2835
    @randomblogger2835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love the "Diamonds are Forever credits" sequence! oh, leading zeroes! I see what you did there!

  • @tfofurn
    @tfofurn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Though Matt explains, it hurts my brain!"
    I felt that.

  • @svibhavm
    @svibhavm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best Intro on any Matt videos till date.
    (remember that actually every intro music on this channel is top notch)

  • @randomuser8904
    @randomuser8904 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    that intro made me ask my self, Am I watching a math video or a netflix series?

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths  3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Would you believe they turned me down? True story.

    • @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache
      @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@standupmaths They don't deserve an edutainer of your quality Matt.

  • @neilh.4385
    @neilh.4385 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wasn't expecting this level of production quality. LOL thanks for blowing my mind

  • @kalebmark2908
    @kalebmark2908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    ok so I wasn't expecting a music score in this

  • @noahmichaels4999
    @noahmichaels4999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the first video I've watched of yours that just completely went over my head. I'm not sure why I can't wrap my noggin around it. I need to sit down and work through it I suppose.

  • @herlofrumfragi4361
    @herlofrumfragi4361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The James Bond intro was amazing

  • @mr_rede_de_stone916
    @mr_rede_de_stone916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nice walking through the paper! It shows how accessible such papers can be!

  • @SandraMarkusTrachsel
    @SandraMarkusTrachsel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dear Mat, that was the best title sequence in any math video on youtube!!! I am blown away!!! I am still locking for an answer to the following question: Up to which number do we know definitely every prime number? Thank you very much and best regards, Markus

  • @Ensivion
    @Ensivion 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the singing/effects. You found someone with quite a nice voice. This video goes into a seemingly more complicated topic but the general gist of what you were explaining made sense. This video is great for someone who is maybe more experienced at number theory problems. Modular math is one of my favorites.

  • @epauletshark3793
    @epauletshark3793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Two is the best prime, it became even against all odds.

    • @blackheart2728
      @blackheart2728 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would like this comment, but it's currently at 3 and that just seems like the perfect response in itself. Why am I even leaving this message? I don't know.

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now it’s at five, another prime.

    • @SirNobleIZH
      @SirNobleIZH 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I got it to 11

  • @mmseng2
    @mmseng2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't even like math. I just stay subscribed for the superb editing and music, and the comforting experience of being okay with not understanding anything I'm being shown.

  • @GaryFerrao
    @GaryFerrao 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    OMG. This video went completely above my head. Usually i can understand maths videos, and Matt is great at explaining stuff. But this… felt more flashy, hand wavy, documentary. 😰
    I tried giving it another watch… and another. But… whoosh!~ 🌬️

    • @dranorter
      @dranorter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'd say when he comes back from the animation of covering systems factories, he starts going way too fast.

  • @geoffstrickler
    @geoffstrickler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So, he paper itself is an impressive piece of work. Imagine finding 17,000 digit primes just to complete a covering system, which already has hundreds of parts…because you’re stubborn enough to keep looking.
    Your video is also an impressive piece of work explaining how and why all of this works. As typical, there are a couple minor errors, but nothing important. In fact, I didn’t bother to write them down, just mentally noted them and forgot the details by the time it was over…because they weren’t important enough to write down or remember.

  • @DigiDuncan
    @DigiDuncan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a huge fan of math, puns, and hype, this channel never fails to disappoint. Keep being awesome, Matt and Co.

  • @Jordan-zk2wd
    @Jordan-zk2wd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "My word you are *nerdy!*" I say as I watch the opening of this video, meanwhile I am watching it on a Sony Wega HD CRT and smiling in glee at how delightful it is. Stay nerdy Matt

  • @minhmouse
    @minhmouse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    I feel like Im watching a maths documentary, not a normal maths video.
    P/S: I know that Helen Arney sung the opening title, but where can I get the background music?

