Homer's last theorem | Simon Singh | TEDxSalford

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  • @3301-s4t
    @3301-s4t 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Had him as a lecturer at a physics event this week in London. Truly a fascinating speaker

  • @billy.7113
    @billy.7113 8 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Simon Singh's haircut was great. He looked like a college gangster.

  • @RasperHelpdesk
    @RasperHelpdesk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    One of my favorite Simpson references was to Sideshow Bob's prisoner number being 24601

    • @niklasnabbing5188
      @niklasnabbing5188 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its also Marge's prisoner number in "Marge in Chains."

  • @chounoki
    @chounoki 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The last line below Fermat's last theorem is a topology shenanigan. A torus cannot be deformed to a sphere. :P

    • @kevincozens6837
      @kevincozens6837 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You aren't taking in to account the "donut hole". Donut shops sell donuts and donut holes. The donut is a torus while the donut holes are spheres. ;)

    • @adhithyadev2506
      @adhithyadev2506 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poincare Conjecture. Nice

  • @darreljones8645
    @darreljones8645 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    742 may be "just a number", but I know why the "Simpsons'" writers picked it. Creator Matt Groening grew up in 742 Evergreen Terrace, Portland, Oregon.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Darrel Jones I think the most impotent bit of this number: It's where the Simpsons live.

    • @Hampstead343
      @Hampstead343 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      7 + 4 + 2 = 13

    • @kevincozens6837
      @kevincozens6837 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another way to look at 742 is that it is the digits 7 and 7^2 - 7.

  • @ishma01
    @ishma01 9 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    He should not just say "There's no solution". He should say "There are no POSITIVE INTEGERS that satisfy the equation for n>2".

    • @kimba381
      @kimba381 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +ishma01 It's actually "no rational number"

    • @Jimpozcan
      @Jimpozcan 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Kimberly Rae Actually no non-zero rational number solutions but, of course, this follows directly from the fact that there are no positive integer solutions.
      For all non-zero integers _i_, _j_ and _k_ and all positive integers _x_, _y_, _z_ and _n_,
      (_i_/_x_)^_n_ + (_j_/_y_)^_n_ = (_k_/_z_)^_n_
      iff
      (_iyz_)^_n_ + (_jxz_)^_n_ = (_kxy_)^_n_
      Let
      _a_ = | _iyz_ |
      _b_ = | _jxz_ |
      _c_ = | _kxy_ |
      These are all positive integers. So, supposing that there is a solution to the above equation, here's what we get.
      If _n_ is even, then
      _a_^_n_ + _b_^_n_ = _c_^_n_
      If _n_ is odd and _i_, _j_ and _k_ are positive, then
      _a_^_n_ + _b_^_n_ = _c_^_n_
      If _n_ is odd and _i_, _j_ and _k_ are negative, then (multiplying both sides by -1)
      _a_^_n_ + _b_^_n_ = _c_^_n_
      If _n_ is odd, _i_ is negative and _j_ and _k_ are positive, then (rearranging)
      _a_^_n_ + _c_^_n_ = _b_^_n_
      If _n_ is odd, _i_ is positive and _j_ and _k_ are negative, then (rearranging)
      _a_^_n_ + _c_^_n_ = _b_^_n_
      If _n_ is odd, _j_ is negative and _i_ and _k_ are positive, then (rearranging)
      _b_^_n_ + _c_^_n_ = _a_^_n_
      If _n_ is odd, _j_ is positive and _i_ and _k_ are negative, then (rearranging)
      _b_^_n_ + _c_^_n_ = _a_^_n_
      If _n_ is odd, _k_ is positive and _i_ and _j_ are negative, there'll be a positive on one side and a negative on the other. The same will happen if _n_ is odd, _k_ is negative and _i_ and _j_ are positive. There'd be no solution possible to this.
      So, if there exists a non-zero rational solution, there must exist a positive integer solution.

