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Stand-up MathsPlaylist · 9 videos · 2 h 1 min
Why is TV 29.97 frames per second?
2.16M viewsWhy NTSC television runs at 29.97 frames per second: colour subcarriers, sound carriers and backwards compatibility.
Do these scatter plots reveal fraudulent vote-switching in Michigan?
905K viewsMatt Parker examines scatter plots that were claimed as evidence of vote switching and shows why the pattern is a statistical artefact.
17:51Does "land area" assume a country is perfectly flat?
858K viewsMatt Parker investigates whether country land areas account for terrain, and how surface area is measured.
21:05Why is there no equation for the perimeter of an ellipse‽
2.7M viewsExplains why there's no simple formula for an ellipse's perimeter and surveys the approximations.
15:21Why π^π^π^π could be an integer (for all we know!).
4.05M viewsExplains why nobody knows whether π^π^π^π is an integer and the limits of computation and proof.
31:4918 mathematicians break my secret santa method
A 32-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
24:47A century-old knot conjecture was wrong all along
A 25-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
13:24A needlessly complicated but awesome bridge.
817K viewsA 13-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
11:29A new Rhombic Dodecahedron from Croatia!
A 11-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
10:24Alphamagic vs Letterwise Magic Squares
A 10-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
22:34An infinite number of $1 bills and an infinite number of $20 bills would be worth the same
A 23-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
23:41An unexciting video about distance derivatives
A 24-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
10:29Are Matt and James anti-psychic?
A 10-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
18:00Are There Any 3-Landlocked Countries?
A 18-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
22:13Are accurate election predictions luck or skill?
A 22-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
9:48Are odd-numbered mobius-loop cogs possible?
A 10-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
10:26Australian Bank Notes are the Best in the World
A 10-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
10:15Back to the Fax Machine
A 10-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
8:17Bad Rounding: ⌊Trump vs Obamacare⌋
A 8-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
13:48Bayesian Statistics with Hannah Fry
A 14-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
22:17Behold all-new equations for triangles!
A 22-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
16:37Brilliant Geometry: a physical 3D zoetrope of a 4D cube
A 17-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
4:14Calculating pi by weighing a circle
A 4-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
26:30Calculating pi from coin flips (without randomness)
A 26-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
15:56Calculating pi with a lunar rover (Moon Pi Update!)
A 16-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
4:18Calculating pi with a pendulum
A 4-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
22:41Calculating the optimal sphere packing density: with oranges
A 23-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
18:40Calculating π by hand
A 19-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
25:01Calculating π by hand the Isaac Newton way: Pi Day 2020
A 25-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
16:55Calculating π by hand: the Chudnovsky algorithm
A 17-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
23:43Calculating π with Avogadro's Number
A 24-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
6:12Calculator Number Trick: rectangle patterns
A 6-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
11:01Can Count Binface win?
A 11-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
20:21Can I 3D print a minimal infinite surface?
328K viewsA 20-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
6:58Can animals predict the future? Meet Barry the Psychic Labrador!
55K viewsA 7-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
23:13Can the "Red Mirage" and "Blue Shift" be explained with math? ELECTION 2024
A 23-minute video from Stand-up Maths's catalogue; the title names its topic.
Books that go with these videos
- Humble Pi, Matt ParkerMatt Parker's own book on maths mistakes in the real world
- Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension, Matt ParkerMatt Parker's playful tour of recreational maths
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