A Breakthrough in Graph Theory - Numberphile

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A counterexample to Hedetniemi's conjecture - featuring Erica Klarreich.
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Read Erica Klarreich's Quanta article on this subject: www.quantamagazine.org/mathem...
And visit her website: www.ericaklarreich.com/
Yaroslav Shitov's breakthrough paper: arxiv.org/abs/1905.02167
Thanks to Stephen Hedetniemi for providing us with photos and pages from his original dissertation.
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  • @user-uy8yt7ku4w
    @user-uy8yt7ku4w4 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Yaroslav Shitov is my teacher in university. Wasn't expecting to see him there

  • @anandsuralkar2947

    @anandsuralkar2947

    4 жыл бұрын

    Whoa

  • @bevstarrunner9472

    @bevstarrunner9472

    4 жыл бұрын

    So is he the math professor who collects stamps, does yoga or meditates?

  • @aheldar

    @aheldar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Where do you study at?

  • @onemanenclave

    @onemanenclave

    4 жыл бұрын

    That is an uncomfortable family name.

  • @user-uy8yt7ku4w

    @user-uy8yt7ku4w

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@aheldar я учусь в М(ФТИ)

  • @gcewing
    @gcewing4 жыл бұрын

    I think I've found a universal solution to all such party problems. You invite one graph theory specialist to the party. Since all the guests are part pf a graph colouring problem, they all have something in common with him.

  • @danielsmerdel8214

    @danielsmerdel8214

    4 жыл бұрын

    Top 3 comment I've read in this section

  • @gregergreg

    @gregergreg

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ah but then there's the philosophical question, if you invite a graph theory specialist to the party, will anyone else come?

  • @purplecow3000

    @purplecow3000

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gregergreg just dont tell the other guests that you are inviting a graph theory specialist

  • @shobhitsinha1754

    @shobhitsinha1754

    4 жыл бұрын

    Successful Event Managing 101

  • @Desimere

    @Desimere

    4 жыл бұрын

    But then it will be a lecture (one to many). You want every pair of guests to have something in common so whoever one talks to, they could get along.

  • @davethepants
    @davethepants4 жыл бұрын

    People would be surprised how many things from everyday life directly reduce to a coloring problem.

  • @hendrikd2113

    @hendrikd2113

    4 жыл бұрын

    Any NP complete Problem, actually

  • @davethepants

    @davethepants

    4 жыл бұрын

    ... which again, are all interchangeable / reducible into each other. So you *could* describe basically every decision process of your life as a knapsack problem. Or 3SAT, if you're more hardcore

  • @pleasedontwatchthese9593

    @pleasedontwatchthese9593

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or I can relate may of my problems to Sudoku :p

  • @davethepants

    @davethepants

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sudoku is NP-complete as well, so yes, you can probably restate everything as a Sudoku table. It might seem a bit cumbersome to first map your original problem into an initial number distribution in the table (there might be many sub-problems to solve here first), but hey, if that's your favorite way to figure stuff out...

  • @WaterCrane

    @WaterCrane

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure if this counts as every-day, but I've come across it in compilers... the program that turns source code into something a computer can run. It's used for allocating CPU registers based on how certain instructions interact with each other. It tends to get rather complex though because there are situations where certain vertices are forced to be a certain colour (i.e. you have to use a particular register for some instructions, like x86's DIV instruction returns the quotient in RAX and the remainder in RDX).

  • @guinea_horn
    @guinea_horn4 жыл бұрын

    So the smallest counter-example is between 5 and 4^10000 vertices

  • @paradoxica424

    @paradoxica424

    4 жыл бұрын

    so now we just need a sufficiently large computer to find the smallest counterexample

  • @TemporalOnline

    @TemporalOnline

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@paradoxica424 And everybody will moan forever because we brute forced it instead of insighting it.

  • @Einyen

    @Einyen

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very accurate estimate compared to "between 13 and Graham's Number"

  • @Martykun36

    @Martykun36

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TemporalOnline 4^10000 is quite large, to pure-brute force it you would need much more atoms than the universe has.

  • @movax20h

    @movax20h

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TemporalOnline It is not possibele to brute force. It is too big of a range. Not only number of vertices is enormous, but number of possible graphs for each specific number of vertices is huge and grows further as the number of vertices grow. It might not be feasible to check from 5 to 1000 vertices even in this century.

  • @saulysw
    @saulysw4 жыл бұрын

    She is fantastic at explaining things

  • @manuroitman

    @manuroitman

    4 жыл бұрын

    +100

  • @YouTubist666

    @YouTubist666

    4 жыл бұрын

    It was a long explanation. But I was able to follow the explanation. Nice work. 👍

  • @flowerpt

    @flowerpt

    4 жыл бұрын

    yep, great teacher.

  • @DonnyPetit

    @DonnyPetit

    4 жыл бұрын

    +4^10000

  • @abcd-sf5ur

    @abcd-sf5ur

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah pal

  • @Demki
    @Demki4 жыл бұрын

    14:28 Graphs are always G or H because G stands for Graph and H stands for Hparg >:-)

  • @kanewilliams1653
    @kanewilliams16534 жыл бұрын

    She is very clear, more of her please!