    • @patrickwienhoft7987
      @patrickwienhoft7987 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +jimpozcaner this is complicated.
      (a/b)^n+(c/d)^n=(e/f)^n
      Multiply by (bdf)^n
      (adf)^n+(cbf)^n=(ebd)^n
      No numbers can fit this equation, so no numbers can fit the first one, so there are no rational solutions

    • @patrickwienhoft7987
      @patrickwienhoft7987 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Patrick Wienhöft oh and for negatives:
      a^n+b^n=c^n
      When n is even, x^n = (-x)^n, so that doesn't change anything.
      When n is uneven:
      a, b and c negative: multiply by -1 and you have Fermat.
      c negative: left side positive, right side negative => impossible
      a or b negative: add the negative one ^n to both sides and you get fermat
      any two negative: multiply by -1 and use one of the two options above.
      For rational n that works very similar. However I can't prove it for irrational n and rational a,b,c that quickly

    • @tamirerez2547
      @tamirerez2547 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      4^5√=4^4√+4^3√

  • @carlosalexandreFAT
    @carlosalexandreFAT ปีที่แล้ว

    The association of the main numbers in the field of mathematics with each other, reflects numerical sequences that correspond to the dimensions of the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun in the unit of measurement in meters, which is: 1' (second) / 299792458 m/s (speed of light in a vacuum).
    Perfect Number: 8,128 is the fourth of the numbers considered perfect.
    Earth's equatorial diameter 12,756 km.
    8,128 / 12,756 x (10^4) = 6,371.90
    Earth's average radius: 6,371 km.
    Golden Angle: 137.5
    Perfect Number: 8.128
    Pi: 3.14
    (137.5 ^ 3.14) / 8.128 x 10 - 1 = 6,371.16
    Earth's average radius: 6,371 km.
    Ramanujan number: 1,729
    Earth's equatorial radius: 6,378 km.
    Golden number: 1.61803...
    • (1,729 x 6,378 x (10^-3)) ^1.61803 x (10^-3) = 3,474.18
    Moon's diameter: 3,474 km.
    Ramanujan number: 1,729
    Speed of light: 299,792,458 m/s
    Earth's Equatorial Diameter: 12,756 km. Earth's Equatorial Radius: 6,378 km.
    • (1,729 x 299,792,458) / 12,756 / 6,378) = 6,371
    Earth's average radius: 6,371 km.
    The Cubit
    The cubit = Pi - phi^2 = 0.5236
    Lunar distance: 384,400 km.
    (0.5236 x (10^6) - 384,400) x 10 = 1,392,000
    Sun´s diameter: 1,392,000 km.
    Higgs Boson: 125.35 (GeV)
    Phi: 1.61803...
    (125.35 x (10^-1) - 1.61803) x (10^3) = 10,916.97
    Circumference of the Moon: 10,916 km.
    Golden number: 1.618
    Golden Angle: 137.5
    Earth's equatorial radius: 6,378
    Universal Gravitation G = 6.67 x 10^-11 N.m^2/kg^2.
    (((1.618 ^137.5) / 6,378) / 6.67) x (10^-20) = 12,756.62
    Earth’s equatorial diameter: 12,756 km.
    The Euler Number is approximately: 2.71828...
    Newton’s law of gravitation: G = 6.67 x 10^-11 N.m^2/kg^2. Golden number: 1.618ɸ
    (2.71828 ^ 6.67) x 1.618 x 10 = 12,756.23
    Earth’s equatorial diameter: 12,756 km.
    Planck’s constant: 6.63 × 10-34 m2 kg.
    Circumference of the Moon: 10,916.
    Gold equation: 1,618 ɸ
    (((6.63 ^ (10,916 x 10^-4 )) x 1.618 x (10^3)= 12,756.82
    Earth’s equatorial diameter: 12,756 km.
    Planck's temperature: 1.41679 x 10^32 Kelvin.
    Newton’s law of gravitation: G = 6.67 x 10^-11 N.m^2/kg^2.
    Speed of Sound: 340.29 m/s
    (1.41679 ^ 6.67) x 340.29 - 1 = 3,474.81
    Moon's diameter:: 3,474 km.
    Cosmic microwave background radiation
    2.725 kelvins ,160.4 GHz,
    Pi: 3.14
    Earth's polar radius: 6,357 km.
    ((2,725 x 160.4) / 3.14 x (10^4) - (6,357 x 10^-3) = 1,392,000
    The diameter of the Sun: 1,392,000 km.
    Numbers 3, 6 & 9 - Nikola Tesla
    One Parsec = 206265 AU = 3.26 light-years = 3.086 × 10^13 km.
    The Numbers: 3, 6 and 9
    ((3^6) x 9) - (3.086 x (10^3)) -1 = 3,474
    The Moon's diameter: 3,474 km.
    Now we will use the diameter of the Moon.
    Moon's diameter: 3,474 km.
    (3.474 + 369 + 1) x (10^2) = 384,400
    The term L.D (Lunar Distance) refers to the average distance between the Earth and the Moon, which is 384,400 km.
    Moon's diameter: 3,474 km.
    ((3+6+9) x 3 x 6 x 9) - 9 - 3 + 3,474 = 6,378
    Earth's equatorial radius: 6,378 km.
    Book: Orion. The Connection between Heaven and Earth eBook / By: Gustavo Muniz