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths  3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      We've not released the background SUM-007 mash-up music because it's not that exciting out of context. And without me talking over it: maybe strays a bit too close to the original.

    • @dielaughing73
      @dielaughing73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@standupmaths hmm, 'a bit too close' huh?

    • @minhmouse
      @minhmouse 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@standupmaths But I think it's not too close. For me, it's far better than the original, especially with Helen Arney singing at the back. (Don't get me wrong, the original is still very good, this one is just better). It's still your choice to release it, though.

  • @FlorianMickler
    @FlorianMickler 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Until you changed the thumbnail to a higher number i wasnt convinced to click on it. That bond theme Intro was worth it! Thank you

  • @hexramdass2644
    @hexramdass2644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    24:29 they're like graphics cards, we know they exist but we can't find any of them

  • @Peregringlk
    @Peregringlk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The intro was amazing. I felt like I was gonna see a movie about math.

  • @Dyllon2012
    @Dyllon2012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The value for A is probably computable. "A" will have about the same number of digits as all of the primes summed together (so printing out A would take about the same amount of paper as printing out the list of its factors). The time complexity for multiplying numbers is almost linear so that also shouldn't be a factor.
    According to Wikipedia, the time complexity of solving a system of congruences is quasilinear if you do it carefully so B might be computable? I'm not a number theorist though so I'm much less confident about B than I am about A being computable on current hardware.

    • @BenBE1987
      @BenBE1987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The number A is about 750000 digits and can be computed in about 10 seconds with plain unoptimized Python. And given all the congruences B must be less than A. Unfortunately calculating B involves many more multiplications and divisions, which make this somewhat a nightmare to compute. In particular given the large value for A most multiplications apart from the very first ones operate on values that have several hundreds of digits.
      A=(756576 digits, composite, odd)
      B=(739341 digits, composite, even)
      Took about 2 minutes to perform the calculation and verification steps …
      That is, after the code worked correctly (which took longer).

  • @ultimategames6670
    @ultimategames6670 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i liked the james bond theme. good way of discussing a difficult/dry subject in a fun accessable way. good job.

  • @Living_Murphys_Law
    @Living_Murphys_Law ปีที่แล้ว +5

    UPDATE!!!
    A widely digitally delicate prime has now been found by Jon Grantham. It is over 4000 digits long!
    It is exactly 285894570491987001178153724374587938515501125352188765520886436334395325908162183231168020433985595885849898174484619772705429763745991194664461100163727123429079686305371595295011006433565561943333249551496146898786776550562050563528909231406272849064430203150357126420677812739927895202546618565727359110480207958673019425654563382405130810590043829832715380016952742364731312668598733740964023055663765267200830877802707668653471933777180767950036688773110101833483505861901417331345780047986628791794326507501874968194285942890205589193464254902430887558565879364674586977542869103259950737623441567819481362009791661429525863338817583418337750636854201374491211035260749630474538478350982057067390182173675337406552432949290894282153403327225579837893941254410712722039794085468380534381131239387917463610086595526879843146781456368648816955679603677489665210301585644557371116185244779145233755095968806972088867036525332000563482661120311917367253346938362615371782983097701381566032284628055925636748898126820650464827690220782884190798343116909690410841541683928928146059651185336459496576809728038333262955417851244474541192580656810039197263444963081193148783858884674684291290222330733896006088695759175030396064034822228704608841906934859287094672381558955431945725037617470641744551971184997856292928496591534921211236168099241705439755139254869750171630873039529038801552200374073595158674067785012041849784559706868066251558959007352028060909364833937786587386985075068208343448492898929874743163115366206843020913389386172497510663145775351914248509567074373964353926550855085313243203493891126882173079296972161009951526577264968933125572307190814735375219620927527926344910610632478049454126284831311027582454324305015354771565731123702418064737323403806151773310815070975731441875702723456262422122995757282908371118151810622179472346353894805386163739494513263542196086802617326314422658695401574953618504325207626570369827335044357601565464406200866061462414874388427226428378855463876957838538058667545547011005526175955126923212015500245199711223649048445695487924834121120688806897224963006252750771969496500665634692331145254779980486343967092211316107065827196341907200951131788071359401349146624378022752052545844144930311500503905988265128637482488955981286529793467809095581440352363832112873230199489841731268453354502588069324055161268443331216962521399803300022233553354419767585266713647261688468914028856910813765524543565884834951623937277749823243669586887491792446589934309152360145402223702059870976018312422587314837330651273101910480339409326664560463527738695382754181288243632972126722859624445527255292587157441921530826113552602921728700347440467945156253246324775061989113520577721694133490784399906305246134471659941228999430202113778814079195332045833820656458901527522411086824910166211024837473058912892928937245474268883280684242480487874698030206629697898794434472627736433485220385368119684099619061236512191519875021429108929407668260565433218275587502476105227425889862121206865754501735824432651679406459045203787776692980263412366742788331072209322658634582697941520974990757805582353440188334311782884631555114175534159974173334421080734338168929817480812898846370530054327828885261092395358871603433955916853259029118665402592591212769522753087657181383889092152274888705253938497543051178220510833709854540377531040026335538883439006407548027704742980284105860308607796896327127214198076159411035112242982961440264096944328564609012135336998306466140086042893352680052097192600330626485072400319291412252578437918736963043218871598100051612110090345840283216887928981948760162910616377942967779894553056956511250045645042017691094927754292707440718212298955678804377942875527266376928166048118383050605417536635038030584921442558997485565729401000730292149168921659416381049130296671584907248290245314396708303820511731834810811383331428645024458864506105438802952519781329205899113620752868037776637274722119629626665263194401602076490693769774059953268451781114501333003.

