Ain't No Twin Primes (live) | Bill Withers parody by 3Blue1Brown and Acapella Science

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  • čas přidán 20. 04. 2024
  • This was done as part of an event by Matt Parker (@standupmaths ) "An Evening of Unnecessary Detail". Many thanks to Tim Blais (@acapellascience) for joining, and for the Bell House in Brooklyn for housing the event.

Komentáře • 242

  • @parthkanani7323
    @parthkanani7323 Před měsícem +277

    This is what I pay my internet bills for

    • @bencressman6110
      @bencressman6110 Před měsícem +6

      Sometimes I forget the internet isn’t free

  • @MrNoipe
    @MrNoipe Před měsícem +756

    grants singing voice is amazing

    • @KrelianLoke
      @KrelianLoke Před měsícem +43

      I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know

    • @AtomicAndi
      @AtomicAndi Před měsícem +3

      yeah, could be at 70 million subs with very little effort

    • @LukePuplett
      @LukePuplett Před měsícem +4

      Before I ever saw him, I imagined him to look kinda like Withers, so this makes so much sense :)

    • @KrelianLoke
      @KrelianLoke Před měsícem +16

      For a long time, he never showed his face on his 3B1B channel, I thought he was not likely good-looking since he was so intelligent and articulate, turned out he is good-looking. Now I just discovered he is musically talented too. All good genes.

    • @johanneskolsky782
      @johanneskolsky782 Před měsícem +6

      He's been serenading us with his math voice for years, it's no great surprise when his singing voice is just as good 🙂‍↔️

  • @EvilTim1911
    @EvilTim1911 Před měsícem +215

    I'll tell my kids these were Simon and Garfunkel

  • @Happy_Abe
    @Happy_Abe Před měsícem +307

    So glad to say I was there live, the crowd went wild with the “1 0 1 0 1 0….”
    Also I see the first attempt of this was not included here, which has some impressive Grant vocals😉

    • @Harmonikdiskorde
      @Harmonikdiskorde Před měsícem +11

      I was kind of clenching at this part -- the mod 5 part seems really hard to sing without messing up!

  • @wiggletonthewise2141
    @wiggletonthewise2141 Před měsícem +76

    You guys just casually drastically raised the standard for videos to show in high school math classes

  • @northernlight1000
    @northernlight1000 Před měsícem +155

    What the hell can’t grant do, these should be the role models people look upto. Loved this!

  • @willemvandebeek
    @willemvandebeek Před měsícem +112

    For the people, who do not know the original Bill Withers song, which is being parodied here, it is called: "Ain't No Sunshine". :)

    • @miallo
      @miallo Před měsícem +2

      Do I have to watch Notting Hill again now?

    • @TankAndKingsman
      @TankAndKingsman Před 28 dny

      The bassline is kinda like superstition?

  • @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven
    @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven Před měsícem +393

