What's so special about the Mandelbrot Set? - Numberphile

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Featuring Ben Sparks discussing the Mandelbrot Set (and Julia Sets). Catch a more in-depth interview with Ben on our Numberphile Podcast: • The Happy Twin (with B...
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The Mandelbrot Set: • The Mandelbrot Set - N...
63 and -7/4 are special: • 63 and -7/4 are specia...
Pi and the Mandelbrot Set: • Pi and the Mandelbrot ...
Fibonacci Numbers hidden in the Mandelbrot Set: • Fibonacci Numbers hidd...
Filled Julia Set: • Filled Julia Set
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  • @numberphile
    @numberphile3 жыл бұрын

    Catch a more in-depth interview with Ben on our Numberphile Podcast: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6h70Mtyf8Wwh84.html

  • @sparkycj9930

    @sparkycj9930

    3 жыл бұрын

    Love to see content creators still caring about 1 year old videos, keep it up :)

  • @tomihawk01

    @tomihawk01

    3 жыл бұрын

    Re-watching these after listening to the podcast.

  • @ishay1001

    @ishay1001

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @susannepinheirobartolo4427

    @susannepinheirobartolo4427

    3 жыл бұрын

    What computer program are they using to visualize this subject in the video? Very nice ^_^

  • @alexis2891

    @alexis2891

    3 жыл бұрын

    Subtitles in spanish please

  • @brianholly3555
    @brianholly35553 жыл бұрын

    Q: What does the “B.” In “Bernard B. Mandelbrot” stand for? A: “Bernard B. Mandelbrot”

  • @ricardosanchez2262

    @ricardosanchez2262

    3 жыл бұрын

    This comment is underrated

  • @user-kg5ms6qn1u

    @user-kg5ms6qn1u

    3 жыл бұрын

    love your wit.

  • @rosspkbg

    @rosspkbg

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ricardosanchez2262 highly

  • @womtv69

    @womtv69

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mandelbrot was legendary. Even the man’s name is a fractal!

  • @adventurersinc.5027

    @adventurersinc.5027

    3 жыл бұрын

    I get it

  • @generalkitten2100
    @generalkitten21005 жыл бұрын

    This is the first and only video i have ever seen trying to explain Mandelbrot set and actually succeeded.

  • @The757packerfan

    @The757packerfan

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @jibster5903

    @jibster5903

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeaah

  • @MrAjerguy

    @MrAjerguy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yup. Pictures > Words

  • @Tjousk

    @Tjousk

    5 жыл бұрын

    Indeed.

  • @oleglozovsky7551

    @oleglozovsky7551

    5 жыл бұрын

    not for me. Too complicated

  • @Eleni_E
    @Eleni_E4 жыл бұрын

    I took a class in complex dynamics... the Mandelbrot set and Julia sets are some of the most comforting things I’ve seen in maths. They’re artifacts of logic, but they’re also things of beauty. It’s wonderful.

  • @novygaming5713

    @novygaming5713

    Жыл бұрын

    The scaling and rotating of space really is quite special isn't it

  • @falkeborg9432

    @falkeborg9432

    5 ай бұрын

    @@novygaming5713indeed

  • @anotherguy5038

    @anotherguy5038

    4 ай бұрын

    John 14:21

  • @heheh8877
    @heheh88773 жыл бұрын

    My head right now: Stable, unstable, stable stable, unstable

  • @OrangeC7
    @OrangeC75 жыл бұрын

    "The Mandelbrot Set is a geography of iterative stability" is my new catchphrase

  • @anselmschueler

    @anselmschueler

    5 жыл бұрын

    The illustration of an algorithmic generation of a Mandelbrot set is akin to a topological map in which local structures resemble structures in equivalent Julia sets, connected through the concept of iterative stability

  • @coldaddysupreme2956

    @coldaddysupreme2956

    5 жыл бұрын

    Catchy

  • @dexter9313

    @dexter9313

    5 жыл бұрын

    New pickup phrase !

  • @Andefir

    @Andefir

    5 жыл бұрын

    A new version of ''The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell''?

  • @peterismaslencenko9106

    @peterismaslencenko9106

    5 жыл бұрын

    That was a really beautiful way of putting it, imo. Concise and poetic.

  • @philamonhemstreet3028
    @philamonhemstreet30285 жыл бұрын

    This isn't the video of a guy zooming in on the Mandelbrot we need. It's the one we deserve.

  • @soupisfornoobs4081

    @soupisfornoobs4081

    4 жыл бұрын

    Top comment after over a year doesn't even have a single reply, and that's because it does not need one. It is perfect as is.

  • @cman7609

    @cman7609

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@soupisfornoobs4081 you ruined perfection.

