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Cannon-Thurston maps: naturally occurring space-filling curves
Saul Schleimer and I attempt to explain what a Cannon-Thurston map is. Thanks to my brother Will Segerman for making the carvings, and to Daniel Piker for making the figure-eight knot animations. I made the animation of the (super crinkly) … Continue reading
Do we live in a multiverse? – with Laura Mersini-Houghton
What lies beyond the edge of our own universe? Learn more from cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton as she discusses her ground-breaking theory in this short video. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Laura’s book is out now: https://geni.us/GxU3nFB Laura Mersini-Houghton is … Continue reading
Tai-Danae Bradley: Where math meets language | 3b1b Podcast #5
Tai-Danae Bradley does research applying tools from physics to understanding language models, all under the broader umbrella of category theory. She is also the brilliant mind behind the blog https://www.math3ma.com/ Try out the episode sponsor: http://brilliant.org/3b1b Guide to Tai-Danae’s thesis: … Continue reading
The speed of light, the paradoxes of time, and how many atoms are in the universe?
♺ DETAILS ________________________________ In a landmark series of calculations, physicists have proved that black holes can shed information, which seems impossible by definition. The work appears to resolve a paradox that Stephen Hawking first described five decades ago. ♺ ANIMATION: … Continue reading
New Phase of Matter Opens Portal to Extra Time Dimension | Scientific American
By Zeeya Merali on July 26, 2022 Credit: sakkmesterke/ Getty Images Physicists have devised a mind-bending error-correction technique that could dramatically boost the performance of quantum computers When the ancient Incas wanted to archive tax and census records, they used … Continue reading
When a hundred wasn’t 100: BIG NUMBER WORDS (Milliards, myriads, lakhs, crores & more)
The history of the word hundred is guaranteed to surprise you. As are the stories behind so many English words for big numbers. Where does the word thousand come from? How much is a milliard? How many in a myriad? … Continue reading
Möbius Strip and Klein Bottle: A MIND-BLOWING Paradox Unlike Any You’ve Seen Before
Explore the möbius strip and Klein bottle conceptualizations in topology as we embark on this dumbfounding whirlwind tour of higher dimensions, time travel, paradoxes, 4D visualization, and sentient primitive shapes. CHAPTERS: 00:00 – A Hexagon Illusion 00:50 – Defining Topology, … Continue reading
Why Are There 7 Days In a Week? EXPLAINED
[…] ↓ More info and sources below ↓ […] Why does everyone use a 7 day week, and where did it come from? Where do the names of the days come from? And who can we blame for Mondays? Here’s … Continue reading
John Conway: Surreal Numbers – How playing games led to more numbers than anybody ever thought of
T’S ALL ABOUT MATH! An ongoing series hosted by The Department of Mathematics of the University of Toronto How playing games led to more numbers than anybody ever thought of with DR. JOHN CONWAY, Princeton University Tuesday February 23, 4:00pm … Continue reading
Surreal Numbers (writing the first book) – Numberphile
Donald Knuth coined the term “Surreal Numbers” and wrote the first book about them after lunch with the man who devised them, John Conway. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More from this interview: https://youtu.be/gMuS8ckbdZE John Conway … Continue reading
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