    Lyrics:
    Ain't no twin prime solution
    It ain't known how they behave
    Do the twin primes go on and on?
    It's been open so damn long
    No-one knows quite what to say
    When are primes just two away?
    Well firstly are primes ever done?
    Euclid said there's just no way
    Multiply them and add one
    Every factor of that sum
    Is a prime not in the array
    So they never end, well, okay
    But when are primes just two away?
    Is there some algorithm?
    To sift the primes some simple way?
    I know the first one, that's the two
    To find the rest, here's what you do
    Reduce the naturals modulo two
    (Oh I get it! ...No, I, I, I don't get it, actually. Can you spell it out?)
    It goes one oh, one oh, one oh, one oh, one oh, one oh, one oh...
    (Tim! Tim!)
    (What?)
    (There IS more to the algorithm.)
    (Ah, that- that makes sense, actually. Um - please continue.)
    You knock off the zeros, reduce 'em mod three, like
    One oh, two one, oh two, one oh, two one, oh two, one oh...
    (Oh, okay! I get it.)
    Knock off the zeros, reduce 'em mod five, like
    One oh, two one, three two, four three, oh four, one oh, two one, three two, four three, oh four...
    Knock off the zeros, reduce 'em mod seven, like
    Hey, that's a neat little thing you've shown
    But what of twin primes on and on?
    As the new primes do go on (That prime theorem)
    The gaps between them grow this way (Something about Riemann)
    For a big prime, call it p
    The gap that follows tends to be
    On the mean, the logarithm base e
    But will they stop coming just two away?
    No-one knows quite what to say
    (Well okay.)
    Yet I get crank proofs every day
    (Dear sir! I have proven the twin primes conjecture!)
    They always start the same damn way
    (I study an elegant proof of prime generation!)
    To count the twin primes all you do
    Is list the numbers all the way through
    Reducing all of them modulo two
    (It's so simple!)
    It goes one oh, one oh, one oh, one oh...
    (Huge red flag if you're starting this way!)
    Knock off the zeros, reduce 'em mod three, like
    One oh, two one, oh two, one oh, two one, oh two...
    (All you're doing is applying a sieve...)
    (Search term you're looking for is "parity problem".)
    Knock off the zeros, reduce 'em mod five, like-
    Hey, you want to leave that proof alone
    There ain't no chance that's how it's shown
    When you start so trivially (One oh, one oh, one oh...)
    Like with the sieve of Eratosthenes (One oh, two one, oh two...)
    Chances are high you went wrong (I am the greatest math wizard alive)
    It's been open so damn long (Now take out the zeros, reduce 'em mod five)
    Someone else would've found such a way (Now one oh, two one, three two, four three, oh four...)
    You want a proof twin primes go on
    You want to be the next Yitang Zhang
    Maybe read what researchers say
    When the primes are just two away
    When are primes just two away?
    When are primes just two away?

    • @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven
      @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven Před měsícem +13

      Notes:
      -Some of the later 'one oh, two one, ...' don't follow the proper pattern. I assume this was unintentional; the above transcription has (what I believe is) the actual pattern.
      -I can't figure out what Grant says at 3:35.
      -4:21 sounds a lot more like "You want a proof twin primes are one" to my ears, but I don't think that makes sense so I'll assume they sang 'go on'.

    • @JohnDlugosz
      @JohnDlugosz Před měsícem +4

      This needs to be pinned!

    • @ZephyrysBaum
      @ZephyrysBaum Před měsícem +6

      @@rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven at 3:35 grant says "No, stop", (Also, it says this in the [man-made] subtitles as well)

    • @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven
      @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven Před měsícem +5

      @@ZephyrysBaum Thanks. (The subtitles weren't up at the time I made the original comment, just for the record.)

  • @pablozaid6078
    @pablozaid6078 Před měsícem +145

    Love the polymeter at 2:18 ! Putting the "math" in "math rock"

  • @PreethamS-th1fg
    @PreethamS-th1fg Před měsícem +52

    10 10 10 10 10 10....
    Just can't get it out of my head!!

  • @utorque
    @utorque Před měsícem +126

    HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FRICK TWO OF MY FAVORITE CZcams DUDES TOGETHER I LOVE YOU BOTH THANK YOU SO MUUUUUCH (I now officially understand k-pop fans when they shout all their lungs during the whole concert)

  • @Elijah-2000
    @Elijah-2000 Před měsícem +43

    Another unexpected surprising side of the great Grant Sanderson.

  • @OrigamiMarie
    @OrigamiMarie Před měsícem +58

    I keep rewatching this! Their voices, beautiful separately and wonderful together. The banter, and Grant saying Damn. The playing, and the slides. The fun lyrics, and the parts where they diverge and come back together. It's all such a great combination!

  • @cassDL
    @cassDL Před měsícem +70

    One oh one oh one one oh...hey-ya gonna leave that PROOF alone, ain't no way that it's shone...
    This slaps so hard.

  • @anthonyparfilko3548
    @anthonyparfilko3548 Před měsícem +43

    Hi Grant! Thank you for putting our balloons up on stage. The one seen in the background of this video was supposed to be a brown cube. There were three other balloon shapes, all blue tetrahedrons.
    It was a blast sneaking the balloon pump into the venue and building these shapes before the show.

    • @JohnDlugosz
      @JohnDlugosz Před měsícem +1

      I saw it and knew it was a cube! I assumed it was from a previous act.