  • @robertc2204

    @robertc2204

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cman7609 so did you, and i as well lolol. Honestly tho this is the first video that actually explains mandelbrot that the average joe can understand

  • @kebekbutcher

    @kebekbutcher

    3 жыл бұрын

    When someone use a T-shirt as a video background, he is definitly a reputable mathematician!

  • @TheTurbinator
    @TheTurbinator2 жыл бұрын

    OK, hands down this is THE BEST Mandelbrot Set video on all of youtube. It takes you from not even having to know math, to COMPLETELY understanding the Mandelbrot Set.

  • @nanaki1990roblox

    @nanaki1990roblox

    5 ай бұрын

    To be fair it's a pretty simple concept

  • @ocircles738
    @ocircles738 Жыл бұрын

    When he zoomed in and then flipped over from the Mandelbrot pic to Julia set and then zoomed out again.. Amazing.

  • @midplanewanderer9507
    @midplanewanderer95075 жыл бұрын

    This was literally jaw-dropping. I'm almost brain-damaged when it comes to simple maths (tedious and boring to me), but the visualization here helped me to really appreciate what gets mathematicians high about their craft. It's poetry of the Gods...

  • @alcirfigueroa3712

    @alcirfigueroa3712

    4 жыл бұрын

    You get the same results and even better when you do acid. Lol. That's what an acid trip is. It opens your soul and mind to real life and the paradox in it. Which means that we should feel relieved to know that we are gonna life again after we die, since it is a paradox, let's make better life choices.

  • @alejandromanuelfernandezme4246

    @alejandromanuelfernandezme4246

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@alcirfigueroa3712 Lsd, dmt?

  • @jackvolkwyn470

    @jackvolkwyn470

    4 жыл бұрын

    Alejandro Manuel Fernández Medina haha he doesn’t realize acid is trash XD

  • @jackvolkwyn470

    @jackvolkwyn470

    4 жыл бұрын

    Alcir Figueroa hey mr lol, just saying lsd and acid is verrryyy different ( you don’t experience fractals on acid)

  • @tamez214

    @tamez214

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Jack Volkwyn we’re kind of going off topic here, but acid is slang for lsd in different places. Don’t bash the man. As to the OP, I agree, this is mind blowing stuff. I think you’re on point with the poetry of the gods, the language of the gods.

  • @whoijacket
    @whoijacket5 жыл бұрын

    20 years of caring about it, and I finally “get” the Mandelbrot Set. Thank you.

  • @gamefreak113456

    @gamefreak113456

    4 жыл бұрын

    What's your arbitrary rules for 'getting' it? It shouldn't have taken so long to understand what the image represents. And it'll take you infinitely forever to truly understand what you're seeing.

  • @Calax93

    @Calax93

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gamefreak113456 you're so negative ugh

  • @Calax93

    @Calax93

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Long duk dong stop being so negative

  • @prawtism

    @prawtism

    4 жыл бұрын

    you get it when you can program it

  • @noir4659

    @noir4659

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gamefreak113456 What SHOULD have taken so long is finding the video that explains what the image represents

  • @Abdega
    @Abdega4 жыл бұрын

    13:05 “I don’t think KZread needs *more* videos zooming in on the Mandelbrot Set” No disrespect sir, but not only does KZread need more Mandelbrot Set zoom ins, It needs more of *YOUR* zoom ins

  • @blackrasputin3356

    @blackrasputin3356

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agreed, it doesn't need any more low quality videos set to crappy music, it needs more videos with a guy piloting who knows where he's going, and is great at explaining abstract concepts.

  • @laurakeyse9944

    @laurakeyse9944

    3 жыл бұрын

    I believe they use it in video games , films etc.

  • @zxp3ct3r41

    @zxp3ct3r41

    3 жыл бұрын

    Found the acid users

  • @xeridea

    @xeridea

    2 жыл бұрын

    Better Mandelbrot than kittens.

  • @chowmeowching159

    @chowmeowching159

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@laurakeyse9944 they use fractals in games?

  • @mattheww9656
    @mattheww96564 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this explanation. It ‘clicked’ for me around 14:52 - realizing the infinite nature is because you can get infinitely closer to any point in the set without ever arriving to it - but it’s still a ‘real’ set of numbers that exhibit a geography based on stability. Awesome.

  • @donkylefernandez4680

    @donkylefernandez4680

    2 жыл бұрын

    The name for the phenomena you just describes is called Asymptotes.

  • @almo2001

    @almo2001

    Жыл бұрын

    Every point on the set can be arrived at by travelling along other points that are on the set. It's completely connected. Watch some zoom videos and keep that in mind. It's... insanity.

  • @garyb8373
    @garyb83735 жыл бұрын

    This is brilliant. One of the best explanations of what's happening in both sets that I've seen. Thanks Ben!

  • @alexcerullo3143

    @alexcerullo3143

    4 жыл бұрын

    Red Dunkey no one cares no one asked

  • @Triantalex

    @Triantalex

    6 ай бұрын

    np

  • @adrianflo6481
    @adrianflo64815 жыл бұрын

    can i have a loop of him saying "stable, unstable". It was oddly calming.

