Transcendental Numbers - Numberphile

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  • Numbers like e and Pi cannot be made using normal algebra.
    Featuring Australia's Numeracy Ambassador, Simon Pampena.
    Extra footage: • Transcendental Numbers...
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    Discussing transendental numbers, algebraic numbers, pi, e and other stuff.
    Simon's website: www.numbercrunch.com.au/
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  • @S4MJ4M
    @S4MJ4M Před 8 lety +5255

    "So it'll be 10$ sir."
    "You mean 10 in base 10?"
    -_-

  • @cantwakeup4967
    @cantwakeup4967 Před 7 lety +2820

    '7π - 22 = 0'
    - Simon Pampena, 2013

    • @Roman-us2fp
      @Roman-us2fp Před 7 lety +44

      500 lb Pure Feminism No it equals 0.0084

    • @soup6478
      @soup6478 Před 7 lety +289

      Useless Tutorials t h a t i s i n d e e d t h e j o k e

    • @carterphillips4661
      @carterphillips4661 Před 7 lety +28

      Slimzie Maygen Y tho

    • @Rhovanion85
      @Rhovanion85 Před 6 lety +7

      Can you get π to 0 using the game from the video?

    • @BluessNRock
      @BluessNRock Před 5 lety +80

      Rovix yeah π-π=0

  • @NotMe6044
    @NotMe6044 Před 7 lety +3089

    Are we just gonna breeze past people dying because of the square root of 2?

  • @kikivoorburg
    @kikivoorburg Před rokem +114

    Using a “reduce to zero game” to intuitively explain algebraic numbers is actually really smart!

  • @GeldarionTFS
    @GeldarionTFS Před 9 lety +1626

    My favorite part of these videos is how excited each mathematician gets about their particular number. Other people feel how I feel!

    • @g-gamer4747
      @g-gamer4747 Před 9 lety +10

      Sure!

    • @uselesssanity
      @uselesssanity Před 8 lety +16

      Geldarion Degana im only that happy if i see pizza

    • @namel6532
      @namel6532 Před 5 lety +1

      !eruS

    • @maroofsultan
      @maroofsultan Před 3 lety +3

      Exactly! and their eyes shine with the light of truth.

    • @obiwanjaco
      @obiwanjaco Před 2 lety +1

      @@maroofsultan 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @TheAtb85
    @TheAtb85 Před 10 lety +1881

    You know things got serious when you're asked which base you're expressing your numbers in. :D

    • @cparks1000000
      @cparks1000000 Před 6 lety +13

      ?

    • @otakarbeinhauer
      @otakarbeinhauer Před 6 lety +114

      Single question mark isn't sufficient enough. Please, specify which part of the sentence you did not understand.

    • @kailomonkey
      @kailomonkey Před 5 lety +19

      @@cparks1000000 10 x 10 = 100

    • @numnut1516
      @numnut1516 Před 4 lety +44

      Otakar Beinhauer it’s perfectly sufficient. I’d say he was asking what a base is, for example “what is base 10? What is a base anyways?” Trying to seem smart by not understanding something is counterproductive. Use the context clues available to you it’s not hard.

    • @maybeyourbaby6486
      @maybeyourbaby6486 Před 4 lety +13

      *oh I mean 10... in base pi*

  • @mattwinward3168
    @mattwinward3168 Před 5 lety +121

    “You mean 10 in base 10?”
    - cheekiest comment ever made on CZcams.

  • @cubethesquid3919
    @cubethesquid3919 Před 7 lety +146

    I love that he said in all seriousness that if he could add to the knowledge of pi, he would die a happy man

  • @NotTheRealBassKitten
    @NotTheRealBassKitten Před 9 lety +404

    That sigh at the end knowing that a good days maths has been done... :)

  • @martinda7446
    @martinda7446 Před 10 lety +714

    Engineers DO NOT use 22/7! I always approximate to 3.14159 if no calc. handy.
    EDIT: Except my mental arithmetic is awful, so really I use 3.0 and I just pretend and fiddle a bit - adding a few numbers to guess the decimal places - The bridge is still standing, but it does have a bit of a crack through the middle, and my gears are not quite round, but hey, it just makes a funny noise and fails every six months.