  • @orangee_blox
    @orangee_blox Před měsícem +17

    “one oh- two one, oh- two one, oh- two one, oh- two” so inspirational 🥹

  • @julia_qwerty
    @julia_qwerty Před měsícem +12

    Anyone else here who has this song stuck in your head?
    Wherever I go now, I always hear "one oh, one oh, one oh"....

  • @Heyhey_1792
    @Heyhey_1792 Před měsícem +6

    I swear ive watched this video waaay too many times… and i will continue to do so!

  • @ke9tv
    @ke9tv Před měsícem +32

    Sift the twos and sift the threes,
    In the Sieve of Eratostheses,
    Sift the fives and sift the sevens,
    Then go round and sift elevens,
    And as the multiples sublime,
    The numbers that remain are prime!

  • @Faroshkas
    @Faroshkas Před měsícem +6

    Everytime I come back to this video I catch myself trying to like it again lol 😆

  • @edanmaor
    @edanmaor Před měsícem +239

    This is the greatest parody of a pop song that includes a full mathematical proof in its lyrics of all time.
    Seriously, so happy about this song, pure genius.

    • @tylerduncan5908
      @tylerduncan5908 Před měsícem

      It might be the only one, so you're not wrong

    • @thomasdalton1508
      @thomasdalton1508 Před měsícem +9

      ​@@tylerduncan5908 Nah, CZcams is full of them. This one is much better than most, though. Most of them are American college students studying Calculus 1 and getting really excited about integration by parts.

    • @scottychen2397
      @scottychen2397 Před měsícem +5

      There’s no proof in their lyrics.
      Although this is an excellent practice of a researcher, I agree.
      I think theyre taking inspiration from a blues motive - it seems distinctly that its not a ‘pop’ thing.
      And in this case, it can’t be equated with actual blues music.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před měsícem +2

      How come that isn't a category at the Grammys?

    • @olivelong4511
      @olivelong4511 Před měsícem +9

      @@scottychen2397They prove the infinitude of primes toward the start.

  • @HippocraTease
    @HippocraTease Před měsícem +26

    Didnt know my mans could sing so well ❤

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 Před měsícem +30

    math, teaching, poetry, amazing speaking and singing voice, guitar, handsomeness ... is there anything Grant can't do
    (iirc he also helped compose a bit of the main channel's music)

  • @ClassicalFilmMusic-vh2wg
    @ClassicalFilmMusic-vh2wg Před měsícem +6

    This video deserves the largest known prime number of likes!

    • @allozovsky
      @allozovsky Před měsícem +2

      Or at least the logarithm of the next natural number base 2.

    • @ClassicalFilmMusic-vh2wg
      @ClassicalFilmMusic-vh2wg Před měsícem +2

      @@allozovsky That looks a bit more feasible...

  • @444haluk
    @444haluk Před měsícem +98

    the banger was "one oh one oh" that was supposed to be "I know I know" LOL

  • @caywind7
    @caywind7 Před měsícem +3

    Absolutely amazing

  • @TheArtOfBeingANerd
    @TheArtOfBeingANerd Před měsícem +10

    I love the intersection of math and music on CZcams

  • @berryzhang7263
    @berryzhang7263 Před měsícem +6

    GRANTS LIVE VOCALS FOR DAYSSSS❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 I was screaming my head off the whole time. Pls release more music!!

  • @michalsteier315
    @michalsteier315 Před měsícem +2

    Absolutely fantastic in a fun and creative way.

  • @charliejkelly
    @charliejkelly Před měsícem +7

    The little harmonies at 4:34 are so juicy!

  • @ewerybody
    @ewerybody Před měsícem +4

    SUPER nice to see Tim Blais joining in! What a match :D

  • @adamwishneusky
    @adamwishneusky Před měsícem

    You’re amazing and this show was so good. Thanks for coming to one of my favorite venues! ❤

  • @omgthatsjackie
    @omgthatsjackie Před měsícem +3

    Damn, the lyrics is pure joy! This was just awesome🔥

  • @taopaille-paille4992
    @taopaille-paille4992 Před 5 dny

    Great material. Congratulations it exceeded my expectations and spent a good moment listebing !