  • @nathaniellouis4652
    @nathaniellouis4652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A Disney production is not exactly what I expected not to be creating for us, but every single video that Matt puts out these days has some wonderful Randomness inserted

  • @danielmann6772
    @danielmann6772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    And now my eyes won't uncross, and I think my brain is morphing into a non-newtonian liquid. Thanks, Matt. That was an EXTREMELY dense video (or maybe it's just me that is dense). Loved the Bond themed music, would've loved to see you do the silhouette entry, but, hey, can't do it all.

  • @hancocki
    @hancocki 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG i was just thinking the "opening titles" reminded me of a classic Bond opening... and then "Digits Are Forever" landed. Nicely played.

  • @123amsterdan456
    @123amsterdan456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I felt like I was watching a 007 movie in the intro (or ...000000000000000000000000000..0000000007)

  • @StanleyDevastating
    @StanleyDevastating 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really appreciating the production values, and a good topic to explain in depth as it's surprisingly understandable!

  • @tanya8628
    @tanya8628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +335

    log(😅) = 💧log(😄)

    • @gachanimestudios8348
      @gachanimestudios8348 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      ln(💕) = 🩷ln(🩷)

    • @swarnajeetpaul7743
      @swarnajeetpaul7743 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      log(♂️)=♐log(⭕)

    • @wavingbuddy3535
      @wavingbuddy3535 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Ln( 😘) = ❤ln( 😙)

    • @haipingcao2212_.
      @haipingcao2212_. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      The three replies and this comment are all confusing because nobody uses emojis in math

    • @blacksuppository
      @blacksuppository 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@haipingcao2212_.It's a joke about the power law for logarithmic expressions, the emojis being used look like one emoji being raised to the power of a different emoji

  • @leonardofontenelle3560
    @leonardofontenelle3560 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great visual style! And nice pun with Diamonds are forever.

  • @ryanniedernhofer
    @ryanniedernhofer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    0:28 ayo whats 33 doin there

  • @Gownta
    @Gownta 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The "Zeroes are forever" song has earned you my subscription! Epic.

  • @alsorew
    @alsorew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When they finally cast woman as 007, I would vote for Matt to play Moneypenny.