  • @not2tired

    @not2tired

    4 жыл бұрын

    Best ringtone

  • @denyer79

    @denyer79

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mandelbrot ASMR

  • @Malmorious

    @Malmorious

    3 жыл бұрын

    time stamp plz

  • @adrianflo6481

    @adrianflo6481

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Malmorious 5:15 12:15

  • @thekappachrist9540

    @thekappachrist9540

    3 жыл бұрын

    1:46

  • @WillowLackett
    @WillowLackett2 жыл бұрын

    what's crazy is that fractals are basically all I see when doing LSD, at least with peak visuals It's like he uncovered the key to mathematically understanding the build of the universe.

  • @DonVigaDeFierro
    @DonVigaDeFierro3 жыл бұрын

    Man, this seems so incredibly complicated, but when you get to visualize it, it's definitely not... Now I take my hat off for those mathematicians who researched all of these crazy things without being able to visualize it as clearly as we do now.

  • @nottoday3878

    @nottoday3878

    Жыл бұрын

    visual language is the future

  • @Wolffanghurricane

    @Wolffanghurricane

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nottoday3878 it's how the brain evolved in the environment on earth. Visual language isn't the future it's the past

  • @nosuchthing4789

    @nosuchthing4789

    Жыл бұрын

    They were on shrooms, so don't worry...

  • @MyMusicClear

    @MyMusicClear

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Wolffanghurricane I will add spice to the topic. Time has no direction - past, present and future are only happening in our heads. We record data of reality as it constantly changes. What data we have about it defines the past, and the predictability of the system’s effects defines the future. But really, time isn’t like this so your statement is simply wrong. Visual communication isn’t past nor future, it’s present and will always stay like that, it’ll only change (evolve).

  • @Clownie727

    @Clownie727

    7 ай бұрын

    The golden teacher shrooms teached me the mandelbrot 😂

  • @HungryTacoBoy
    @HungryTacoBoy5 жыл бұрын

    So, I've had the Mandelbrot set as my profile picture on here for nearly a decade and this is THE best video describing what the image actually means. Thanks, Numberphile! This was awesome. Kind of blew my mind a bit, too, so much so that I had to pause the video at around the 6-7 minute mark and check out the Geogebra links in the description to play around with it myself.

  • @LTECharged

    @LTECharged

    2 жыл бұрын

    actually same

  • @HungryTacoBoy

    @HungryTacoBoy

    6 ай бұрын

    STILL mindblowing.

  • @bencatechi4293
    @bencatechi42935 жыл бұрын

    This is one of my favorite Numberphile videos ever. I've probably seen 90% of them but this tops them.

  • @AliceDiableaux

    @AliceDiableaux

    5 жыл бұрын

    My previous favorite was Epic Circles but this one goes way beyond that even. Definitely the best Numberphile video to date for me personally.

  • @lauritoivonen2162

    @lauritoivonen2162

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me too!

  • @Wolforce

    @Wolforce

    5 жыл бұрын

    I came here to say that, feels great that im not the only one. I can feel the passion with which he talks about this!

  • @tristrumandrewsfisho339

    @tristrumandrewsfisho339

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @RahulSingh-zo7sm

    @RahulSingh-zo7sm

    4 жыл бұрын

    And the golden ratio one...

  • @nails8647
    @nails86479 ай бұрын

    I can barely do simple math but this was explained in such a digestible way, I really understand what mathematicians see in their work.

  • @Sal1981
    @Sal19814 жыл бұрын

    Chaos theory: A small change that explodes into uncertainty.

  • @boteverywherw1376

    @boteverywherw1376

    2 жыл бұрын

    May be 🦋 effect.

  • @deusexaethera
    @deusexaethera5 жыл бұрын

    Seeing those animated zoom-ins makes it a lot more obvious why some people call the Mandelbrot Set "God's Fingerprint."

  • @rocren6246

    @rocren6246

    Жыл бұрын

    Math = nature.

  • @MaryAnnNytowl

    @MaryAnnNytowl

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rocren6246 /\ This! /\

  • @user-bx3yf6vn1b

    @user-bx3yf6vn1b

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rocren6246 if nature created itself alone wouldnt be chaotic instead orderly

  • @loganwillett2835

    @loganwillett2835

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rocren6246 lol no my friend. Math does not = nature. What is nature made of?

  • @tulgaericson4550

    @tulgaericson4550

    Жыл бұрын

    @@loganwillett2835 I was told long ago (I think it was an algebra teacher??) that "Think of Math as a language, instead of bunch of numbers"....Now I see why

  • @vspecky6681
    @vspecky66815 жыл бұрын

    One of THE best videos of Numberphile

  • @BrendanGuildea

    @BrendanGuildea

    5 жыл бұрын

    vSpecky I agree! Think this is my new fave!