    • @elchingon12346
      @elchingon12346 Před 7 lety +39

      scrub, 3.141592 > 3.14159

    • @soup1322
      @soup1322 Před 7 lety +101

      elchingon12346 Do you even math, bro?
      The next digit after 2 is 6. Round up much?

    • @elchingon12346
      @elchingon12346 Před 7 lety +81

      boston922 my whole life is a lie

    • @martinda7446
      @martinda7446 Před 7 lety +5

      Though you should use 3.142 ))

    • @DynestiGTI
      @DynestiGTI Před 5 lety +35

      (pi)^2 = g

  • @shinewherethouwillandthouh7455

    I first watched this video when I was a freshman in High school. It blew my mind. Now I'm in Field theory almost done with undergrad and I saw the material again and I thought "That was it! That was the thing! This is what Simon was doing!" It made me very excited when I realized c:

  • @loljk981
    @loljk981 Před 8 lety +391

    "Square root of 2, you know, people died for this number" STORY TIME

    • @5dudelsack5
      @5dudelsack5 Před 8 lety +179

      The guy that discovered the square root of 2 was part of this group called the pythagoreans. They were almost religious about numbers and really really liked whole numbers like 1 and 2. Then this guy found out that the diagonal of a square with sidelength 1 was irrational and they killed him.

    • @SathvickSatish
      @SathvickSatish Před 4 lety +76

      Capricorn it sounds funny when you listen to the story. However, just imagine getting thrown off the ship and drowning for discovering something new. That’s extremely sad.

  • @fiona9891
    @fiona9891 Před 8 lety +743

    "You cannot not like pi." Say that to ViHart.

    • @fiona9891
      @fiona9891 Před 8 lety +5

      ***** Well, I guess so. Also, it was a joke.

    • @fiona9891
      @fiona9891 Před 8 lety +11

      *****
      Also, by that logic, 2 might as well be 1.

    • @fiona9891
      @fiona9891 Před 8 lety +2

      I'm ignoring this post. I'm not going to respond if you try to reply to me. This is just a warning, made for no one to waste time on this.

    • @General12th
      @General12th Před 8 lety +2

      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )TheNoobyGamer Um, are you talking to me? I haven't responded to you in eight months.

    • @fiona9891
      @fiona9891 Před 8 lety +2

      *****
      I ignored it but came back to my read notifications list since I was preparing an argument... The answer is, no. Why would I be talking to just you? I'm just telling people that contacting me now would be useless. I'm just tired of people plus one-ing my comment.

  • @hliask903
    @hliask903 Před 8 lety +307

    Glad to see that Syrio Forel didn't die after all :)

  • @spaghetti8044
    @spaghetti8044 Před 11 měsíci +9

    11:36 If you're extra curious, the 11th root of 294,204 and the 18th root of 888,582,403 are also close approximations to pi and are in fact much closer than the cube root of 31.

  • @ericvkenny3626
    @ericvkenny3626 Před 8 lety +28

    This man is great with words. He translates sqroots to sentences and tells elaborate vibrant stories. His games transform numbers to characters. He should consider writing a book on math, or math journalism.

    • @dogeyboi5522
      @dogeyboi5522 Před 2 lety +1

      And also great at trying not to say physcedelic

  • @minhazulislam4682
    @minhazulislam4682 Před 3 lety +35

    When I become a teacher, I want to be a teacher like them. They are so awesome, explain everything in simple terms first, build up the concept, introduce one jargon. let that sink in, introduce another jargon and this way, they make the content much more enjoyable and engaging. Rather than jumping right into theories, playing with numbers and seeing how beautiful they can be is probably the best way to learn math. From this video, I learnt two things.
    1. What is transcendental numbers
    2. How to teach someone critical concept efficiently with in certain steps
    Thanks to everyone who were involved in the creation of this video.

