"Doing a troll" I love you Brady.

@fortytwo6257

8 жыл бұрын

+Badatstuff I thought he said "being" a troll, haha

@benjaminbrady2385

7 жыл бұрын

The Drüid lol

@ctrl-alt-tutor5587

6 жыл бұрын

He definitely said "Being a troll."

1:23 there is also an attempt at breaking topology at the bottom

@whahala555

6 жыл бұрын

Sachin Sahay Nice catch!

@idontunderstandjokes8308

5 жыл бұрын

Sachin Sahay too bad it wasn’t REAL.

@lucareale6717

5 жыл бұрын

thats Poincaré's conjecture, isn't it?

@asheep7797

3 ай бұрын

Homerlogy.

Simon might just have the most beautiful handwriting of all the Numberphile guests

@reecesweet6349

6 жыл бұрын

egalomon Hes a writer. It makes sense.

When will we see a video on pancake flipping?

@addison_reilly5904

7 жыл бұрын

^

@eilivmoi6153

7 жыл бұрын

3master o

@randommay1261

6 жыл бұрын

WarpRulez YOU SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT BEING FROM THE FUTURE

I had my own near miss solution with a^3 + b^3 = c^3 where a=242, b=720, and c=729. So close, yet so far away

@PeterGeras

9 жыл бұрын

starreactor Again, only because of the odd-even properties ;)

@bengtbengt3850

8 жыл бұрын

Haha you were 1 away from being right with that near miss solution (729^3 - (242^3 + 720^3) = 1)

@imaddictedtoyoutubeshorts

7 жыл бұрын

+Bengt Bengt 1^3 + 1^3 = 1^3 also near-miss tho XD

@terz4255

7 жыл бұрын

Pius Pambudi actually not because x, y and z must be different numbers

@Ulkomaalainen

6 жыл бұрын

I've never seen the stipulation that they need to be. It is easily provable that they cannot be - in a^n+b^n=c^n (a, b, c, n all integer; a, b, c >=1; n>2) c obviously needs to be larger than both a and b, since otherwise you would add something positive to a number and it would stay the same. But also a and b have to be different, because if a=b, then a^n+b^n=a^n+a^n=2*a^n=c^n. Taking the n-th root, we's get (n-th root of 2)*a=c, but since both a and c must be integers but the n-th root of 2 isn't even rational, this simply is not possible.

you think he wrote a book about the Simpsons, met the writers (of both shows) and did nothing about Futurama! Stay tuned for more (or buy his book!)

kzread.info/dash/bejne/hJmDs5VpYKTJg7g.html

@benjaminprzybocki7391

8 жыл бұрын

+Zero Ryoko It's a^n+b^n=c^n for positive a, b, and c. 0 doesn't count because it isn't positive (it's neither positive nor negative).

@nikhilpendurkar9464

6 жыл бұрын

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I wish that mathematics wasn't taught so dully and uninterestingly in our culture. math is an art and we should be emphasizing the importance of math more than anything

@sam2026

6 жыл бұрын

Math isn't an art. That's what makes it so great.

@monus782

5 жыл бұрын

Well, the best way to do it is to do away with the more utilitarian mindset behind education, after all technically most stuff we get taught can be considered to be "useless" and it's not just us liberal arts majors who can be looked down upon as knowing "useless" stuff. What is useless info anyways? I think how you answer the question can tell about your mentality behind this question, if your meaning of life is making money then only some business majors and most engineering careers are useful studying.

@omikronweapon

4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps because of these two answers? The one side is very strict and says: "shouldn't treat it as an art at all", lets keep the classes dull. and the other goes of on an extreme tangent, preferring to attempt to answer broad/philosophical questions, rather than tackle it practically. I'm not sure it IS about the "importance", but simply, appealing to students. Everything CAN be important, but if it isn't being taught in a way that people will (want to) apply it, it's still not useful. Personally from highschool, I remember endless equations of things like: solve (x+4)(x-12)=0 While, now, I realize I'd love to solve stuff like that, back then I just couldnt get the hang of it, by ONLY having the dry, stuffy, equation. What's the purpose? What is this solving, in real life? Can I get a handle on it that takes it OUT of the theoretical and gives me some insight, rather than just having to crunch numbers again and again. Perhaps ironically, when I see people like Matt Parker, I get excited about it, and want to learn. All it takes, for me, is to have it presented in a fun way that makes me want to come back for more. Maybe it's the teachers? Most I've had didn't make the lessons very fun or engaging. Some did. The books didn't really help, they had SOME humor and real-life experiences in it, but they were the lame kind. "Alice and Bernard walked up to their friend Charles". Clearly just to describe points A,B,C. More pedantic than appealing.