  • @MuzikBike

    @MuzikBike

    4 жыл бұрын

    up there with the regular polytopes one.

  • @joanhalb8733

    @joanhalb8733

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fabulous... Thank You !!!

  • @umu-i-d2785
    @umu-i-d27853 жыл бұрын

    The fact that Julia and Mandelbrot had no modern computers made them use the only tool they had available, their imagination. That's how you come up with revolutionary ideas. This was one of the best videos I have seen on the subject and for the first time I can say that I understand what's going on.

  • @neerajbute2094
    @neerajbute20944 жыл бұрын

    I think this is one of the best videos of numberphile. The world needs more teachers like Ben. Thanks!

  • @mantasnoreika1666
    @mantasnoreika16665 жыл бұрын

    Zooming into the Mandelbrot Set: *_How it feels to chew 5 gum_*

  • @nonamehere1626

    @nonamehere1626

    5 жыл бұрын

    3 months ago I was addicted to watching Mandelbrot set zooms, I was 3 months sober, then he started zooming and I was like "Not again!".

  • @NuisanceMan

    @NuisanceMan

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nonamehere1626 Oh no, I bet now you can't stop!

  • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself

    @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself

    5 жыл бұрын

    5+i Gum

  • @SouthernHerdsman

    @SouthernHerdsman

    5 жыл бұрын

    Stimulate your chaos..

  • @maulwurf9414

    @maulwurf9414

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mr WhiteHawk Stimulate your imagination

  • @piotrmil
    @piotrmil5 жыл бұрын

    You should publish that geogebra file, if it's not available already.

  • @Kukats

    @Kukats

    5 жыл бұрын

    you can just google it "mandelbrot set geogebra" theres a few with similar results

  • @quaternaryyy

    @quaternaryyy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Go to the description ^^

  • @jamesmoreland5880
    @jamesmoreland58803 жыл бұрын

    "You can programme it in 10 seconds on a spreadsheet." Yeah, it took me a morning

  • @blazezoolander7473

    @blazezoolander7473

    3 жыл бұрын

    Share the file

  • @WoWMyrrh

    @WoWMyrrh

    3 жыл бұрын

    Now that you know how to do it, do it again and make a spreadsheet about your progress on speed. Assuming you can improve your time every single time you reprogram it, you get your own little James Moreland set :) The beauty of repetition and recursion. It's something everybody should appreciate in my opinion - people improve.

  • @CarsCatAliens

    @CarsCatAliens

    3 жыл бұрын

    I would be there a lifetime... I cant even get simple math in excel.

  • @winfordnettles3292
    @winfordnettles32929 ай бұрын

    In 1988, using a 386 based Windows PC, I built many Mandelbrot and Julia sets, one pixel at a time, and each image took a day or two to complete. Now, with processor speeds in the gigahertz and multicore processors working in parallel, each image takes milliseconds to complete. Was very interesting to watch the machine back then do the calculations and plot the pixels on the screen. Now, all the math is done in a flash. Shows how far we have come in technology. Still love the Mandelbrot images. They are seen everywhere in nature.

  • @ryancipriani5757
    @ryancipriani57575 жыл бұрын

    This is the most incredible explanation I've seen of the Mandlebrot set. I see it, and I understand it!

  • @jamieg2427
    @jamieg24275 жыл бұрын

    This is the single best explanation of the Mandelbrot set I've ever seen. Please do more, or better yet an entire series, using this software!

  • @ingvarhallstrom2306
    @ingvarhallstrom23064 жыл бұрын

    I've been fascinated by this stuff for thirty years, and this is the first time someone could explain it to me in a way I could actually understand. Thank you so much!

  • @marksimpson2321
    @marksimpson23214 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely outstanding video. Thanks! I have loved the Mandelbrot set for years without properly understanding what it is. In the last two days I've been looking at clips about how it's made and these NumberPhile videos are brilliant. The programmes you use to show the patterns within the '2' boundary are amazingly helpful at showing the patterns.

  • @hyperbole5726
    @hyperbole57265 жыл бұрын

    I knew Brady would say "It blows up" instead of "It diverges"

  • @denelson83

    @denelson83

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Kaboom" for diverging, "plop" for converging on a fixed point, "beep-boop" for converging on a group of fixed points.

  • @hymnsfordisco

    @hymnsfordisco

    4 жыл бұрын

    "blows up" is less technical but maybe more descriptive

  • @connivingkhajiit

    @connivingkhajiit

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@hymnsfordisco especially for people less interested in maths who may not know what convergence and divergence is

  • @janedoe327

    @janedoe327

    3 жыл бұрын

    goes toward infinity.

  • @disembodiednarrator

    @disembodiednarrator

    3 жыл бұрын

    He does it so people can understand

  • @DavidPimentel
    @DavidPimentel5 жыл бұрын

    This is a brilliant introductory description of these sets. Thank you.