    • @quantumgaming9180
      @quantumgaming9180 Před rokem +4

      I like this comment very much

    • @minhazulislam4682
      @minhazulislam4682 Před rokem +1

      @@quantumgaming9180 thank you.
      You'd be pleased to know that I have plans to open a youtube channel for competitive programming.
      I am yet a noob at this. But I could see myself doing this for a long time.

    • @dancroitoru364
      @dancroitoru364 Před 7 měsíci

      his way of teaching is unbearable. if you are to be reduced to a dummy that enjoys being told things like "1-1=0 , yey!" (for the enjoyment of his teacher) then you are beyond help!

  • @FerousFolly
    @FerousFolly Před 5 lety +16

    I'm such a massive fan of how much this guy loves numbers.

  • @TheChugg11
    @TheChugg11 Před 8 lety +19

    I wish this chap had been my maths teacher! I love the way he prompts them to work it out for themselves whilst being encouraging and just...*sigh*

  • @ACoupleStoners
    @ACoupleStoners Před 4 lety +40

    "its a time when you're really into... Out I'd body experiences and stuff"
    Psychedelics. He was trying to not say psychedelics. Lol

    • @mhxybeats653
      @mhxybeats653 Před 4 lety

      Othership Adventures you already know all these mathematicians are hipped

  • @Phoenixon7
    @Phoenixon7 Před 10 lety +185

    Make a video on Euler's Identity!!

    • @Ken.-
      @Ken.- Před 4 lety +24

      He was a white male, Swiss, about 5'5", which many believed to be the Zodiac killer during the 1970s.

    • @mitalipandit2891
      @mitalipandit2891 Před 4 lety +3

      He means
      e^i*pi + 1 = 0
      The equation at 12:07

    • @nicecubin
      @nicecubin Před 4 lety

      Ken Sarcasm?

    • @felixansell3901
      @felixansell3901 Před 4 lety +1

      @@mitalipandit2891 you know that is not Eulers identity its an equation that uses Eulers identity but the general form is e^ix = cos(x) + isin(x). Also if im not mistaken Euler didn't even discover this.

    • @indubansal6831
      @indubansal6831 Před 3 lety +1

      @@felixansell3901 It is called Euler's identity. The one you mentioned is the Euler's formula.Things are not always named after their discoverers. Eg. the pythagoras constant(root 2) was discovered by Hippassus(the spelling may be incorrect) but it is named after pythagoras as it is derived from the pythagoras formula.

  • @nosuchthing8
    @nosuchthing8 Před 8 lety +38

    "no flies on you" aweome phrase

  • @smergthedargon8974
    @smergthedargon8974 Před 4 lety +9

    9:45
    "You love Pi. It comes"
    -Simon Pampena, 2013

  • @cd-zw2tt
    @cd-zw2tt Před 8 měsíci +2

    man, this channel really deserves more awards. I know its won awards before but they need to make more awards so they can win them

  • @Earej
    @Earej Před 10 lety +3

    It's great to see someone get so excited time and time again. You seem to love what you're doing.

  • @juliandale8006
    @juliandale8006 Před 9 lety +31

    Holy crap, imagine if the transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau discovered these numbers.....

    • @General12th
      @General12th Před 8 lety +8

      ***** He'd probably just dismiss it as worldly and unjust.

    • @mancheaseskrelpher8419
      @mancheaseskrelpher8419 Před 8 lety +21

      ***** Transcendental numbers are superior to transcendentalists. Just another fact of life.

  • @harryemmott8597
    @harryemmott8597 Před 5 lety +39

    There's something so charmingly intense about this man, even in the first two seconds of the video: "It's mind-blowing"

  • @TheAAron1830
    @TheAAron1830 Před rokem +2

    I don't understand math much since school... But I really appreciate someone tell the concepts in such easily understandable format... Wish I had a math teacher like you

  • @theRealPlaidRabbit
    @theRealPlaidRabbit Před 10 lety +162

    The more precise definition of transcendentals is that they are not the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients; that's why the game they demonstrate here doesn't include "multiplying it by zero" or "raising it to the zero power". The polynomials corresponding to these moves do not have unique roots. (Tell me what value of x makes the following equation true: 0*x + 0 = 0. Answer: all of them.)

