[HN Gopher] A layman's guide to recreational mathematics videos
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A layman's guide to recreational mathematics videos
Author : MajesticFrogBoy
Score : 269 points
Date : 2021-08-31 23:15 UTC (10 hours ago)
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| panic wrote:
| Henry Segerman has some mind-bending videos:
| https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4zzTEL5tuIgGMvzjk1Ozbg
| zerop wrote:
| Any suggestions for YouTube channel for videos on maths for
| kids..
| arooaroo wrote:
| +1 I'm keen on finding engaging maths content for my 8yo.
| GrigoriyMikh wrote:
| Channel of Robert Ghrist is very overlooked one:
| https://www.youtube.com/c/ProfGhristMath. He does whole courses
| with awesome animations. He also has single variable calculus
| course on Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/learn/discrete-
| calculus.
| swayson wrote:
| Great list! I'd just add one complementary platform to the fun.
| brilliant.org, the way they approach math puzzles is stimulating
| and has been great to enhance understanding. You need to
| subscribe, but if you actually use it I think it is priceless.
|
| Note: this is my personal recommendation, I don't benefit from
| promoting brilliant, just thought others might share a similar
| learning style.
| ketralnis wrote:
| If you watch any of these you'd find it hard to have not heard
| of them :-p
| nxpnsv wrote:
| There are several good recommendations, I think Michael Penn's
| channel is really nice, I enjoy the no nonsense blackboard
| approach to math.
| abraxas wrote:
| I think Nancy Pi deserves a spot on the solver list? Her channel
| has some of the best videos in that category for beginners.
| guiambros wrote:
| Seconded. I needed a refresher on the derivation and the chain
| rule a while ago, and her content was perfect.
|
| NancyPi channel here:
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| https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRGXV1QlxZ8aucmE45tRx8w
| tkojames wrote:
| I hated math growing up.. I thought I was stupid and just didn't
| not get what was taught to me.. I went into the liberal arts..
| now I am dev and I love math now.. I am trying to learn so much.
| I struggled with basic algebra my whole life.. but the older I
| get the more I love math. Thank you!! Just reading this and
| follow someone videos my understanding is so much better thank
| you.
| digianarchist wrote:
| Maybe I'm so far behind on my maths education (stopped at 18
| after UK A Level) but I found a lot of 3Blue1Brown's videos hard
| to understand. It's possible that he has prerequisites I never
| watched. YouTube is bad at discovery.
| xmprt wrote:
| A lot of math videos aren't meant to be understood on first
| watch. If you're really trying to learn, you'll need to pause
| and think about what he's saying and really internalize it.
| Take it at your own pace. And also rewatch the video to see if
| there's any insights you missed on your first watch.
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| So don't be discouraged if you need to pause often or take a
| long time to finish the video. The rewards are worth it.
| tkzed49 wrote:
| I agree about these videos not always being designed to get you
| to a complete understanding just by watching through the
| series.
|
| For example, the 3b1b linear algebra series is great but I
| couldn't have used it to become proficient at _doing_ linear
| algebra. Even having taken a linear algebra class, I got more
| out of that series as a supplement to actually working out math
| problems on paper than as a primary source--and I definitely
| think that's what's intended.
| opheliate wrote:
| If it helps, I'm currently studying maths at university, and
| I've never found them very helpful for my understanding
| personally. Grant uses a lot of geometric/visual analogy and
| intuition which just isn't how I think about problems. I think
| his videos are great, but they're not for me.
| SV_BubbleTime wrote:
| I saw a YouTube video today from a "mathematician" that was
| sketchy from the first 3 seconds. I didn't really think that
| "ancient knowledge" and numerology types were still pushing their
| garbage.
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| Your eyes aren't open if you aren't seeing the problem
| immediately.
|
| So... complete trash, but fun in a that this guy is totally
| serious and that's insane way.
|
| Be warned, may not be safe for life. But may be useful in a Rick
| Rolling way. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GDQCsFBI-24
| [deleted]
| hoten wrote:
| Tibees has a very approachable explainer on the maths found on
| ancient Babylonian clay tablets: https://youtu.be/rRDYP95lhjc
| max-ibel wrote:
| Eddie Woo has good high school content
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| https://youtube.com/c/misterwootube
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| Would have loved to have him as math teacher
| tsjq wrote:
| Came here to post this. Eddie Woo is fantastic math channel.
| jonahx wrote:
| I'd just add that while he's a high-school teacher, much of the
| content would be equally applicable to undergrads or to anyone
| wanting to brush up on subjects like calculus and trigonometry.
| max-ibel wrote:
| You're not wrong.
| mkaic wrote:
| Was disappointed to see the lack of ViHart, but other than that,
| fantastic list!
| ink_13 wrote:
| Vi seems to have mostly-retired from YouTube, alas, but her
| excellent back catalogue is still with us.
| gmiller123456 wrote:
| "Infinite Series" is officially discontinued and still made
| the list. Vi still occasionally posts something.
| emmelaich wrote:
| Same!
|
| URL for reference: https://www.youtube.com/user/vihart
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| hellbannedguy wrote:
| Can anyone explain 196884=196883+1 That Moonshine equation. A
| layperson's explanation if possible? Thanks in advance.
| dvt wrote:
| This[1] is a very good explanation.