  • @davidwells9982

    @davidwells9982

    4 жыл бұрын

    The universe implodes.

  • @laurelharris1081
    @laurelharris10813 жыл бұрын

    I'm a total layman here. I can now almost understand the Mandelbrot Set. Love it. Great job. Thank you.

  • @coreyaudet8574
    @coreyaudet85744 жыл бұрын

    It's mind boggling to think this trippy chaotic/stable shape makes perfect sense and has much more meaning than just a cool screensaver! I am so grateful that he explained it in such fine detail. Thank you Numberphile!!!

  • @enderwiggins8248
    @enderwiggins82485 жыл бұрын

    This is the clearest explanation of the Mandelbrot and Juliet sets ever

  • @lordchickenhawk
    @lordchickenhawk5 жыл бұрын

    10:56 That book! I've been trying to remember it's name and author for 20 years! At Last! I can go read it again! Thanks for mentioning it!

  • @mhxybeats653
    @mhxybeats6534 жыл бұрын

    “it’s a geography of iterative stability” nice

  • @dkkajf
    @dkkajf5 жыл бұрын

    I would like to see that in a video, someone programming the Mandelbrot Set in a spreadsheet in 10 minutes

  • @Metaldetectiontubeworldwide

    @Metaldetectiontubeworldwide

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me too !!!! I want that program code !

  • @pseudotaco

    @pseudotaco

    5 жыл бұрын

    *seconds

  • @qbaker20

    @qbaker20

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a job for non other than Matt Parker!

  • @ejjwef9884

    @ejjwef9884

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@qbaker20 i bet if Matt does it, it will become a Parker Set ;D

  • @anandsuralkar2947

    @anandsuralkar2947

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @BluesyBor
    @BluesyBor5 жыл бұрын

    I'm gonna zoom anyway because it's a whole new adventure everytime!

  • @jamescraig1667
    @jamescraig16673 жыл бұрын

    Ben’s passion for teaching is incredible. What a man!

  • @SamuelASMR
    @SamuelASMR Жыл бұрын

    I've always been fascinated by the huge length Mandelbrot zoom videos and this actually explained it really well. Glad this was recommended to me. Great video.

  • @zaephou2843
    @zaephou28435 жыл бұрын

    Crazy how the more you understand it the more you are fascinated by it. Probably the best Mandelbrot Set video on this channel :)

  • @forthrightgambitia1032
    @forthrightgambitia10325 жыл бұрын

    So this finally makes the link between chaos and fractals clear, nice work.

  • @maxlebow7373
    @maxlebow73733 жыл бұрын

    Watching this again. Ben is one of the clearest explainers of complex concepts on Numberphile.

  • @gooberf
    @gooberf3 жыл бұрын

    This was the best explanation and demonstration ever. Other videos just talk about the discovery and showing pics, but never really demonstrated it like this. This blew me away!! Thank you for this video!

  • @benjamindowling2582
    @benjamindowling25825 жыл бұрын

    Kind of off topic comment... besides the absolute amazingness of this video and the Julia and Mandlebrot sets, I would like to say that another redeeming feature of this video are its comments. Numberphile fans are all so positive and generally non-troll like. That is so refreshing on KZread and social media generally. Everyone, keep up the fantastic work!

  • @linazso

    @linazso

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @aaronburton5833

    @aaronburton5833

    3 жыл бұрын

    This aged well. Much love my friend !

  • @sillysausage4549

    @sillysausage4549

    3 жыл бұрын

    Speaking as an actual troll, living beneath a bridge in darkest Cornwall, I find your comment offensive. We have feelings too.

  • @larryscott3982
    @larryscott39825 жыл бұрын

    I read Chaos about 16 yrs ago. It really effected how I think about a lot of things. Required reading.

  • @Einyen

    @Einyen

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Death to the False Emperor! Death to the weakling Imperium of Mankind!"

  • @larryscott3982

    @larryscott3982

    5 жыл бұрын

    einyen1 What does that mean?

  • @lordchickenhawk

    @lordchickenhawk

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Larry Scott Yeah, I read it in the mid 90's, it has shaped my thoughts in many ways ever since. I'm actually looking forward to re-reading it, I lost my copy and couldn't remember the name correctly.

  • @lordchickenhawk

    @lordchickenhawk

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Einyen This does not come from Mankind! Glory to the true Kingdom!

  • @Einyen

    @Einyen

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@larryscott3982 You did not specify which Chaos you were talking about, so I just decided it was Chaos Space Marines...

  • @nawdawg4300
    @nawdawg43002 жыл бұрын

    This is by far one of the better explanations of Mandelbrot on youtube. Thanks for the great videos Numberphile!