    • @tomkerruish2982
      @tomkerruish2982 Před 5 lety +5

      Every polynomial with rational coefficients can be converted into one with integral coefficients by multiplying by a common multiple of the denominators. They will have precisely the same roots.

    • @alephnull4044
      @alephnull4044 Před 5 lety +6

      Even more precise definition: a complex number is transcendental if it is not the root of any _nonzero_ polynomial with rational coefficients. Of course, replacing 'rational' with 'integer' makes no difference to the definition.

    • @alephnull4044
      @alephnull4044 Před 5 lety +13

      @@petrospolemistis Can't tell if troll or needs to go back to school.

    • @alephnull4044
      @alephnull4044 Před 5 lety +15

      @@petrospolemistis Neither is 'sheep' times zero. Your statement makes absolutely no sense.

    • @alephnull4044
      @alephnull4044 Před 5 lety +11

      @@petrospolemistis You must be a troll, surely? You're making less sense each time. At this point you're just being silly.

  • @CalvinLXVII
    @CalvinLXVII Před rokem +4

    Me encanta la pasión que mete este tío en sus explicaciones. Reviso estos vídeos cada año, y siempre me fascinan. Este profesor es fantástico sólo por la pasión que te transmite y con la sencillez que explica las cosas. Bravo!
    Saludos!!

  • @lnofzero
    @lnofzero Před 7 lety +12

    Almost 58 years old (5 days shy) and I have learned something. Thank you. I sincerely appreciate it!

  • @declassified1
    @declassified1 Před 4 lety +16

    Psy trance djs sampling this episode for sure . "E is transcendental " lol

  • @MartinMadsen92
    @MartinMadsen92 Před 10 lety +5

    This is really good. It shows a piece of some more advanced math at a level where many people will be able to follow, and at the same time it touches very different branches of techniques and results in maths, all explained by a passionate and well-formulated guy. Brilliant!

  • @metoothanks9448
    @metoothanks9448 Před 7 lety +14

    This guy's passion is contagious.

  • @randellrussell2400
    @randellrussell2400 Před 5 lety +1

    Huge fan of numberphiler and I like your style the most . Cheers mate.

  • @842Mono
    @842Mono Před 8 lety +1

    If you have a function y=e^x then the value of y is always equal to the value of the slope of the tangent at that point.
    The best brief explanation of e ever!!

  • @mueezadam8438
    @mueezadam8438 Před 4 lety +71

    _“Counting is how we build numbers”_
    _“Geometry is how we build numbers”_
    _“Algebra is how we build numbers”_
    and on and on again whenever new techniques are discovered

    • @timothyinnocent3311
      @timothyinnocent3311 Před 4 lety +8

      "Topology is how we build numbers"
      "Ramsey theory is how we build numbers"
      :p

    • @gnochhuos645
      @gnochhuos645 Před 3 lety

      Currently computing is how we build numbers

    • @atimholt
      @atimholt Před 3 lety

      Enough of each is mutually isomorphic, so it all works out the same, essentially.

    • @ineednochannelyoutube5384
      @ineednochannelyoutube5384 Před 3 lety

      @@atimholt Eh, not quiet. Counting is algebra is combuting. Its all digital.
      Gemometry is fully analog, and thus can accomodate weird things that cannot be expressed as deri atives of arbitrary concretes.

    • @jorriffhdhtrsegg
      @jorriffhdhtrsegg Před rokem

      @@gnochhuos645 we tell them what to do and keep having to fix their inaccuracies

  • @RubikMaster13
    @RubikMaster13 Před 10 lety +19

    Can anybody answer this for me. can't you just take pi to the power of 0, and then subtract 1? Heck, why cant you just multiply pi by 0. that fits the rules of the game showing that it's an algebraic number. This must be wrong, but i cant see why.

    • @sunk6478
      @sunk6478 Před 4 lety +1

      It makes the game too easy

  • @maegodragon
    @maegodragon Před rokem +2

    Absolutely Mind Blowing! I appreciate Complex AKA Imaginary Numbers so much more! Your Passion makes me Exhilarated! So much Fun learning from You!