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| [1] https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-amazing-coincidences-
| in-...
| alberto_ol wrote:
| can someone suggest good videos about information theory?
| adamisntdead wrote:
| I'm a big fan of this video from Reducible on Huffman codes:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3y0RsVCyrw, and from
| 3Blue1Brown on Hamming codes:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8jsijhllIA
| alberto_ol wrote:
| Thanks. To be more specific, i'm interested in learning
| Shannon's information theory from scratch. So far I know just
| the definition of entropy.
| tlb wrote:
| Shannon's book, The Mathematical Theory of Communication,
| is approachable with the mathematical background of first-
| year college calculus. I don't think it requires any more
| math than is essential to understand the topic.
| ducaale wrote:
| I would add to the list two more channels that were recommended
| by 3Blue1Brown:
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| - Welch labs https://youtube.com/c/WelchLabsVideo
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| - Think twice https://youtube.com/c/ThinkTwiceLtu
| ravi-delia wrote:
| Jan Misali is incredible, and 'There are 48 Regular Polyhedra' is
| an absolute fever dream. The idea of a conlang channel making
| this fantastically in depth video, complete with animation and
| weird monotone musical transitions, is just so funny to me.
| scubbo wrote:
| That was lovely, thank you!
| adamisntdead wrote:
| If we're talking about Fun maths, there's a couple of really good
| channels that look at Olympiad problems.
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| - vEnhance (https://www.youtube.com/c/vEnhance), an MIT student
| and IMO Gold Medalist who solved problems live on stream (and
| plays various games)
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| - Osman Nal (https://www.youtube.com/c/OsmanNal), looking at
| problems ranging from AMC/AIME to IMO 3/6s
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| - Michael Greenberg
| (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3mhbGC7kQgzkXT9fceNOwA), a
| geometry enthusiast who also live solves problems, though the
| production quality isn't amazing
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| And of course, Michael Penn (but that's in the post above)!
| js290 wrote:
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| dlundqvist wrote:
| I find Insights into Mathematics
| (https://youtube.com/c/njwildberger) interesting and thought
| provoking. Even though many subjects are well beyond me, I
| appreciate the way subjects are dissected and explained. Note
| though, AFAIU the channel mainly deals with pure mathematics, not
| always relevant for applied mathematics.
| qsort wrote:
| Just a caveat: Wildberger subscribes to a strict, non-
| mainstream view that rejects the existence of infinite objects.
| His exposition is fantastic, and as you say the content is
| definitely thought provoking if you have enough mathematical
| sophistication to (at least superficially) understand what he's
| about, but I wouldn't recommend it to anybody who hasn't taken
| a traditional real analysis course.
| dlundqvist wrote:
| Yes, should have mentioned that. It's not always clear, even
| though he rarely fails to mention it :)
|
| Thanks for clarifying.
| callen43 wrote:
| Mathologer has the greatest collection of Math/Nerd-T-Shirts out
| there!
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| Check any of his videos :)
| https://www.youtube.com/c/Mathologer/videos
| CalChris wrote:
| I'm surprised Socratica didn't merit a mention.
|
| https://www.socratica.com/
| jacobolus wrote:
| This one is very strange, at least the abstract algebra videos
| (the only one I glanced at): It's a hired actress with no
| apparent math background reading a script she's never seen
| before, but the script is the shortened summary of a very dry
| abstract algebra textbook. I don't really see the point vs.
| just reading the book yourself.
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| Their "about" page has testimonials from the "Great Thinkers"
| Isaac Newton, Hermione Granger, and The Sun.
| erklik wrote:
| > It's a hired actress
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| Maybe that's it? Learning Maths from a conventionally
| attractive person has got to have an effect on how much you
| learn.
|
| I wonder if this is something that's been researched before?
| BoppreH wrote:
| I'm also a big fan of Freya Holmer. She's the author of one of my
| favorite VR games, Budget Cuts, and her Youtube channel has
| videos on game development math and shaders
|
| https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7M-Wz4zK8oikt6ATcoTwBA
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| Her latest video is on Bezier Curves, using beautiful imagery
| from her Unity plugin Shapes:
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVwxzDHniEw
| samasblack wrote:
| Richard Borcherds, a Fields medalist, has been putting out great
| math content on YouTube for the past year and a half
| (https://youtube.com/channel/UCIyDqfi_cbkp-RU20aBF-MQ). He even
| has lecture courses on a variety of undergraduate and graduate
| classes.
| hnrj95 wrote:
| his sense of humor is impeccable, too
| callen43 wrote:
| (German speaking readers)
|
| Edmund Weitz's youtube channel is also great!
|
| Check his christmas videos for example:
| https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjTfChr0yyz4iZq0x12Q6xA/vid...
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