Mathematician Attempts Art – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Hannah Fry returns to Numberphile to showcase her art skills (and show us her new portrait at The Royal Society). See the Objectivity video (for more about the REAL artwork) at https://youtu.be/3HLxB5LbrDU More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ (Real) artist Chloe Barnes can be found at: https://www.chloebarnesartist.com/ (and a handful…

4211 – The Party Pooper Prime – Numberphile

From Numberphile. OEIS founder Neil Sloane on lines of primes, awkward primes… and a ‘party pooper prime’. More of this interview at https://youtu.be/u-_8wX4cECo Jane Street’s puzzle at https://jane-st.co/Numberphile-JS-NumberCross4 and more puzzles at https://jane-st.co/Numberphile-JS-Puzzles More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ SOME RELEVANT OEIS SEQUENCES Lines of Primes: https://oeis.org/A373813 Awkward Primes: https://oeis.org/A393445 More videos…

Awkward Primes – Numberphile

From Numberphile. OEIS founder Neil Sloane on lines of primes, awkward primes… and a ‘party pooper prime’. More of this interview at https://youtu.be/u-_8wX4cECo Jane Street’s puzzle at https://jane-st.co/Numberphile-JS-NumberCross4 and more puzzles at https://jane-st.co/Numberphile-JS-Puzzles More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ SOME RELEVANT OEIS SEQUENCES Lines of Primes: https://oeis.org/A373813 Awkward Primes: https://oeis.org/A393445 More videos…

The Original Biggest Numbers – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Richard Elwes discusses the original Big Numbers… long before the likes of Graham’s Number and Tree(3). They are epic. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More Richard on Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWI42WXh1jnv51jHrcjatrk8 More big numbers on Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJ_FwchNAjB3xa8UnoKdmQI More about Richard Elwes (who is based at the University of Leeds): https://richardelwes.co.uk/ Richard’s…

The Weather Equation – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Chief Meteorologist Dan Harris discusses (at length) one of the most famous equations in weather forecasting – the Quasi Geostrophic Omega Equation. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Catch our podcast with Dan on podcast players or here on YouTube – https://youtu.be/lnARyhaqMvU Dan works for the Met Office as a…

Calculating Pi with Skittles (and census data!?) – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Tony Padilla calculates Pi with Skittles – then uses UK population data to do the same thing. Results may vary! More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More Pi videos from Numberphile – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4870492ACBDC2E7C More Tony Padilla videos – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWL8KAJKO3WfHhJcWrJfjgfU Tony Padilla’s book Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them –…

Feeling Grumpy about Pi Day – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Date formats and other reasons for Pi Day grumpiness from emeritus astronomy professor Mike Merrifield. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More Pi videos from Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4870492ACBDC2E7C Professor Merrifield on Sixty Symbols (our physics channel): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNGAgplgACrGL9UlxyDHq7k Professor Merrifield is also a regular on Deep Sky Videos (our astronomy channel): https://www.youtube.com/@DeepSkyVideos…

3867632931 × 10^10001 +1 – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Matt Parker explains there’s a new title-holder for the largest known reversible prime (or Emirp). Learn for free on Brilliant (and get 20% off a premium subscription) at https://brilliant.org/numberphile (episode sponsor) — More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Full interview with Stephan Schöler (who discovered the number) – https://youtu.be/Rd8moV7jVX0 Patrons…

The 15-Game – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Ben Sparks explores hidden depths of a seemingly simple game. More on Jane Street’s AMP program at https://jane-st.co/Numberphile-AMP-2026 (sponsor) — More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ An extra snippet on Numberphile2: https://youtu.be/lz2POMYd4YM And a 4.5-minute longer version of this video can be watched by Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/150089653 Ben Sparks own website…

Tools of the Trade (for infinite sums) – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Ed Copeland goes deep as we explore how we cracked an infinite sum relating to black holes. The extra bit as at https://youtu.be/s8Jd8Z7A5tA — More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Ed Copeland is a physics professor at The University of Nottingham More Ed on Numberphile – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJwf-59lYWThTpSj2Ivt5jB Ed on our…