@andrewwong2399

4 жыл бұрын

how is math an art

@danphillips8530

4 жыл бұрын

Says you

Just came back here to visit another Parker Square solution to Fermat's last theorem.

@sujimtangerines

5 жыл бұрын

I literally only read the comments to see if someone referenced Parker for that almost-solution for Fermat's theorem.

This whole phenomenon of serious mathematics being referenced in light entertainment reminds me of Charles Dodgson's mathematical references in "Alice in Wonderland", although mathematics plays a much more central role in his book than it does in the Simpsons. Actually, here's a good idea for Numberphile, assuming they haven't already done it: Do an episode on maths in "Alice in Wonderland" (and "Through the Looking Glass")!

If you want the brown paper from this video there is a link in the vid description (it is just another way to help support our videos - but the best thing you can do is just watch us and share with friends!!!)

1782^12+1841^12=1922^12 It actually equals to 1921,999999955...^12 ._. VEEEEERY close

@MCMaterac

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, not bad. 8730^12 + 7974^12 ≈ 8944^12 is closer, though. (8944.00000001412-8944)/8944 ≈ 1.58e-12 (1921.999999955-1922)/1922 ≈ -2.34e-11

@MCMaterac

5 жыл бұрын

or better: 48767^4 + 24576^4 ≈ 49535^4 or e.g. 89,970^3+8,999^3 ≈ 90,000^3 and 90,000^3+9001^3 ≈ 90,030^3

@aus3492

3 жыл бұрын

My attempt 0000^12+0000^12 =0000^12.... Fricken math.. no idea what I'm doing but that equation checks out as far as I'm concerned.

@MCMaterac

3 жыл бұрын

@Sandra Braithwaite Sure. That was for fun.

Just want to say how thankful I am that he wrote that book. It got me back my long lost and burning passion for maths, and lifted me out of a long and horrible depression. It reminded me that life can be exciting, and actually worth living.

@Achukanjosh

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's the spirit. Dont let others control your life. You know I had gone through the same circumstance.

Another example would be Rowan Atkinson who studied engineering at university.

@DavidAndrewsPEC

8 жыл бұрын

+Slim Charles Indeed, and his long-time side-kick Ben Miller - who studied physics.

@joshuahadams

8 жыл бұрын

Is that how he put on shorts without taking off is trousers?

@stevenvanhulle7242

7 жыл бұрын

Yes. It's a topological problem.

The reason these are being dropped into the episodes is not because mathematicians-turned-into-comedy-witers want to make a nod at their alternate occupation. It is because they are very effective comedy writers. They write comedy for ALL intellectual levels. That's the beauty of the series and the probable reason it has survived as long as it has. Trailer Park Joe laughs at the bodily function jokes, Office Jack reads the humor in popular culture spoofs and Science Peter gets a kick out of why would a 10 year-old have a Kasparov lunch box. Case in point: The "faux solution" to Fermat's Last Theorem is a very effective bit of comedy (...even if buried almost as an Easter-egg...) because, under the show's logic and being Homer who he "is", had he - by some divine intervention - really turned into a researcher, Dr. Simpson being convinced he reached the actual theorem solution via a false proposition would be the kind of elevated blunder, leading to all sort of problems, he most certainly would be involved in.

@earllemongrab1329

6 жыл бұрын

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand the Simpsons. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of mathematics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also Bart’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they’re not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike the Simpsons truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humour in Homer’s existential catchphrase “D’oh,” which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev’s Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Al Jean’s genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂 And yes, by the way, i DO have a Simpsons tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the ladies’ eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they’re within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎

@k-leb4671

4 жыл бұрын

There are two kinds of people.

@blacktimhoward4322

3 жыл бұрын

Anybody care what this guy thinks? NO!

@sebfox2194

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, it could be for both of those reasons, as they are not mutually exclusive.

@bradleywalker8642

11 ай бұрын

It's Anatoly Karpov on the lunchbox, not Garry Kasparov.

did anyone notice that the first equation that Homer writes is also a very close approximation of mass of Higgs Boson ? and that episode aired way before we proved the existence of higgs boson

@woobilicious.

4 жыл бұрын

@Xenon Creed it was predicted by Higgs 🤦‍♂️ the guy the particle is named after.

@du42bz

3 жыл бұрын

@@woobilicious. 🤣

The real solution is 3987^12 + 4365^12 = 4472^11 X 4472.00000008

Amazing video, I love this Simpsons, Math, and Science.

Great video. Thanks for sharing that. I have just bought Simon Singh's book and cannot wait to read it!