  • @StefanReich

    @StefanReich

    3 жыл бұрын

    Was a bit for idiots this time though... the simplest things explained reaally slowly

  • @blablabla1494

    @blablabla1494

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@StefanReich no u

  • @turolretar

    @turolretar

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@StefanReich perfect for a big idiot like me

  • @Bengt.Lueers
    @Bengt.Lueers4 жыл бұрын

    Gotta love how this comes out right before Christmas, when people gather with their families and commonly wonder why it is so hard to get along with each other.

  • @itsmidtrib1569

    @itsmidtrib1569

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bengt Lüers ohmy gosh 😂

  • @Danscottmusic

    @Danscottmusic

    4 жыл бұрын

    My family would be a complete graph here

  • @shashishekhar----

    @shashishekhar----

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Danscottmusic lol

  • @Gyzome

    @Gyzome

    4 жыл бұрын

    Somehow the answer of "they're the wrong colour" is depressingly true in some families.

  • @douro20
    @douro204 жыл бұрын

    Hedetniemi is 80 years old and still teaching.

  • @wyattdesormeaux2616

    @wyattdesormeaux2616

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Steven Moore It is cool and he is a wonderful person if you get to know him.

  • @totlyepic

    @totlyepic

    4 жыл бұрын

    C L E M S O N

  • @nicorobin7666

    @nicorobin7666

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @mueezadam8438
    @mueezadam84384 жыл бұрын

    I love these 20 minute videos because it allows the guest to really “sell” the topic. I never knew graphs could be used this way, absolutely fascinating demonstration by Dr. Klarreich!

  • @robindawes3544
    @robindawes35444 жыл бұрын

    I remember Steve Hedetniemi from many conferences in the 1980's - he always had the most interesting problems to work on. It's wonderful that he is still teaching.

  • @zerid0
    @zerid04 жыл бұрын

    This problem is so much simpler when your friend graph is an empty graph. I can color it with 0 colors and binge watch Netflix every weekend.

  • @amradio1968
    @amradio19684 жыл бұрын

    I think it was Pandora radio? when it was still just a visual website of nodes(album covers) and edges (labeled with adjectives and genres) when I first thought graphs were actually useful. In this case songs were nodes with typological edge types. Following the edges revealed the decision making for the next song. That one simple case changed my understanding of what could be done with graphs in computing for connecting data by proxy to reveal hidden graph structures quickly. The fewest number of colors in this case would also ensure artists and songs, even by a cover band, would not be repeated and get stuck accidentally in a self referential loop in the graph. I later designed an art museum tour creation app based on graphs where people could name the edge type they wanted to traverse, such as color, material, genre, etc. Worked great. 👍 I went to art school, but math truly makes the world usable.

  • @salerio61

    @salerio61

    4 жыл бұрын

    That was really interesting, the application of maths into other totally unrelated fields.

  • @salerio61

    @salerio61

    4 жыл бұрын

    @X E I agree with you. However if you think of a network as being an n-dimensional object, then nodes would be the corners or vertices, and edges the the lines connecting the vertices. Like a (standard) die has 6 faces, 8 vertices, and 12 edges connecting the vertices.

  • @JamesFluker
    @JamesFluker4 жыл бұрын

    I love that the guy who came up with the conjecture was simply delighted to have an answer to the problem. It shows his love of math and learning isn't about ego, but about finding answers.

  • @SiMeGamer

    @SiMeGamer

    4 жыл бұрын

    It is about ego. HE wants to learn something. HE wants to do math and loves it. For himself. That's as egoistic as it can get and there is nothing wrong with that. Perhaps you meant second-handed appraisal (primarily being valued by others) rather than ego :]

  • @SiMeGamer

    @SiMeGamer

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Steven Moore the love itself no, but the pursuit of it, is.

  • @JimsMaher
    @JimsMaher4 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant introduction to graph theory

  • @liamlouw4643

    @liamlouw4643

    4 жыл бұрын

    Intro?!

  • @ankitaaarya

    @ankitaaarya

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@liamlouw4643 exactly, that was his point. He meant that there should be an intro

  • @anandsuralkar2947

    @anandsuralkar2947

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @MrNacknime

    @MrNacknime

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ankitaaarya The first 10 minutes of this video are intro...

  • @JimsMaher

    @JimsMaher

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MrNacknime exactly

  • @pepe6666
    @pepe66664 жыл бұрын

    man how stoked would you be getting an answer to your conjecture after 50 years

  • @MK-13337
    @MK-133374 жыл бұрын

    Usually counterexamples and the process of taking numbers "as big (or small) as you need" is really used in analysis. I remember discussing a possible proof and we were talking about approximating some real valued quantities with rational numbers. The thought process went something like "...we can approximate this number with error epsilon, lets just take epsilon divided by a million to be safe..."

  • @NoNameAtAll2

    @NoNameAtAll2

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why not epsilon squared?

  • @MK-13337

    @MK-13337

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@NoNameAtAll2 squares are hard man :D I remember rounding 4pi/17 to 10pi when proving a function was integrable. If you just have to show an inequality to be true usually you want easy numbers to work with ;)

  • @VAFFANFEDE18

    @VAFFANFEDE18

    4 жыл бұрын

    I also remember the other day I was pretty sure that given a number n and some calculations stuff failed for n+1 but who casres? Slap there 10n and you are done

  • @magicmulder

    @magicmulder

    4 жыл бұрын

    Graham: „I could maybe prove that C < 10 billion but let‘s be careful and prove C < Graham‘s number instead.“

  • @Wanon0
    @Wanon04 жыл бұрын

    Love the subtle jab at Matt Parker: 'Or you could go for my favourite audiobook so far, that's - **scrolls away from Humble Pi audiobook** - Endurance by Alfred Lansing...'