  • @nathanandsarah5386
    @nathanandsarah5386 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Homer's Parker Square solution

  • @neiloppa2620
    @neiloppa2620 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    anyone else accidentally read his name as Simpson Singh?

  • @ChristopherKing288
    @ChristopherKing288 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Fun fact: 742 is the smallest number that isn't interesting

    • @yuckfooh9299
      @yuckfooh9299 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      +Christopher King
      But that makes it interesting.

    • @ChristopherKing288
      @ChristopherKing288 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yuck Fooh Shhh, you are about to cause a paradox.

    • @yuckfooh9299
      @yuckfooh9299 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You started it!
      It would mean there is no such thing as an uninteresting number; each boring number being converted in turn infinitely.
      The *"King's Paradox"*
      Sounds impressive to me.

    • @yuckfooh9299
      @yuckfooh9299 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Christopher King
      But then again if all numbers were interesting that would be boring...

    • @kenhaley4
      @kenhaley4 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Christopher King That's interesting! Oops. I just ruined it.

  • @jdisira
    @jdisira 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    1729 smallest a^2+b^2=c^3+d^3 , a=10 b=9 c=1 and d=12...its story I read in a mathematics magazine in my school days

    • @jdisira
      @jdisira 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +jdisira sorry all cubes

    • @yxlxfxf
      @yxlxfxf 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This has nothing to do with Fermat's last theorem.

    • @yxlxfxf
      @yxlxfxf 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** I watched it, those numbers have nothing to do with Fermat's theorem. They must have the same power greater than 2, and only 3 numbers.

    • @yxlxfxf
      @yxlxfxf 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** 1.This still has absolutely nothing to do with Fermat's last theorem.
      2.Why would someone even post a comment retelling what that guy said in the video?

    • @yxlxfxf
      @yxlxfxf 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** I've seen, and I consider them pointless.

  • @SquirrelASMR
    @SquirrelASMR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Has anybody read the book? I've seen lots of Simon Singh's videos on youtube. Does the book have more new stuff?

    • @gddanielk8491
      @gddanielk8491 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes it’s a brilliant book. A friend lent it to me when I was about 8, and I first read it a few years ago at the age of 15. Really interesting stuff.

    • @SquirrelASMR
      @SquirrelASMR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gddanielk8491 oh neat thanks!

  • @Tamizushi
    @Tamizushi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    There are plenty of solutions to that equation, just none where all numbers are integers.

    • @jonyb0b13
      @jonyb0b13 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Kamizushi Akinari That's what the theorems stated. "There are no INTEGER solution."

    • @Tamizushi
      @Tamizushi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      jonyb0b13 I know that's what the theorem says, but he never actually says that in the video. It's a pretty big detail to forget don't you think?

    • @freshrockpapa-e7799
      @freshrockpapa-e7799 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You know... There are infinite solutions to the equations where all numbers are integers. You are literally failing at being a smartass, how pathetic.

    • @ShouldBeKnown
      @ShouldBeKnown 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Fresh Rock Papa-E
      Not sure if trolling or just stupid.

  • @KalikiDoom
    @KalikiDoom 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful!

  • @gddanielk8491
    @gddanielk8491 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    742 is interesting, because it’s the only non-noteworthy number in the history of the Simpsons.

  • @gabrielbelmonte1170
    @gabrielbelmonte1170 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    * INTEGER solutions, no INTEGER solutions

  • @twistedlot
    @twistedlot 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1729 is also the third Carmichael number (aka Fermat pseudoprime)

  • @eschelar
    @eschelar 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yeah 742 is just a number, but I literally just got to the end at that part and my phone was 7:07... and I had 42% charge. spoooooooky

  • @ionmurgu783
    @ionmurgu783 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fermat's Last Theorem and P versus NP by Ion Murgu From OHIO,USA

  • @sebastianportalatin5658
    @sebastianportalatin5658 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ahhhhh... It irks me because the Theorem is that it has no WHOLE NUMBER solutions, not not solutions in general.