Really love these Simon videos. He should come back and do more!

a near miss of the order of 10^30. i wish i could do that in my physics exams!

Man that is a really clever reference. Props to the Simpsons writers.

great job brady, thanks to you and everyone providing great content on these channels. love your work, keep it up. i feel that you and the people who follow you are the next great generation of educators. far, far, more engaging than the average university professor, you bring us the great communicators of knowledge.

I'll defiantly be buying this book, sounds like very interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing this Brady.

One of the reasons you see stuff like the 'Karpov' joke in The Simpsons is that they are willing let a joke be missed by most viewers. Most TV shows are controlled to the tiniest detail and a reference to something so arcane would be seen as a weakness that needs to be sent around the writers' room again. The Simpsons *used* to be novel in that they would put tons of mini-gags into the show that wouldn't be noticed at all by 99% of those watching. These days everyone does it of course.

I have another problem with no solution; how do you get a USB to fit properly on the first try?

@pablossjui

8 жыл бұрын

+Arun Singhal you can, but It's hard to explain on text xD

@liamdienemann8937

8 жыл бұрын

+Arun Singhal the answer lies in elliptic curves

@IImagnumalucardII

8 жыл бұрын

+Arun Singhal I have the solution...but the whole data that can fit on the Internet is too little to fit it inside

@diggitydingdong

7 жыл бұрын

the side with the USB symbol will always be the top side. also i know this is late but it is worth mentioning

@arunsinghal9839

7 жыл бұрын

[GD] Unearth not if it's sideways

Man I love Numberphile!! You should upload way more!

My new favourite Numberphile video! Thanks guys.

"This is a solution." "A solution? That's problematic!" I love mathematicians :')

futurama has many more math jokes in it and David X Cohen comments on every single episode on the DVDs. RIP Futurama :(

I am currently reading his book on Fermat last theorem that coincidently I both a day before you uploaded the video. Love the channel Brady, thank you! Loving the book also! Highly recommended

Absolutely brilliant! I love this channel!

futurama is an even better example

He underestimates modern phone calculators.

@MCMaterac

5 жыл бұрын

True. Most even those simple ones (including mine) use 52bits of precision. 204290^3 + 146996^3 = 227033^3 does the trick, though.

Loving the new logo Brady! Congrats on another great video, too.

Yes

"When you can't get a job in mathematics, you find a job in arts" Phew.

Fermat's Last Theorem applies for n = 0 (trivially) and n < -2 as well. You can find general solutions for n = -1 and n = -2 near the bottom of Wikipedia's article for Fermat's Last Theorem.

thanks!

I loves the article you wrote in the newspaper about this :D it was great

It's off by about 10^33 :-)

@TimothyReeves

4 жыл бұрын

exscape less than one part per billion then

I only came because KZread recommended it and because I read Homer Simpson....

Saw your article in the Independent the other day, great read!

this stuff is amazing

Saw this joke on the Simpsons yesterday : √-1 2^3 sum of (Sigma) Pi And it was delicious What does it mean ??

@sassypenguin723

9 жыл бұрын

D Gurung i ate some pie...and it was delicious

@dgurung3468

9 жыл бұрын

Haha! Thanks

@jakepreston6034

8 жыл бұрын

+D Gurung √-1 = imaginary number, denoted by letter 'i' = I 2^3 = 8 = eight = ate sum = some of = of Pi = pie ... And it was delicious I assume the words "sum" and "of" are not supposed to be there because that's what the sigma is for. :)

@rerrezedd5860

8 жыл бұрын

I ate some pie

@bengoodwin2141

6 жыл бұрын

D Gurung i 8 some pi aka I ate some Pie

Is this the episode where Homer makes the Lazy Man Reclining Toilet Chair?

@replayview2011

7 жыл бұрын

yep, then accidentally leaves it in the Thomas Edison museum, and Edison gets credited for it.

@254kvistas6

7 жыл бұрын

Edison invented it, Homer just stole the idea

Love this channel.

I really enjoy this guy, please more!

It's impossible you say? We'll see about that

I'm wondering : am I the only one who's bad at math but enjoys numberphile ?

hey brady, I like the explanation of the other vids at the end. good thought.

thanks

the Pythagorean theorem, anyone?

@carloffoti7527

9 жыл бұрын

***** Men it says for n>2, and is allways proven when x+y>z.

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@nado100

6 жыл бұрын

hardy harr harr, get it?

Great stuff!

You guys should definitely do a video on the futurama theorem

Hey Bert!, where's Ernie?

The theorem just skips the easy one. 3^2+4^2= 5^2 => 9 + 16 = 25 => 25=25 The theorem has to has n>2 just to skip this one.