  • @GusTheWolfgang
    @GusTheWolfgang4 жыл бұрын

    I loved how clear and conscise she was expressing herself!

  • @auntiesueinashoe5486
    @auntiesueinashoe54864 жыл бұрын

    I really liked how Erica explained this, I felt like I really understood it despite not doing graph theory before!

  • @bhanusri3732

    @bhanusri3732

    3 жыл бұрын

    IKR

  • @mikapeltokorpi7671
    @mikapeltokorpi76714 жыл бұрын

    My mother was not into sudouks, because it was "about numbers". I said to her, that do not think those as numbers, but as symbols. She is still doing sudokus - about a ten years later.

  • @DomenBremecXCVI
    @DomenBremecXCVI4 жыл бұрын

    To be fair, using colours in a sudoku puzzle might be quite useful for children, especially like 4 by 4s and 6 by 6.

  • @anandsuralkar2947

    @anandsuralkar2947

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @unvergebeneid

    @unvergebeneid

    4 жыл бұрын

    How would a 6x6 sudoku work? Pretty sure sudoku sizes have to be square numbers.

  • @shoo_be_doo

    @shoo_be_doo

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@unvergebeneid I've seen 6x6 sudokus divided up into six 2x3 rectangles.

  • @DomenBremecXCVI

    @DomenBremecXCVI

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@unvergebeneid I know it's a thing, there used to be one in my local daily paper... It's split into 6 2 by 3 rectangles.

  • @unvergebeneid

    @unvergebeneid

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DomenBremecXCVI oooh, okay, if you allow rectangles you can use any number that's not a prime. Clever.

  • @RolandHutchinson
    @RolandHutchinson4 жыл бұрын

    "Let's start by coloring the economist red." Must be a Marxist.

  • @krakow10

    @krakow10

    4 жыл бұрын

    Those damn commies

  • @theultimatereductionist7592

    @theultimatereductionist7592

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or a Republicunt.

  • @wurttmapper2200

    @wurttmapper2200

    4 жыл бұрын

    That makes as much sense as an anti vax doctor.

  • @RolandHutchinson

    @RolandHutchinson

    4 жыл бұрын

    I perhaps should have said "Marxian" rather than "Marxist" in reference to the economist.

  • @cravinghibiscus7901

    @cravinghibiscus7901

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@RolandHutchinson Marxist works too, contrary to much public understanding it's still taught in most universities, it's the foundation of sociology.

  • @cwaddle
    @cwaddle4 жыл бұрын

    Whoelse but numberphile who will discuss really complicated maths mysteries in laymans terms. Thank you!

  • @subschallenge-nh4xp

    @subschallenge-nh4xp

    4 жыл бұрын

    3 brown 1 blue

  • @mvmlego1212

    @mvmlego1212

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@subschallenge-nh4xp -- It's a great channel, but it's not as accessible as most of Numberphile's content.

  • @Roarshark12
    @Roarshark124 жыл бұрын

    It brought such a smile to my face at the end when Erica mentioned having gotten Hedetniemi's his reaction to finally getting an answer to his conjecture. Any chance we can get you guys back on camera, with him, talking about this together?? :)

  • @pyglik2296
    @pyglik22964 жыл бұрын

    I like way mathematicians think. They ask a question and when they eventually get answer they ask another question. Like: I think it may be true. Is it true? Sometimes it is true... But not always. When EXACTLY is it true? What's the smallest counter example?

  • @HaloInverse

    @HaloInverse

    4 жыл бұрын

    All science is like that - or at least, it _should_ be and _ought to_ be like that. Pure mathematics is more resistant to temptations to skew, falsify, or hide results to get more funding, since the "results" are generally harder to _directly_ profit from. If you're in it, you're in it for the truth, not for the money.

  • @user-hh1bi6lm2l

    @user-hh1bi6lm2l

    4 жыл бұрын

    gonna keep it as short and simple problems when u need to deal with these never ending things for a big part of your life i guess😉

  • @rumfordc

    @rumfordc

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@HaloInverse a proper scientific hypothesis should always be falsifiable, so if you hear a scientist asking "is it true?" that should be a big red flag that they don't understand the purpose of their own job. aside from that, you're right that they should ask a lot of questions.

  • @alephnull4044

    @alephnull4044

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes that is the way of the mathematician. Similarly, they like to generalise things ad infinitum.

  • @mirogula

    @mirogula

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's standard procedure. When you try to get to the bottom of the things, you just ask this questions naturally.

  • @puskajussi37
    @puskajussi374 жыл бұрын

    Thats exactly why Im into mathematics. If I want to become a rich person with friends and a mansion, I just declare myself as one.

  • @vidblogger12

    @vidblogger12

    4 жыл бұрын

    Let me be a rich person. Since I am rich, I no longer have to write proofs for a living. END PROOF.

  • @chesshooligan1282

    @chesshooligan1282

    4 жыл бұрын

    You have two options. Option number one is mathematician. Option number two is lefty.