  • @johnanderson290
    @johnanderson290 Před měsícem +2

    Holy primes Grant, this made my day! Just when I thought I couldn’t fall any deeper in love with your content! 😃 I had no idea you that you play guitar, and also sing. I’m also a guitar player and a singer-songwriter, and a computer scientist who’s very passionate about mathematics. Incredible performance, and so creative! Bravo!! 👏

  • @JoelRosenfeld
    @JoelRosenfeld Před měsícem +1

    Excellent work, Grant! This song is amazing. This is going to become a classic in math classes.

  • @Isabelle-ud2df
    @Isabelle-ud2df Před měsícem +1

    this is my new favorite video of all time holy moly

  • @amanuelgetachew634
    @amanuelgetachew634 Před měsícem +2

    Woke up to this. Made my day

  • @DavidBeddard
    @DavidBeddard Před měsícem

    I had my doubts but boy did this deliver! Great stuff! 😂

  • @alasdairmontgomery1760
    @alasdairmontgomery1760 Před měsícem +2

    Legitimately incredible.

  • @BetaTestingUrGf
    @BetaTestingUrGf Před měsícem +20

    Another banger

  • @10produz90
    @10produz90 Před měsícem +1

    Soo good!

  • @UltraMaXAtAXX
    @UltraMaXAtAXX Před měsícem +2

    I need a studio version of this!

  • @Mahm00dM0hanad
    @Mahm00dM0hanad Před měsícem +3

    Damn this guy knows coding, math, teaching and singing. What am I doing in my life

  • @TheMacco26
    @TheMacco26 Před měsícem +5

    You just let me discover AcapellaScience. Holy Moly you are both so talented in your YT channels!

    • @OrigamiMarie
      @OrigamiMarie Před měsícem +2

      Such a fun channel! I think my favorite is Entropic Time, followed by the one about planets with the Disney songs.

  • @bennyksmusicalworld968
    @bennyksmusicalworld968 Před 6 dny +1

    Standupmaths, 3blue1brown, acapellascience in one video? Music and math? This is my favourite video in CZcams 😭

  • @Yvelluap
    @Yvelluap Před 17 dny +1

    2:39 tim's singing here is killer and i refuse to let it go under yall's radars

  • @MaryAnnNytowl
    @MaryAnnNytowl Před měsícem

    Oh, too cool! I love blues, and I'm a bit of a maths nerd, so when YT offered this up for me to watch, I was intrigued. It did NOT disappoint! 😂 Love it, now I'm going to go look for more of the same!

  • @markkennedy9767
    @markkennedy9767 Před měsícem +3

    This is just amazing. No end to Grant's talents

  • @pandexity
    @pandexity Před měsícem +3

    PLEASE release this on spotify

  • @saahilgazi807
    @saahilgazi807 Před měsícem +6

    Awesome 💯

  • @shaneri
    @shaneri Před měsícem

    splendid! thank you very much! very funny and interesting

  • @urz0
    @urz0 Před měsícem +7

    is this math rock?

  • @fernandoteitelbaum
    @fernandoteitelbaum Před měsícem +1

    this is amazing

  • @Yelonek1986
    @Yelonek1986 Před měsícem

    This is amazing. My jaw is on the floor. 🤯

  • @carlosjuribe_
    @carlosjuribe_ Před měsícem +3

    They are at their prime! ❤👏

  • @marta_makes
    @marta_makes Před měsícem +1

    Simply wow

  • @FergalByrne
    @FergalByrne Před měsícem

    Beautiful

  • @bernardoherrera5217
    @bernardoherrera5217 Před měsícem +1

    Brilliant!

  • @scott6572
    @scott6572 Před měsícem

    This is incredible

  • @john.dough.
    @john.dough. Před měsícem +7

    What can't this guy do?