    • @zeddash
      @zeddash 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Sebastian Portalatin The theorem says that x, y and z are all integers - so there are no solutions for it at all because it doesn't fit with the hypothesis; of course if you don't care what type of numbers x,y and z are there are an infinite number of solutions for any value of n - but that's boring.

  • @TheDatolo97
    @TheDatolo97 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:26 when is the theorem mentioned in doctor who?

    • @danielchiverton4168
      @danielchiverton4168 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In the first episode with Amy the Doctor proves who he is by sending a proof of Fermat's last theorem that he calls 'the real one.'

    • @kevincozens6837
      @kevincozens6837 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The episode title is "The Eleventh Hour" and it was first shown in 2010.

  • @ionmurgu783
    @ionmurgu783 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think a lot a time was passed , I don't have interest in solution, but, the real solution is laying in Murgu Millennium Equations and I was hoping Mr. Andrew will adapt it to those equations even if a part are named God Equations Of Balance. But when?#MurguMillenniumEquations explain P versus NP impossible for a pure computer.

  •  8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Matt Groening created both The Simpsons and Futurama.

  • @CyberSERT
    @CyberSERT 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    He said "Not many numbers are the sum of 2 cubes." (11:57) In fact, there is an infinite number of numbers that are the sum of 2 cubes.

    • @MarcTamlyn
      @MarcTamlyn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      +CyberSERT Of course there are, but there are also an infinite number of numbers that aren't... "Not many" refers to the sparseness of the set - if you pick a natural number at random how likely is it to be the sum of two primes. Measuring fractions of infinite sets (of equal cardinality) is a difficult problem.

    • @andrewevans1435
      @andrewevans1435 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      #mathroasted

    • @freshrockpapa-e7799
      @freshrockpapa-e7799 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are as many numbers that are sum of 2 cubes as numbers that aren't. Learn about infinite sets before talking marc.

  • @badierida9399
    @badierida9399 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    can you gys tell me what's about the 911 number appearing in the same serie it canfused me a lot i need an answer plz . thnks

    • @doggosuki
      @doggosuki 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      murican police phone number

    • @flowerperson581
      @flowerperson581 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      badie rida да it's American 999

  • @yuckfooh9299
    @yuckfooh9299 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    F ∝ RAI^2
    where F=failure of attempt to look cool, Rh=ridiculousness of haircut and A=age of wearer. I=intelligence (Squared because of his squareness)

  • @schizoframia4874
    @schizoframia4874 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    742
    7*6=42
    4+2=6

  • @DennisMathgod
    @DennisMathgod 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's an easy to understand proof of it on my channel for those curious.

  • @naterbater2096
    @naterbater2096 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does this mean that Fermat's last theorem is false because. He never states that any of the variable have to be whole numbers

  • @uetzel
    @uetzel 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    the point of it is, he wrote a book about it, buy it

  • @Atreyuguy590
    @Atreyuguy590 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    7th person before me made the 1729th view of this video...

  • @Ал-тайДіЙ
    @Ал-тайДіЙ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @simplesunshine8454
    @simplesunshine8454 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Haha my class met Simon without even knowing he was a dr

  • @yoppindia
    @yoppindia 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is the reason mathematics don't get a Nobel prize!

  • @nikhilabhishek5677
    @nikhilabhishek5677 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    is it possible that Fermat was just joking about the proof????

    • @Frostbitten.
      @Frostbitten. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nikhil Abhishek Possible? Certainly. Probable? Unsure. Fermat was brilliant.

    • @aaditbhatia6551
      @aaditbhatia6551 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe, but it got proven .

  • @icanfast
    @icanfast 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    He even looks like Mathologer. Are they the same person?

    • @SirTylerGolf
      @SirTylerGolf 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wtf there's nothing in common lol

  • @jeetaramrabary2094
    @jeetaramrabary2094 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1729 is a taxi cab number

  • @TheWhitelightnin76
    @TheWhitelightnin76 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who came here cuz Kobe's death?

  • @yriafehtivan
    @yriafehtivan 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    So, are we assuming 0 is not in the range of possible solutions?

    • @abbaa8284
      @abbaa8284 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      of course ...

    • @thedropshiptool7088
      @thedropshiptool7088 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +yriafehtivan any n greater than 1 that is a whole number