  • @RafaelSCalsaverini
    @RafaelSCalsaverini4 жыл бұрын

    The auto subtitles are saying "head-at-knee Amy's conjecture" and it's hilarious.

  • @danieljensen2626

    @danieljensen2626

    4 жыл бұрын

    My brain was hearing it that way even without subtitles.

  • @iabervon

    @iabervon

    4 жыл бұрын

    Amy finds this one just a little harder than Rodin's Thinker found whatever he was thinking about.

  • @rofl22rofl22

    @rofl22rofl22

    4 жыл бұрын

    And so a few hundred people across the globe just tried hitting their head with their knee, chuckling like morons. Well, at least I did.

  • @sumilidero

    @sumilidero

    4 жыл бұрын

    Google needs to upgrade their calculator and autosubtitle alghoritms I guess :D

  • @adityakhanna113
    @adityakhanna1134 жыл бұрын

    Oooh! I never realized until I saw the quanta magazine picture! I have read so many articles by Erica, she's great!

  • @scotthendricks5665
    @scotthendricks56654 жыл бұрын

    Subtle Australian states graph

  • @joshuaychung

    @joshuaychung

    4 жыл бұрын

    It was probably a bit easier to draw than the map of the USA with 50 states (although 2 of them don't touch the other so you'd only have to worry about the "contiguous 48 states").

  • @Jivvi

    @Jivvi

    4 жыл бұрын

    And subtly pointing out that Brady's home state of South Australia is the superior state because it has the most borders.

  • @HasekuraIsuna

    @HasekuraIsuna

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why so "sa", mate? (`・ω・´)

  • @atkgrl

    @atkgrl

    4 жыл бұрын

    I too have considered mating offspring with either Australians or Britain’s

  • @neilgerace355

    @neilgerace355

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's incorrect, as Victoria and Tasmania do have a land border: it runs across Boundary Islet. This fact was discovered only after the border was fixed.

  • @siddhantkumar6340
    @siddhantkumar63404 жыл бұрын

    I love these numberphile videos. They really inspire me and make me want to explore even deeper in maths

  • @FakeAccount
    @FakeAccount4 жыл бұрын

    this woman is such a good explainer

  • @drmontorsi7498

    @drmontorsi7498

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fake Account she has such a smoothing voice too

  • @okarakoo

    @okarakoo

    4 жыл бұрын

    true, she's gifted

  • @imoffendedthatyoureoffende7461

    @imoffendedthatyoureoffende7461

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@fugreek One trait of very smart people is the ability to explain convoluted concepts in a clear and concise manner

  • @IceDave33
    @IceDave334 жыл бұрын

    A really great intuitive explanation of tensor graphs! Thanks Erica!

  • @MrPictor
    @MrPictor4 жыл бұрын

    There's a flaw in the reasoning: Why watch Netflix when you can watch Numberphile?

  • @duffman18

    @duffman18

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'd absolutely watch a more in depth maths show made by the Numberphile crew to be a Netflix show. Go really in depth with the maths instead of just the surface level stuff, but still produced by the Numberphile guys who are used to explaining things in a more lay way.

  • @brianlane723
    @brianlane7234 жыл бұрын

    The recommended Numberphile videos about graph theory are a graph theory problem unto themselves.

  • @cangrejoxidao
    @cangrejoxidao4 жыл бұрын

    I would be really impressed if I saw someone solving a sudoku with that color technique

  • @aijoo00

    @aijoo00

    4 жыл бұрын

    Isn't it the same as solving a sudoku the traditional way with numbers? Numbers and colors represent the same thing, they're just a different type of visualization.

  • @sushanlamgade

    @sushanlamgade

    4 жыл бұрын

    kylteri Yeah actually I’d never thought about solving sudokus with coloring problem.

  • @blindleader42

    @blindleader42

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@aijoo00 Yeah, pretty much the same. I've constructed (converted actually) sudoku using, letters, dingbats (remember them?) and other arbitrary symbols. It never occurred to me to use colors. The biggest problem with not using numerals is, if it's a really difficult example, It's much harder to pencil in candidates.

  • @omikronweapon

    @omikronweapon

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@blindleader42 maybe he's just saying he's ALWAYS impressed when seeing someone solve one? XD

  • @l00d3r

    @l00d3r

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aijoo00 Objectively, yes. But the human mind is subjective, and some people will find it easier one way or another. In my case, I know I would have a harder time solving a color sudoku, as I can visualize numbers better than colors.

  • @magicmulder
    @magicmulder4 жыл бұрын

    I remember the „Every graph is 4-colorable“ book, one of the largest in the library at the Mathematical Institute where I studied.

  • @thebluefoxproductions8398
    @thebluefoxproductions83984 жыл бұрын

    Numberphile's logo is π and currently they have 3.14 Million subscribers.......... Coincidence? I think not!

  • @vj_henke

    @vj_henke

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is this our "pi million" sub special ?!

  • @mitchgilbert6894

    @mitchgilbert6894

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Blue Fox Productions I screenshotted it

  • @Whitsoxrule1

    @Whitsoxrule1

    3 жыл бұрын

    7 months later I saw your comment and checked current subscriber count... 3.41 million. Coincidence? Yeah probably

  • @illogicmath
    @illogicmath4 жыл бұрын

    This professor is so clear and explains so well. What a blessing it would have been to have her as teacher in my university math lectures.