    • @kipu44
      @kipu44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣😂

    • @K-o-R
      @K-o-R 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He'd have to be named Dollarydoo.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish they would cast a man to play Queen Elisabeth

    • @edgarallenhoe3518
      @edgarallenhoe3518 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@oz_jonesthey have, didn't you hear?

  • @TAP7a
    @TAP7a 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    There was so much effort here and that's pretty spectacular

  • @otakuribo
    @otakuribo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Everyone: the intro!!😍🎶
    me: the outro also!!🎶😩👌
    Helen Arney knocked it out of the park and into orbit

    • @Ylyrra
      @Ylyrra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Channelling some Ladytron there!

  • @casperes0912
    @casperes0912 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The animation and editing of that title sequence was bloody brilliant.

  • @Krebzonide
    @Krebzonide 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You should do a video on QR codes. You could talk about how to encode/decode them and how the error correction works. Maybe memorize the code of a link to your website do you can draw it out.

  • @Damathematician
    @Damathematician 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo on that James Bond-esk intro! My brain was like..."Is this?? Oh it is! Wait its still going...This is awesome! This can't get more awesome... IT IS GETTING MORE AWESOME!! I need to watch that again..."

  • @jacksonstarky8288
    @jacksonstarky8288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    No, no, no... *headdesk* Euler clearly tells us that it's "the *pi* who loved e"... *sigh*

    • @Raffael-Tausend
      @Raffael-Tausend 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      oh dang, the puns XD

    • @sariaandrews395
      @sariaandrews395 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pi or spy, can't wait for the video. Keep up the always excellent content.

    • @frankbrockler
      @frankbrockler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And let's not forget Golden i

    • @josephmelnick3446
      @josephmelnick3446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@frankbrockler Ohhhh deer gawwwd! Well played.

    • @josephmelnick3446
      @josephmelnick3446 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      {painful eye-roll} Ugggghhhh!

  • @BrokenSymetry
    @BrokenSymetry 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    With that into, this just become one of the coolest math vids out there

  • @tirex3673
    @tirex3673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    0:37 since when is 33 prime?

    • @RecursiveTriforce
      @RecursiveTriforce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Obligatory "Parker Prime"

    • @CodyDanielson
      @CodyDanielson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      53 is missing. So maybe a typo?

    • @RecursiveTriforce
      @RecursiveTriforce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CodyDanielson Look in the description!

    • @tirex3673
      @tirex3673 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CodyDanielson He answered in the pinned comment, that that was the case,
      though in that case, he is still missing the hexagram connections.

  • @CeleriaRosencroix
    @CeleriaRosencroix ปีที่แล้ว

    Digits are Forever is a most wonderful song, indeed. Absolutely splendid. :')

  • @mythology2467
    @mythology2467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    ahh yes "overproving" something in maths, or as it's otherwise known, flexing. :P

    • @danielyuan9862
      @danielyuan9862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, it's not actually flexing at all, and I don't really want to explain why. It seems to be implicit in the video anyways.

  • @dcterr1
    @dcterr1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating topic! Perhaps I can find a widely digitally delicate prime and become famous, though I doubt it! I also enjoyed how you worked the James Bond theme into the video.

  • @EnderCats8
    @EnderCats8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i really hate it when people say "to the power of 4" when they could just say "tesseracted"

  • @brmassa
    @brmassa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    congrats for your 007' style opening! amazing

  • @m3myselfn1
    @m3myselfn1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I got lost halfway through the video, but still kept watching because it was interesting even tho i didn't get it

  • @trgdr777
    @trgdr777 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The title sequence was great, yes, but I was also pleased by you leaning back when you hit warp speed around 1:00

  • @VorpalGun
    @VorpalGun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The title sequence cracked me up. And then it just went on and on! Awesome.

  • @EpicVideos2
    @EpicVideos2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video is so good it would hold its own against the best numberphile videos