  • @Ken.-
    @Ken.- Před 4 lety +5

    The audio captions have [INAUDIBLE] at:
    8:54 "there's actually cooler stuff I can show you other than e."

  • @dx8pi6o48
    @dx8pi6o48 Před 5 lety +13

    8:56 Captions: [INAUDIBLE] should be “cooler”

  • @classicalwisdom1846
    @classicalwisdom1846 Před 4 lety +9

    "10 equals 10 in base 10." Hilarious on so many levels!

  • @daviddemar8749
    @daviddemar8749 Před 4 lety +1

    Boy did I love this and I was able to follow it almost to the very end. Thank you for making me feel smart and remember dont drink and derive!

  • @SOLAR_WillToWin
    @SOLAR_WillToWin Před 7 lety

    Once you've seen this a few times the concept really starts to make sense!

  • @magoo9866
    @magoo9866 Před 4 lety +23

    How to beat the magician:
    Magician: "Pick a number."
    Nobody:
    Me: "e"

  • @Goodwithwood69
    @Goodwithwood69 Před 8 lety +69

    e is a number? I was droppin' numbers in the 90's too some banging tunes!

    • @L0j1k
      @L0j1k Před 5 lety

      The 90s were pretty great. I still eat lots of e tho.

  • @pabloquijadasalazar7507

    6:09 Dude, learning that it was a number cost me a lot of debt. You just explained it better in like 15 seconds. Thanks mate.

  • @jeromelarson6732
    @jeromelarson6732 Před 8 lety +1

    Love this guy's enthusiasm!

  • @Nixitur
    @Nixitur Před 8 lety +26

    What I find even more surprising is how few algebraic numbers there are. There's an infinite number, sure, but it's only _countable_ infinity. Which means that there are as many algebraic numbers as there are natural numbers and that's just fantastic.

    • @cubicardi8011
      @cubicardi8011 Před 5 lety +5

      Wrong, there are uncountably many algebraic numbers because there are irrational algebraic numbers

    • @Nixitur
      @Nixitur Před 5 lety +9

      +Cubi Cadi - That's like saying "there are uncountably many natural numbers because some natural numbers are real". It shows a fundamental misunderstanding of logic.

    • @muhammedkoroglu6544
      @muhammedkoroglu6544 Před 2 lety

      @@Nixitur isn’t what @Cubi Cardi is saying more like “there are uncountably many real numbers because real numbers contain irrational numbers, which are uncountable”? Because algebraic numbers contain some of the irrational numbers

    • @Nixitur
      @Nixitur Před 2 lety +2

      @@muhammedkoroglu6544 No, they are literally saying "there are uncountably many algebraic numbers" which is objectively false.

    • @epicmarschmallow5049
      @epicmarschmallow5049 Před 2 lety +1

      @@cubicardi8011 the algebraic numbers are a countably infinite union of countable sets, which is countable

  • @navsquid32
    @navsquid32 Před 9 lety +7

    Interesting discussion. I've always thought simply of transcendental functions, but never considered a transcendental NUMBER as being an actual singular number that is not a root of some characteristic polynomial equation.

  • @newsoupvialt
    @newsoupvialt Před 5 lety +1

    It's wild to think how much power the contradiction "a is a whole number between 0 and 1" has. I feel like now that I'm getting into more advanced maths and proofs, it pops up all the time when it comes to proving that something is irrational, or transcendental, or any number of things.

  • @sbfcapnj
    @sbfcapnj Před 2 lety +2

    This guy knows where to get professionally produced LSD.

  • @dropkickedmurphy6463
    @dropkickedmurphy6463 Před 4 lety +3

    The way you did it still works, but I like to combine roots. So the 2√2√3, I would make into 2√6 and then square that.

  • @ParthSharma1996
    @ParthSharma1996 Před 8 lety +13

    if e to the power any algebraic number is transcendental , it would mean that ln2 , ln3 .i.e natural logarithms of all algebraic numbers are transcendental . Because if they weren't e to the power that number would be algebraic , which can't be!