  • @ApertureCombine
    @ApertureCombine4 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite numberphile videos ever!

  • @wojtekburzynski654
    @wojtekburzynski6544 жыл бұрын

    In Polish there is no ambiguity wirh graph and graph. Graph in graph theory is called graf, graph of function is called wykres.

  • @JoaoVictor-gy3bk

    @JoaoVictor-gy3bk

    4 жыл бұрын

    In portuguese the graph for graph theory is "grafo" and the other is "gráfico"

  • @marcoswappner8331

    @marcoswappner8331

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JoaoVictor-gy3bk Same as in Spanish.

  • @amoledzeppelin

    @amoledzeppelin

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@marcoswappner8331 same in Ukrainian (graph in graph theory is "граф" and graph of function is "графік"), but "граф" also means "count" (a person, as in count Dracula or count Dooku)

  • @frimi8593

    @frimi8593

    4 жыл бұрын

    Stop flexing your superior languages on us unilingual people! ;-;

  • @ganaraminukshuk0

    @ganaraminukshuk0

    4 жыл бұрын

    Graph (in English): the X-Y Cartesian coordinate thing for a function, or a collection of nodes/vertices and edges that connect said nodes. Graphic (in English): depending on context, a digital image or an adjective used to describe art or gory detail. Apparently there's an additional context for these words and that's linguistics, but this isn't Linguaphile (sadly)...

  • @jedrekantkiewicz
    @jedrekantkiewicz4 жыл бұрын

    That explanation though, great teacher! Wish my uni professors were that great at explaining graph theory...

  • @alexkoshuta6219
    @alexkoshuta62194 жыл бұрын

    I really appreciate you making this video with an astonishing explanation. Thank you very much!

  • @Adam-cn5ib
    @Adam-cn5ib4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing, practical explanations & easy to follow. More of her please!

  • @Lunareon
    @Lunareon4 жыл бұрын

    What a great introduction to graph theory, and so easy to understand. I can instantly see various situations where it could be applied: seating orders, forming teams, arranging work shifts, traffic control, urban planning... Also, anything that has circles connected by lines looks like a finite-state machine to me. xD

  • @IslandCave
    @IslandCave4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe its G & H because G is for graph and H is the next letter!

  • @Wecoc1

    @Wecoc1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep, that's exactly it. Unlike physicists, mathematicians are lazy bastards in terms of coming with nomenclatures.

  • @RibusPQR

    @RibusPQR

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's because G is for Gobs, and H is for Hobbies.

  • @VAFFANFEDE18

    @VAFFANFEDE18

    4 жыл бұрын

    Like the function f

  • @zmaj12321

    @zmaj12321

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@RibusPQR Is this like how people argue how to pronounce gif?

  • @RibusPQR

    @RibusPQR

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@zmaj12321 HEY, it's prounounced gif

  • @hectorh.micheos.1717
    @hectorh.micheos.17174 жыл бұрын

    16 minutes of setup but i really felt that I understood the issue. So nice. She is a really good teacher, even if she may not be. Really good.

  • @Chorizzosoup
    @Chorizzosoup4 жыл бұрын

    such clarity! Please continue making more videos, Erica.

  • @Kasparovwannabe
    @Kasparovwannabe4 жыл бұрын

    This is a really great video. Interesting concept, explained in depth, but in an understandable and engaging way. Erica was fantastic.

  • @AGeniusDexter
    @AGeniusDexter4 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation. Didn't even have to open a book to see the conjecture. Love the simple language devoid of jargon. Brilliant explanation and analogies 😇

  • @gunhasirac
    @gunhasirac4 жыл бұрын

    She is a professor I would like because she writes so beautiful while most professors’ writing are hard to read as hell.

  • @kwcy92

    @kwcy92

    3 жыл бұрын

    And explains things well.

  • @Deadly_Laser
    @Deadly_Laser4 жыл бұрын

    Wow, you connected the dots very well on this one!

  • @mauz791

    @mauz791

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dammit

  • @lemonteurdesanuseur9686
    @lemonteurdesanuseur96864 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely didn’t know about graphes being a mathematical object this way, and this is super interesting

  • @RalphDratman
    @RalphDratman4 жыл бұрын

    Erica Klarreich seems to be a wonderful teacher!

  • @fotonical
    @fotonical Жыл бұрын

    This actually made sense, wish had teacher like this explain everything.

  • @Robbedem
    @Robbedem4 жыл бұрын

    In dutch, there are different words for graph and graph. ;) grafiek is the one with axi, while graaf is the one that represents a network.

  • @leo17921

    @leo17921

    4 жыл бұрын

    graph

  • @kvdrr

    @kvdrr

    4 жыл бұрын

    same here in polish

  • @natmath2576

    @natmath2576

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same in french. English just seems to be running out of words

  • @huverdoose

    @huverdoose

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@natmath2576 Oh, it's just the worst.

  • @pierreabbat6157

    @pierreabbat6157

    4 жыл бұрын

    And what's the one that is a count?

  • @m.rohwer6989
    @m.rohwer69894 жыл бұрын

    Youre channel is one reason I probably attempt to become a math teacher next year😂

  • @Not.Your.Business

    @Not.Your.Business

    4 жыл бұрын

    I wish you all the best, but I'm glad your goal isn't to become an English teacher.