@samcroswell2386

6 жыл бұрын

Also the other easy one x^0 + y^0 = Z^0

@Miju001

6 жыл бұрын

Sam Crosswell, Nope, 1+1 is not equal to 1. You're probably thinking of 0^n+0^n=0^n.

Brady you really really need to make a video (series) on the math and science of futurama :) dave and the others really packed em in there:)

we've done a video on that!

If you were really smart, you wouldn't need to be a mathematician to know that Simpsons isn't providing a "solution" to Fermat's Last Theorem, rather he was trying to DISPROVE Fermat's Last Theorem. It seems NPR and Singh have trouble with basic semantic logic.

I put forward another recommendation to Simon's book, I've read his stuff before and he is an excellent popular maths writer.

Great video! thanks

Ah thanks! Feels satisfying finally knowing how it's called. Being a mystery is one, but not knowing what that mystery is called makes it extra difficult.

Please do more videos with Simon!

V nice video .. Thumbs up for Brady .. Awesome man!

I like Simon Singh. He's well spoken and has a very cool presentation style. More please!

David X Cohen is the cocreator of Futurama along with Matt Groening, and that series is full with numbers and science references in each episode, you should do a numberphile episode about that, I´m sure most of the people you interview are big fans of it, and they can speak lots of those references that we dont get.

these 3 from this guy have been very good!

I'm surprised you haven't had a numberphile about e yet. It's a fascinating number that I'm sure you could delve quite deeply into. Euler's Identity would be another excellent (and related) topic.

The required followup video to this one would probably be too long to post, but I'm pretty sure it would be epic: a similar examination of the Simpson's sister show, Futurama. which had many of the same people on staff, and more nerdcrumbs than I can count.

David is a wonderful writer for what was Futurama. Great show

Thanks for clearing that up.

This guy is doing a talk at my school! Can't wait!

Oh, I remember reading this article in the newspaper!

Great video as always Brady. Anyone else see Simon's striking resemblance to Maynard James Keenan?

Cohen and a few other writers put a lot of great maths jokes in Futurama, too. Not that I'm smart enough to get those, but they had a great featurette on one of the DVD sets explaining some of them for laymen like I.

Love The Simpsons math references. Can you do session on the mathematics that show up in Futurama or for other shows where math references are made?

I also like the transition of the torus into a sphere on the bottom of the blackboard

Yeay I picked up on it being wrong without using my calculator, because I saw in one of your excellent videos before about staying even or odd, quite pleased with that

Note to creators of Numberphile: I think you make some good quality episodes that I enjoy a lot, but watch your audio levels! I noticed it especially on this video jumping all over the place. Whatever your using to edit, just watch the dB meter and try to keep it constant.

More Simon Singh!

loved that book, so interesting

In fact, you can use a compressor on your master channel with a high ratio which will keep your levels under the threshold level you set (also on the compressor), and you can crank up the gain (also on the compressor) so that the levels are as loud as desired. Nice and simple auto leveler.

Cool vid thanksss

I believe James Grime has done a video similar to this but with Futurama, on his own channel singingbanana. Maybe a link to that one as well Brady?

Yep. Died this year (for the second time). RIP best show on television.

Brilliant video Brady, aussie pride++ Would love to see a compilation video of mathematical nods from the Simpsons. I wish I could make it my self.

So that's mr Singh! Loved his code book.

Dr. James (he sometimes appears in Numberphile) did a video about it in his cannel, Singing Banana. Look for it, it's called "Futurama and Keeler's Theorem: Original Edit " :)

You should also do a video on the mathematical problem solved by Ken Keeler (mentioned in this video) as a writer for Futurama.

Love the Mohawk

What are some practical applications of Fairma's Last theorem?

Please do a video on Futurama!

It'd be great if you looked at the maths from Futurama, too. Most of that was David X. Cohen and Ken Keeler, the latter creating what is now known as the 'Futurama theorem'.

Because of the narrower focus of the show, there are more opportunities for the creative team to play on Futurama, and you see more math references there. The most notable is probably the novel and rigorous proof about the mathematics of body swapping in "The Prisoner of Benda".

Hi Brady, do you have a rough estimate of when you will upload the second part of the Log video.

I'm really likin' this dude. More please.

There are lots of (infinitely many) solutions for n = 2. 5^2+12^2=13^2 works. Fermat's Last Theorem states that there are no solutions for n > 2. At 0:55 the n > 2 restriction is listed. I recommend watching the main Fermat video. Link in the description.

Will there be a numberphile video about pancake flipping? I hope so!