  • @zzyplza
    @zzyplza4 жыл бұрын

    The enthusiasm is infectious! Thank you for this channel. :)

  • @jibster5903
    @jibster59035 жыл бұрын

    That julia set ~ mandelbrot mapping is absolutely bonkers damn

  • @Roxor128

    @Roxor128

    5 жыл бұрын

    One way to think about it would be as slices through a 4D space of (z0r, z0i, cr, ci), with the usual view of the Mandelbrot set being the slice (0,0,cr,ci). A 4D Mandel/Julia hypervolume explorer might be an interesting little programming project.

  • @kirklandau2826

    @kirklandau2826

    2 жыл бұрын

    +Roxor128 Now we’re talking... damn, that would be amazing

  • @GyrefalconArgenteus
    @GyrefalconArgenteus5 жыл бұрын

    I've been looking at this stuff for decades and read several books on it, you finally and very lucidly explained it, thank you very much!

  • @channagirijagadish1201
    @channagirijagadish12014 жыл бұрын

    One of the most well-done videos. Beautiful and insightful.

  • @alan4481
    @alan44814 жыл бұрын

    This is the best, clearest and most beautiful explanation of Mandelbrot that I have ever seen. Thank you

  • @steveb1243
    @steveb12435 жыл бұрын

    I have watched every Numberphile video ever posted and I believe that this is the best. Extraordinary clarity and very well constructed. Well done indeed.

  • @greg55666
    @greg556665 жыл бұрын

    This was a truly wonderful video. One of the best Numberphile has ever done, and one of the best on Mandelbrot, and also one of the best ever on simplifying things to its essential. It's hard for a mathematician to imagine talking about Mandelbrot without talking about complex numbers. Ben here said forget about complex numbers. This was really great.

  • @cometgd1120
    @cometgd11205 ай бұрын

    This is real mathematican's glory.Because any shape that is on the line just foreverly keeps going and going.It's beautiful

  • @sallie1674
    @sallie16742 жыл бұрын

    I love this video! it boggles my mind to think this was figured out without advanced visualization tools. the mandelbrot set is a beautiful testament to the importance of curiosity and experimentation

  • @RaindropsBleeding
    @RaindropsBleeding5 жыл бұрын

    I've been a mathemetician for over ten years now and finally I understand this. thank you

  • @DailyCakeSlice

    @DailyCakeSlice

    5 жыл бұрын

    Really weird question: I find math kinda cool and if I was better in it wouldn't mind making it a career... but what sorts of jobs exists for mathematicians? I don't mean this in a rude way, I'm genuinely curious.

  • @RaindropsBleeding

    @RaindropsBleeding

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DailyCakeSlice for the most part you get paid to teach maths to others. despite its wide applications, the study and discovery of mathematics is a relatively narrow field. That said, there are plenty of jobs within that narrow field available. Plenty of schools ranging from beginning grade school all the way up to university need passionate mathemeticians to teach maths to their young students. Some professors make quite a lot of money studying their passion, and since passion is what drives both teaching and learning, that's the best career for anyone who loves maths.

  • @shambosaha9727

    @shambosaha9727

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DailyCakeSlice Apply for a job at Jane Street

  • @Bunny99s

    @Bunny99s

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DailyCakeSlice Math is needed in almost all fields of computer science. As a game developer you need quite a bit of math. Of course it always depends on what you want to do. However understanding vectors, matrices and quaternions is quite important if you do 3d graphics. In the game industry there are even other jobs like game design which is more about probability and balancing features. They usually toy around a lot with exponentials ^^. Though it depends on how deep you dive into certain topics. Procedural geometry or neural networks are also quite math heavy. Same goes for bezier curves or splines. Realistically speaking in almost all fields there are jobs that require some level of math. Yes, the requirement of a pure mathematician is kinda rare, but math skills are required everywhere ^^.

  • @shortlessonshardquestions8105
    @shortlessonshardquestions81055 жыл бұрын

    Possibly a slip of the tongue is made around 1:46 when "stable, stable, unstable ..." is being addressed in the opposite way to 2:00.

  • @samieb4712

    @samieb4712

    5 жыл бұрын

    ShortLessonsHardQuestions yes it was that. The ones that point to zero are “stable”

  • @denelson83

    @denelson83

    5 жыл бұрын

    He did that in an unstable fashion.

  • @NailOriginal

    @NailOriginal

    5 жыл бұрын

    thanks :D

  • @cutecommie

    @cutecommie

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it seemed a bit unhinged. Perhaps the video is out of sync, but I don't expect an unglued video from Numberphile.

  • @Ken.-

    @Ken.-

    5 жыл бұрын

    This is why I stick to books when learning math. People explaining things in real time are so unstable.

  • @solandge36
    @solandge364 жыл бұрын

    It is amazing how you ask the perfect questions in between the explanation.