  • @oz_jones

    @oz_jones

    10 ай бұрын

    Did you?

  • @m.rohwer6989

    @m.rohwer6989

    10 ай бұрын

    @@oz_jones thanks for reminding me of this comment, I didnt knew it existet. And yes, I‘m currently writing my bachelor thesis 😂

  • @ProfOmarMath
    @ProfOmarMath4 жыл бұрын

    I like the follow up paper disproving it asymptomatically.

  • @ryanlind5239
    @ryanlind52394 жыл бұрын

    Man this was an awesome explanation. I put off watching this all day cause I was like "okay, Graph Theory, I'm gonna need to focus for this one." I think that's the first time there's been a numberphile video using the word "tensor" that I actually followed. Thank you!

  • @prydin
    @prydin4 жыл бұрын

    What a great educator you are, Erica! Great video!

  • @Belissimo-T
    @Belissimo-T4 жыл бұрын

    According to Python, 4^10000 = 39802768403379665923543072061912024537047727804924259387134268656523863597493005704267600974997559551083646113750491270283140037693531914362175347041582702598121528242689349822482661597770759553946696101958869972677227973194131519818278726403485282120016456612793039071039818297993532771801687378482134951640611498291669186736187537002454587214079382727748256282419243923780158869781416852033865009090969753596652503275704943028645948297735737359802045058992731836566307671913693413259312676190669600377038530528457033111969100152658434772201238638188177942554921085169645825394357855769907215463965563079388394196137897184684111380418873025890383910366962608697446815065571048084159246565521180525786300781167688883955501753673175811344865675251415860144405164515466551438843161904239610671675576233872818346136985464892397290442755615882182377872919311145344584421697909543504577814457137895465212239606161514764254025074585722889399987549162501494601383934089132606093390103624999923863782757777466664480973403386161942036393646517873091923367311424456391505843899662583411213296799849557624932046287174777701216554388715625585835878485233506057488187655202568570482376807871081895186074137942924211085564497397742041381037351458450400689639267585499786687081856420723908387432495387127637571610150657515320574736396374074986751468261975677553450700687148588781240292773822757663528417424698854078597524002048126685307612717222802433056155012018200877759823054203370246340831667112088616926093400680579986459863631117978777673860899234606306309965964827966387817407478717923716975295704640458452530138415335834405590821969585485218521073976146055159665821101315991540956614542680973755041757822846583583089029449753546311208153767266405689162434577931152456001998431545614212628289848672834500476787349975268347140958736745059330239230790800459064475401253711332049360168213370931822264748908053164401532139115738717823215412682800776031371687224220961420096752218047571619997368946771401040467396145414646604585523221719668766514314761219915192127743230970046032143038153338524587743133053347947615233936450343632291966563104232874046361256584256041194702017400650789339627610383443623314091502539101438611920117646265955638834305860032671061890368374651657702121427693328917902105995692594971795604085797916591417097005621286993359358926862615199667659437080088509304823068715280321325473559474179907603945305727231988432234188324103638261759840188943913030187697549868173617421571128705344701371159600457480356270138824682251039152241906132066374092132175434416674489958816064929182353598338602590494204072458101761596842957701580809036096854405920459420006930461241736639877683153226559622471575030179220772560793253454369375877226201038736043556763523271834342067969305736000407367949300894581396101243957439737317863605462820764752067519442024427103634372931885843087146197886696477236205729057732608066446312965759024985974854410133384209271365309665606626682744607914559019664464341740372322008569620271932153323302716959973492897158885034841500007003402702529818310414834398029766314897158660790377171788068317543644558581061054688207357155616232465935131032656080444897422934974342563716483424279999142714505089946951195483477484717236069356843768914739945567209077368678251105429118517238191700888995764531133995099304477978360714059376650801793599258135785830652530378323175242524200834784486798833302541724994409211857811368740315816270707515400605341637407576516266853312707860531656282633719360624253529068322442366046222240868030049871414960726555044122073807594163398843505159448725680287418226481442592311119318828063201312780289788960533878308953274087720230412249819362545476834377553549887282109998162049707081048913745710689257324849873424371718480082295633446941566681885807321865397795430902318285172324652204279240146138200160192050128443932521408421073640063088492994227298294361370812301135526091554583104316024352359937200622615028966498211394489888661071082495509672462689541648452181902613217764059869165803598628537635503371909456808312221934572206361360977915833808437533143127652754848256621007134774454129287187613476424970485984095027622762732889742420893298811510890718764769849181437563961431317809252867800737004587174821842178639619728421320902262376273463083600686419241460523724898328900690526898847519759978152415891358370132519909035227425260834297130390766936304565623218397875585306400401089503083492198860135520118115887725480779805863512770844559206451956311509474927660669755952933280722141402102490524178897491775503470051043203989019739369172291112688917439431212725479314162497583042909799770553178190824208392206876902735512921261724413064028999477741302662401315732994833358637795510319584481716382248423270076385929025340037651570198675359689007581854448547578578003184357906575409509997094050464021285080999705112897656388088639241076632144998752969046326218289427230274915453544723333102884121521553360239828110705069601750782760276154781632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calculated instantly. It's 6021 digits long.