  • @aroldobrunogomesmoreira8287

    Love you guys, I really do

  • @Nothingx303
    @Nothingx303 Před měsícem

    ❤❤ absolutely love this you are so talented grant

  • @TimJSwan
    @TimJSwan Před měsícem +4

    I started watching and laughed my butt off within 5 seconds once I saw who was sitting at that computer

  • @sk8rdman
    @sk8rdman Před měsícem

    This may be my favorite genre of parody

  • @felixkersey6538
    @felixkersey6538 Před měsícem

    This is the best thing I've ever seen

  • @salchipapa5843
    @salchipapa5843 Před měsícem +1

    This was both super cool and hilarious. lmao

  • @ARKGAMING
    @ARKGAMING Před měsícem +1

    I'm so glad we get to hear more math songs from Grant!

  • @bola986
    @bola986 Před měsícem

    Amazing

  • @theanyktos
    @theanyktos Před měsícem

    Omg this is the maths youtuber crossover I didn't know I needed

  • @goblin5003
    @goblin5003 Před měsícem

    Amazing❤

  • @YawnGod
    @YawnGod Před 20 dny +1

    Well, this was fun.

  • @mtbikerdb
    @mtbikerdb Před měsícem

    Wow. That's awesome.

  • @Phymaths
    @Phymaths Před měsícem +2

    The way they incorporated one-o in the song ❤

  • @anthonycortes5093
    @anthonycortes5093 Před měsícem

    you need to release this on spotify

  • @leventaksakal5
    @leventaksakal5 Před měsícem +1

    awesome banger

  • @MaximumMatador
    @MaximumMatador Před 16 dny

    Can we get a studio version please!!?!

  • @NonTwinBrothers
    @NonTwinBrothers Před 4 dny

    A duet with Vi Hart would simply be too much power to be contained within the known universe

  • @AdvancedMath
    @AdvancedMath Před měsícem +2

    Best prime numbers songs.

  • @jayronyucker4272
    @jayronyucker4272 Před měsícem +1

    Yo this fire

  • @parkerprice6787
    @parkerprice6787 Před měsícem

    If you were to put this up on spotify, I'd love to be able to put it on a playlist

  • @MaxCareyPlus
    @MaxCareyPlus Před měsícem

    Smooth! 👏

  • @mikeharrison1868
    @mikeharrison1868 Před měsícem +1

    Wow!

  • @completeepicness5070
    @completeepicness5070 Před měsícem +2

    TIM BLAIS

  • @bitshuffler
    @bitshuffler Před měsícem +1

    omg giants of math and science communication!

  • @scotthershberger
    @scotthershberger Před měsícem

    I need more math parody songs in my life

  • @HarishPillay
    @HarishPillay Před 22 dny

    fabulous, grant!

  • @andptcauchy5252
    @andptcauchy5252 Před měsícem +1

    wow, so cool

  • @retr0foxx_osu
    @retr0foxx_osu Před měsícem +1

    woah this is awesome. i didn't know about that sieve algorithm thing before and it's hilarious how there are apparently a lot of people thinking they have proved the twin prime conjecture starting from that algorithm even though they probably have not.

  • @hamc9477
    @hamc9477 Před měsícem +2

    How do you make a duck funky? Put it in the oven 'til it's bill withers 🦆 🔥

    • @annesmith9642
      @annesmith9642 Před měsícem

      I had to laugh, but it's a little disturbing.

  • @vladyslav737
    @vladyslav737 Před měsícem

    Just amazing, fucking amazing to listen

  • @abydosianchulac2
    @abydosianchulac2 Před měsícem

    I was _so wondering_ how you were going to make that section work, but of course you did.

  • @charliespinoza1966
    @charliespinoza1966 Před měsícem

    My heart 🥰

  • @Erik_The_Viking
    @Erik_The_Viking Před měsícem

    This is awesome! HA HA HA HA!!!

  • @exdejesus
    @exdejesus Před 17 dny +1

    So clever!

  • @lorenzobosisio3838
    @lorenzobosisio3838 Před měsícem +2

    Genius

  • @mintylemon66
    @mintylemon66 Před měsícem

    love how the emcee is vibing along 🔥

  • @Wyattporter
    @Wyattporter Před měsícem +1

    Never thought I’d hear 3blue1brown’s singing voice

  • @kushagra64
    @kushagra64 Před měsícem

    Well I didn't expect I'll get this gift on my birthday

  • @azechiel
    @azechiel Před měsícem +5

    Why does Grant get to be smart, talented, and attractive?