  • @dylanb372
    @dylanb3724 жыл бұрын

    Man, the theories that come to mind relating to the universe when implicating the complexity of this

  • @kebekbutcher

    @kebekbutcher

    3 жыл бұрын

    When someone use a T-shirt as a video background, he is definitly a reputable mathematician!

  • @canelbuino7087

    @canelbuino7087

    2 жыл бұрын

    We live in a simulation.

  • @SimonSozzi7258
    @SimonSozzi72585 жыл бұрын

    1:48 I almost feel like crying. Thank you so much! That makes it all so clear!

  • @robwarriors62
    @robwarriors625 жыл бұрын

    Ben's videos are genuinely the most interesting and mind-blowing Numberphile content.

  • @mk1st
    @mk1st3 жыл бұрын

    Such complexity from such simplicity. Blows my mind every time.

  • @kuilherme
    @kuilherme5 ай бұрын

    bro i fell in love with the way u teach mathematics, it must be truly inspiring to watch one of ur classes personally

  • @vtron9832
    @vtron98325 жыл бұрын

    Here’s an interesting idea: “To claim to know everything about something is like claiming to be able to draw the Mandelbrot set”

  • @unvergebeneid

    @unvergebeneid

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah but do you _know_ this idea is actually interesting?

  • @user-ge8yn4ql4i

    @user-ge8yn4ql4i

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@unvergebeneid which iteration of stable knowledge indeed

  • @promerops

    @promerops

    4 жыл бұрын

    I must try this out on some of my know it all acquaintances.

  • @SuzanneDesign
    @SuzanneDesign5 жыл бұрын

    I’m not a math nerd but this is fascinating and also makes beautiful art!

  • @michaeldoan6837
    @michaeldoan68376 ай бұрын

    Absolutely astounding.. Thank you for presenting this in a way I can understand. Has always intrigued me, but never been able to get my head around it. Well done.

  • @joshcohen6800
    @joshcohen68004 жыл бұрын

    ive been obsessed with fractals and the mandlebrot set from the moment i saw them... my jaw was dropped this WHOLE video and i barely understand it, yet it makes so much sense! thank you thank you! i LOVE this video!

  • @numberphile

    @numberphile

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it.

  • @procactus9109
    @procactus91095 жыл бұрын

    This is your best video to date! I actually understand this and can code it from memory of this video. Thank you very much for this.

  • @michaeldeierhoi4096
    @michaeldeierhoi4096 Жыл бұрын

    Marvelous explanation of how the Mandelbrot Set came together. If would have to see this explained probably a few times to really begin to understand it.

  • @kilianbalter
    @kilianbalter2 жыл бұрын

    When i programmed a Julia/Mandelbrot Set visualization/exploration program as an assignment the moment where i got the calculations right and the resolution high, and the beautiful shape popped up was so satisfying. Truly amazing piece of mathematics.

  • @dollar2166
    @dollar21665 жыл бұрын

    The diagram is on a brown paper background

  • @ewthmatth

    @ewthmatth

    4 жыл бұрын

    More sustainable ;)

  • @elenakat1497
    @elenakat14975 жыл бұрын

    Wow, Ben is a fantastic communicator! Well done!

  • @Charles_Reid
    @Charles_Reid3 ай бұрын

    The idea that the Mandelbrot set looks like the corresponding Julia set at the point of interest is so cool. Numberphile is such a good channel

  • @healthdios
    @healthdios4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video..! I first heard of the Mandelbrot set when in design school and never made any sense why that shape was always appearing. With this explanation every detail is explained and never got lost on intricate descriptions....but the best part about this presentation is Hollies voice and pictures sprinkled sparingly throughout the video.

  • @paolomanzo2007
    @paolomanzo20075 жыл бұрын

    It's always surprising how that simple formula can generate such a beautiful mathematical monster 🙂

  • @swinde

    @swinde

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many of our plants and animals have features that are mathematical. There is a fractal that produces a fern, for example.

  • @kartoffelmozart

    @kartoffelmozart

    3 жыл бұрын

    agreed. Im totally blown away by the contrast between chaos and predictability in those images. It's truly beautiful.

  • @ollebo
    @ollebo5 жыл бұрын

    The software used at the end is XaoS and it's available for free

  • @kablamo9999

    @kablamo9999

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @kebekbutcher

    @kebekbutcher

    3 жыл бұрын

    When someone use a T-shirt as a video background, he is definitly a reputable mathematician!

  • @benjaminlove119

    @benjaminlove119

    2 жыл бұрын

    Two years later and you are still a hero

  • @orvilleredenpiller338
    @orvilleredenpiller3384 жыл бұрын

    Congratulations, this video has earned a space on my “best videos possible” playlist. 🥳

  • @theshimonmor
    @theshimonmor8 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the clear and visual explanation of a mind-bending (for mere mortals) topic. Well done.