A Fake Fields Medal – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Fields Medallist Hugo Duminil-Copin would like a replica of his prize for outreach purposes. We interview him about the famous medal and his mathematical work. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Podcast version of the interview: https://youtu.be/jWiKKq_Q5n8 Hugo is based at the University of Geneva and IHES – https://www.ihes.fr/~duminil/ More…

Euclid’s Algorithm – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Sophie Maclean demonstrates some fun properties of Euclid’s Algorithm. Episode sponsor Brilliant has 30-day free trial and 20% discount – more at https://brilliant.org/numberphile More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Sophie Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJL8jqE19RlDCMJp7psCA6r Sophie Maclean is based at Kings College, London: https://sophiethemathmo.wordpress.com Ayliean playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIVNbbisfbcJKpb44__r2Rw Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Numberphile is supported by…

Base Fibonacci – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Tony Padilla does a ‘magic trick’ with Fibonacci numbers and talks about Zeckendorf decompositions. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More Tony on Numberphile – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWL8KAJKO3WfHhJcWrJfjgfU More Tony of Sixty Symbols (our physics channel) – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBPJmX64Jay51cdZTKMz4ACs Tony is a physics professor at the University of Nottingham. His book Fantastic Numbers…

Almost Interesting Facts about 6-7 – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Part 2 of Tony Padilla’s deep dive into 6-7. The full set of videos are here… https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWK9aLnVoe-HcCJ62WkHCAAe More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Heegner Numbers – https://youtu.be/mw4DM1952KI Tony Padilla’s book Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them – https://amzn.to/3VywNyy More from Tony on Numberphile – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWL8KAJKO3WfHhJcWrJfjgfU Plus Tony on Sixty…

Super Facts about 6-7 – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Tony Padilla takes a mathematical look at the pair of numbers 6-7 and why they are a perfect prime pair – plus SUPER PRIMES. The other videos from this interview are at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWK9aLnVoe-HcCJ62WkHCAAe More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Our prime number playlist – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0D0BD149128BB06F Our perfect number playlist –…

An Unexpected Twist on Möbius Strips – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Ben Sparks uses simulations for a new insight into Möbius loops. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Ben Sparks: https://www.bensparks.co.uk More Ben Sparks on Numberphile: http://bit.ly/Sparks_Playlist Möbius videos on Numberphile – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWLX3Y7d3Hqq-qcsDTRaZef6 Ben’s Geogebra file for this video – https://www.geogebra.org/m/v5z33vth Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Numberphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more…

100000001 is divisible by 17 – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Featuring Matt Parker. Learn for free on Brilliant (and get 20% off a premium subscription) at https://brilliant.org/numberphile (episode sponsor). Extended footnote and other links in full description below ↓↓↓ Extra clips and outtakes from this video on our Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/posts/145064106 Matt Parker books – https://mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books And Matt’s books on Amazon – https://amzn.to/4rK4j3C…

Closer Look at the Birthday Paradox – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Featuring Tom Crawford (happy birthday!) – More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Extra footage from this video and interview – https://youtu.be/4rdLQso6_8U See our original video from 2012 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2ey9a70yY0 Tom Crawford playlist on Numberphile – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJ2TNTA79reKQ6S88kTvDR- Tom Crawford website – https://tomrocksmaths.com/ Tom’s YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/tomrocksmaths Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Numberphile is…

Polyominoes on Chessboards – Numberphile

From Numberphile. Sophie is back with more Polyominoes. Check our Jane Street internships in Hong Kong and elsewhere – https://jane-st.co/hkginternship26-numberphile More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Previous Polyominoes with Sophie Pentominoes: https://youtu.be/ONdgXYEBihA Snakey: https://youtu.be/ouTE-GYGIA8 Sophie Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJL8jqE19RlDCMJp7psCA6r Sophie Maclean is based at Kings College, London: https://sophiethemathmo.wordpress.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Numberphile is supported by…