  • @Jivvi

    @Jivvi

    4 жыл бұрын

    So "a one with 6000 zeroes" was only off by a factor of about 400,000,000,000,000,000,000.

  • @whong09

    @whong09

    4 жыл бұрын

    But express that error as a percentage of 4^10000 and it's less than a percent

  • @brianlane723

    @brianlane723

    4 жыл бұрын

    You mean 4**10000?

  • @pH7oslo

    @pH7oslo

    4 жыл бұрын

    You don't need python or similar to write out that number, though - just write it in hexadecimal for instance..

  • @SLAMgamer11

    @SLAMgamer11

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@brianlane723 ha ha

  • @jacobtech7
    @jacobtech74 жыл бұрын

    In my Graph Theory class, we had to prove this statement for the special case chi(G)=3 on the final... i can thankfully say that i got it, but unfortunately almost no one (understandably) did

  • @Gregoryzaniz
    @Gregoryzaniz4 жыл бұрын

    i am so charmed by all the examples of jobs the professor gives are things related to the university!!

  • @JMEPatterson
    @JMEPatterson4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for getting this video out so quickly!

  • @AGuitarFreekOfficial
    @AGuitarFreekOfficial4 жыл бұрын

    Congrats on 3.14 million subscribers!

  • @SoleaGalilei
    @SoleaGalilei4 жыл бұрын

    Erica is a great presenter! Excellent video.

  • @kenc2257
    @kenc22574 жыл бұрын

    How intriguing! Never have heard about this type of "graph" before, but it is so interesting, and so well presented/explained by Ms Klarreich.

  • @burnere633
    @burnere6334 жыл бұрын

    I found the first few minutes of the video to be wonderful exposition. I scrolled down to see who this new(?) guest on Numberphile was. I wasn't surprised. I have been fan of Erica Klarreich's writing on Quanta for some years now.

  • @kleko
    @kleko4 жыл бұрын

    Gotta comment on the most important part here: Stamp collecting is a form of meditation and collectors are a blast at parties. I like this video.

  • @esejsnake1503

    @esejsnake1503

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid4 жыл бұрын

    I think one fact is important to note: the reason why this conjecture seems _obviously_ false with the presented example is that for most friend groups, we only have a subgraph of the full product. Obviously there are subgraphs, i.e. graphs where certain nodes are deleted, that can be colored with fewer colors. That's not what the conjecture is about, though.

  • @HL-iw1du

    @HL-iw1du

    4 жыл бұрын

    Penny Lane what?

  • @unvergebeneid

    @unvergebeneid

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@HL-iw1du You'd help me answer your question if you elaborated a bit ;)

  • @trogdorstrngbd

    @trogdorstrngbd

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@unvergebeneid I'm guessing you mean that people don't have a friend for every combination of job and hobby in real life, so their intuition tells them that the problem is easier than it actually is . The conjecture does seem obviously false at first glance because, as Erica points out, you're throwing away information that can only help you if you just default to the starting solutions. I quickly realized how difficult it was to actually create a counterexample, however, since you apparently have to make both G and H require at least 5 colors, which means that even the simplest examples you want to try take quite a while to write down (I gave up already, haha).

  • @unvergebeneid

    @unvergebeneid

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@trogdorstrngbd yes. For the problem in the video you will of course have plenty of real life friend groups that will allow everyone to come on the same weekend, i.e. the graph only needing one color. But as you said, that's not what this conjecture is about, so this example will mislead many people which is also reflected in the comments for this video.

  • @unvergebeneid

    @unvergebeneid

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@IlIlllIllIlIIIll Not sure I understand your question. What graphs don't share any edges?

  • @inyobill
    @inyobill4 жыл бұрын

    That's genius, taking a complex subject and presenting it in a manner accessible to non-experts.

  • @MrAndersJensen
    @MrAndersJensen4 жыл бұрын

    This was very interesting and also well explained. You opened up a new universe to me. Thank you ❤️

  • @jerryh559
    @jerryh5594 жыл бұрын

    Almost 3.14 milion subs.

  • @naveendukiya8552

    @naveendukiya8552

    4 жыл бұрын

    6.28 is where it's at. xD

  • @anandsuralkar2947

    @anandsuralkar2947

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @davethepants

    @davethepants

    4 жыл бұрын

    next stop 42 mil

  • @funkyflames7430

    @funkyflames7430

    4 жыл бұрын

    Naveen Dookia get that tau outta here

  • @chassepot3541

    @chassepot3541

    4 жыл бұрын

    IT IS

  • @mc101
    @mc1014 жыл бұрын

    Please, talk about new partial proof by Terence Tao and Collatz Conjecture.

  • @MuffinsAPlenty
    @MuffinsAPlenty4 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Thank you, Erica and Brady!

  • @erikfinnegan
    @erikfinnegan4 жыл бұрын

    I loved the video. Very captivating. Thanks for that.

  • @ChrisLuigiTails
    @ChrisLuigiTails4 жыл бұрын

    Welp I have my final exam about graphs and data structures and algorithms in one hour

  • @ZedaZ80

    @ZedaZ80

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good luck!

  • @Septimus_ii

    @Septimus_ii

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hope it went well

  • @carolebeni30

    @carolebeni30

    4 жыл бұрын

    How’d it go mate?

  • @ChrisLuigiTails

    @ChrisLuigiTails

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks guys! Yup it went well, even though it was the hardest exam to date in this course.