  • @JJ-kl7eq
    @JJ-kl7eq5 жыл бұрын

    A useful numbering system for briefcases on Deal Or No Deal hosted by Howie Mandelbrot.

  • @skarrambo1

    @skarrambo1

    5 жыл бұрын

    The joke doesn't work quite as well in the UK, where it was hosted by Noel Edmonds - and no-one wants an iteration of him, or Mr. Blobby

  • @DeclanMBrennan

    @DeclanMBrennan

    5 жыл бұрын

    I thought you were making a Brexit joke for a minute. Now there's an example of iterative instability. :-)

  • @kerrief3414
    @kerrief34143 жыл бұрын

    I'm not mathematical but I'm obsessed with this.

  • @kirklandau2826

    @kirklandau2826

    2 жыл бұрын

    But this is “mathematical” inherently... I’m struggling to make any sense of your comment, it seems contradictory.

  • @aadityamohan9962
    @aadityamohan99623 жыл бұрын

    This video is remarkably one of the most best videos on Mandelbrot Set👍👍

  • @arthurdequeiroz8393
    @arthurdequeiroz83935 жыл бұрын

    First time I actually understood the set ! Absolutely amazing video. Congrats to both.

  • @inshadowz
    @inshadowz5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for mentioning James Gleich's "Chaos" :) Been ages since I read it, had almost forgotten about it, but along with the appendixes to Arthur C. Clarke's "The Ghost from the Grand Banks" (which is science fiction but involves fractals), it gave me the first inkling of understanding what fractals are and how they work. Thanks to you it's now safely in store on my Kindle :D

  • @jaimerios1378
    @jaimerios13783 жыл бұрын

    Well done! Well done video. Seriously. This made my day. Looking for vids on the Mandelbrot Set and ... this nailed it. Thanks!

  • @dancemachine497
    @dancemachine497 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video! Very well explained and yet does not take away from the intense mindboggling experience i have with this.

  • @tantzer6113
    @tantzer61135 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video with wonderfully clear explanations. Thank you so much!

  • @Nahobino777
    @Nahobino7772 жыл бұрын

    Why do i feel the Mandelbrot set is a bit related to the universe's structure? I know i must be so wrong but it's just a thought. This video is one of the best i've seen about the Mandelbrot set. It's really understandable, interesting and informative. Thank you!

  • @ZeezerZ

    @ZeezerZ

    4 ай бұрын

    You're correct, search "Watch the Synchronized dance of a 6-Planet system. Also in mandelbrot you can see the Fibonacci sequence which you can see in things as small as sunflowers

  • @giovannysoto4151
    @giovannysoto41514 жыл бұрын

    This is by far one of my favourites videos from youtube!

  • @chaitralisonawane61
    @chaitralisonawane619 ай бұрын

    I've always been fascinated by Mandelbrot set and Julia sets ...it's very complex ..but now I understand more with this video. Thanks

  • @mswification
    @mswification5 жыл бұрын

    This was just beautiful. Thank you for sharing the geogebra files! I am going to use this with my students.

  • @qbaker20
    @qbaker205 жыл бұрын

    I haven't literally said "woah" multiple times in a KZread video in years, if ever. Woah.

  • @stevehenderson6090

    @stevehenderson6090

    5 жыл бұрын

    Woah

  • @dekaadriantoutomo3999

    @dekaadriantoutomo3999

    4 жыл бұрын

    Woah

  • @Rajkumar-sm6bi

    @Rajkumar-sm6bi

    4 жыл бұрын

    Woah

  • @kisaragiayami

    @kisaragiayami

    4 жыл бұрын

    Woah

  • @griseld

    @griseld

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kisaragiayami Double Woah

  • @fingersinterlaced
    @fingersinterlaced3 жыл бұрын

    Best explanation of the Julia and Mandelbrot sets I've ever watched! Thank you :D

  • @williambulloch5407
    @williambulloch54072 күн бұрын

    absolutley insane video, i had a really mad experience on laughing gas where i passed out and saw part of the mandelbrot set zooming in as time slowed massively and i could predict my own thoughts as they were coming to me in real time but my perception was slowed i was aware of fractals and their significance but never watched a video about them or saw a zoom in. was shocked to my core when i finaly watched one a while back and this has done it again

  • @BuckJolicoeur
    @BuckJolicoeur5 жыл бұрын

    5:14 It's happening fast, but it seems the instability happens when any 3 points leave the circle. When the 3rd point touches the circle, it becomes unstable.

  • @persinitrix
    @persinitrix3 жыл бұрын

    When I play a videogame at it lags just a little bit I get pissed. I can't even comprehend what Mandelbrot felt like

  • @johnny_eth

    @johnny_eth

    3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine you had to print a rendering of the game to know where to shoot.

  • @fshodude113

    @fshodude113

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnny_eth lol

  • @matttondr9282

    @matttondr9282

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnny_eth On a slow printer that only printed little dots too

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