[HN Gopher] 3Blue1Brown Calculus Blog Series
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3Blue1Brown Calculus Blog Series
Author : Tomte
Score : 79 points
Date : 2023-12-18 20:34 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| TheIronYuppie wrote:
| 3blue1brown is a treasure.
| TimSchumann wrote:
| Grant makes some amazing content.
|
| His visualization of the Fourier Transform[1] actually enabled me
| to understand the how it was happening behind the what was
| happening with one of the most used algorithms in computing.
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| [1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=spUNpyF58BY
| Terr_ wrote:
| In terms of simple word-explanations, I've always thought of it
| as taking a flat strip of LED lights (imagine the eyes of
| Battlestar Galactica Cylon robots), then sticking a nail
| through the center and then spinning it around.
|
| Depending on how fast you spin it, the resulting blob-o-light
| will have different shapes. If it's a simple oscillation and
| you spin it at exactly the right rate(s), you'll get a straight
| line again, whereas pure chaos will always make round blobs.
| frikkasoft wrote:
| I love 3blue1brown, watch it all the time, so well made
| borg16 wrote:
| the most important thing for me in his videos is how he strives
| to explain the topic from a first principles thinking
| perspective.
|
| if i had someone explain linear algebra the way he does in his
| youtube channel, i would have enjoyed and absorbed it much better
| than I did during my classes. while the professors did a decent
| job in explaining linear albegra and its usefulness among various
| topics around us, they did a poor job at explaining how thinking
| about these topics from linear algebra perspective makes so much
| sense!
|
| edit: link for those interested -
| https://www.3blue1brown.com/topics/linear-algebra
| FergusArgyll wrote:
| Dwarkesh Patel did an interview with him some time ago,
| Recommended.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDyviiN4NVo
| 3abiton wrote:
| This guy is amazing. Highly recommend this episode, thanks for
| sharing!
| kzrdude wrote:
| To add a different recommendation on math, Michael Penn's math
| channels on youtube are great. It helping me study some more
| advanced topics.
| cgh wrote:
| For anyone interested in the code used in his animations, the
| repo is here: https://github.com/3b1b/videos
|
| It's pretty impressive. A lot of work goes into these videos.
|
| My other favourite YouTube math guy is eigenchris. His tensor
| calculus series is legendary:
| https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJHszsWbB6hpk5h8lSfBk...
|
| In complete contrast to 3b1b, eigenchris creates his videos
| entirely in PowerPoint, which makes me laugh even as I type this.
| hiroprot wrote:
| Fantastic channel, and I love that he named it (and designed the
| logo) after his heterochromia:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia_iridum
| hiroprot wrote:
| From his FAQ:
|
| What does the name 3blue1brown refer to?
|
| I'll be the first to admit this is a little odd. The logo is a
| loose depiction of my right eye color. It has what's known as
| "sectoral heterochromia", meaning there are different colors in
| different sectors, which in my case looks like 3/4 blue and 1/4
| brown.
|
| In the same way that many channels simply share their name with
| the author, a younger me thought that a more genetic signature
| might be neat. Plus, the channel is all about seeing math in
| certain ways, so it felt fitting. The name is just a reference
| to the logo, factoring in a desire for something deliberately
| weird-sounding that stands out.
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