  • @JerseySlayer

    @JerseySlayer

    3 жыл бұрын

    Floyd-Warshall by hand with a 6x6 matrix

  • @42f87d89
    @42f87d894 жыл бұрын

    She's so good at communicating, I almost forgot she called sudoku pseudo-coup

  • @galgrunfeld9954
    @galgrunfeld99544 жыл бұрын

    Brady, thanks to you I had the joy of listening Edward Frenkel's audiobook version of his book Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality, and I've wanted for a while for mathematics to be a bigger part of my life, so thank you for promoting (beyond creating, of course) great popular mathematics content.

  • @BradHelm
    @BradHelm4 жыл бұрын

    Superb introduction to graph theory! Thank you!

  • @programaths
    @programaths4 жыл бұрын

    22:27 We can safely assume that one's friend is made of at lest one particle of the observable universe. Therefore, nobody has as much friends. Now, if we speak about imaginary friends, we have to understand how much information the mind can hold. I don't thinks it's that many, but that would be a conjecture.

  • @raykent3211

    @raykent3211

    4 жыл бұрын

    If you're seeking evidence to support your hypothesis, I can confirm that each of my two friends has more than one elementary particle. Mathematics gets loony.

  • @HL-iw1du

    @HL-iw1du

    4 жыл бұрын

    Christian Baune There is no such thing as the mind.

  • @Cloiss_

    @Cloiss_

    4 жыл бұрын

    I had 2^26 imaginary friends when I was younger... (I’m not even joking)

  • @josefranco480
    @josefranco4804 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if this is similar to how our brain's neurons makes connections, and then efficiency would be how well it can avoid necessary separations

  • @woowooNeedsFaith
    @woowooNeedsFaith4 жыл бұрын

    Ok. So this is kind of breakthrough I've been long waiting for? Starting from tomorrow, I'm gonna use it in my daily work for now on.

  • @giuseppe.turitto
    @giuseppe.turitto4 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation and so easy to follow. Thank You

  • @alveolate
    @alveolate4 жыл бұрын

    "i don't know if there's anyone out there with that many friends..." right after saying the number is orders of magnitude larger than the total number of particles in the universe :O

  • @bonbonpony
    @bonbonpony4 жыл бұрын

    21:35 So now the next question is: what is the SMALLEST graph that breaks that conjecture? :J See you in the next couple of decades ;)

  • @ruittenb
    @ruittenb Жыл бұрын

    Brilliantly explained. I thoroughly enjoyed this video 🙂

  • @curtiswfranks
    @curtiswfranks4 жыл бұрын

    I have been waiting for this video.

  • @vrixphillips
    @vrixphillips4 жыл бұрын

    and people joke about math having no practical applications. PFFT! This is exactly the kind of thing that people planning seating arrangements at weddings need lol. And now I want to learn more about graph theory [after I teach myself calculus... after I graduate college, cuz I'm pressed for time and energy]

  • @vrixphillips

    @vrixphillips

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@epsi well, with or without optimized seating arrangements, humans will find SOMETHING to fight about :P haha

  • @samwhite7717
    @samwhite77174 жыл бұрын

    The best conceivable Christmas present. Thank you.

  • @davidhughes7174
    @davidhughes71744 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Erika. Easily understood and well explained.

  • @Siminfrance
    @Siminfrance4 жыл бұрын

    Amazingly well explained! Thanks a lot

  • @ShinySwalot
    @ShinySwalot4 жыл бұрын

    Is the breakthrough that they finally managed to spell his name correctly?

  • @macleadg

    @macleadg

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shiny Swalot That’s still an unsolved problem.

  • @X_Baron

    @X_Baron

    4 жыл бұрын

    She actually pronounces it really well. :D

  • @oldinion

    @oldinion

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's a pretty typical finnish heritage last name though. Nothing difficult to spell.

  • @macleadg

    @macleadg

    4 жыл бұрын

    oldinion This is an aspect of social interaction called a “joke”, which is easy to spell, but difficult for some to understand.

  • @t71024

    @t71024

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hedetniemi can be spelled right by just copying and pasting but it's obviously tricky to pronounce. Those dang diphthongs!

  • @dittbub
    @dittbub4 жыл бұрын

    wonderful educator :)

  • @jacobD63
    @jacobD634 жыл бұрын

    This is very aesthetically pleasing

  • @Noelciaaa
    @Noelciaaa4 жыл бұрын

    i thought i was procrastinating by watching math vids when i'm supposed to be making my project as senior thesis in graphic design but i actually learned something i can apply wow

  • @euttdsiggh2783
    @euttdsiggh27834 жыл бұрын

    *Look at this graph* 🎶

  • @fgvcosmic6752

    @fgvcosmic6752

    4 жыл бұрын

    *everytime I do I Laugh*

  • @eduardolarrymarinsilva76

    @eduardolarrymarinsilva76

    4 жыл бұрын

    Everytime I do I color it nice

  • @anandsuralkar2947
    @anandsuralkar29474 жыл бұрын

    But damn this is interesting i always wanted to know about this map thing

  • @BerenddeBoer
    @BerenddeBoerАй бұрын

    Very well explained, master teacher!

  • @hamoumakaynch706
    @hamoumakaynch7064 жыл бұрын

    always fun to watch numberphile videos

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