    • @fetchstixRHD
      @fetchstixRHD Před 5 lety +1

      Surely this should read "if they weren't, e to the power that number would be *_transcendental,_* which can't be?"

    • @ivantheawesome409
      @ivantheawesome409 Před 5 lety +1

      ln2 isn't algebraic is it?

  • @2Sor2Fig
    @2Sor2Fig Před 2 měsíci

    My initial comment would have been, "The only thing this video taught me is that Pi=22/7": sarcastic appreciation. But this man's clear dedication to his craft makes it impossible for me to mock, even unintentionally. I've enjoyed many of your videos, but this one touches a nerve I never even knew existed. And I thank you for that.

  • @rascal1514
    @rascal1514 Před 2 lety

    You can tell Simon was holding himself back from jumping up n down at how excited he was getting.

  • @lolatomroflsinnlos
    @lolatomroflsinnlos Před 8 lety +3

    Great moves, Ethan.

  • @thatslife1058
    @thatslife1058 Před rokem +3

    Great explanation. It's much entertaining than watching any movie.

  • @Nexuhss
    @Nexuhss Před 2 lety +1

    His excitement is infectious

  • @bazyt1
    @bazyt1 Před 8 lety

    Could be my favourite numberphile vid!! love it.

  • @quebono100
    @quebono100 Před 10 lety +3

    so much passion :) you guys are amazing.

  • @sukhr6928
    @sukhr6928 Před 7 lety +4

    "No flies on you mate", what a great compliment :D

  • @bennubyrd
    @bennubyrd Před 6 lety +2

    I was definitely into out of body experiences during my first round at uni!

  • @ronbally2312
    @ronbally2312 Před rokem

    Very nice explanation of what algebraic numbers are.

  • @NoisqueVoaProduction
    @NoisqueVoaProduction Před 8 lety +3

    Have you ever made a video about Euler-Mascheronni constant? Also known as Napier's constant or number e??
    I believe a lot of people already know but a lot don't and the history behind it must be quite interesting, so many mathematicians behind and using it…
    An intro for logs, natural log, calculus…
    I know that the function (1+1/n)ˆn; if n gets arbitrarily big, it tends to e
    Where else can the number appear??

  • @KingDevyn
    @KingDevyn Před 10 lety +8

    I see that in this videos thumbnail you have pi tetration e. I'm sure this wasn't on purpose, but it leads me into the following request. Could you do a video on what comes after exponents? Aka tetration. Or a video describing all the hyperoperations? Hyperoperation 1 is addition hyperoperation 2 is multiplication hyperoperation 3 is exponents, hyperoperation 4 is tetration, and so on.

    • @PC_Simo
      @PC_Simo Před rokem

      I thought the subscript meant base; as in: e in base π. They should redo their dungeon number -video with tetration, instead of bases. That would really blow up fast. Maybe something close to f_ω(n). 🤔

  • @tulliusagrippa5752
    @tulliusagrippa5752 Před 5 lety +1

    Brilliantly clear. Thanks. Very very enjoyable!!

  • @Mrbeahz1
    @Mrbeahz1 Před měsícem

    Thank you for this elegant explanation.

  • @ElPastalero
    @ElPastalero Před 4 lety +7

    2:50 He's *irrationally* happy.

    • @Etrehumain123
      @Etrehumain123 Před 4 lety

      LOL

    • @NG-we8uu
      @NG-we8uu Před 4 lety

      I laughed at this lol, but isn’t that what beauty is? What’s beautiful in substanceless ratios

  • @edgartheslayer3
    @edgartheslayer3 Před 7 lety +9

    during this video I randomly looked at the clocked and it was 3:14 am totally unintended .0.

  • @simonconroy7610
    @simonconroy7610 Před 2 lety

    This is perhaps the best numberphile video

  • @mbbag1980
    @mbbag1980 Před 8 lety

    excellent material, thank you!

  • @suchirgpta
    @suchirgpta Před 3 lety +4

    "you cannot not like pi"
    *Vi Hart enters the chat*

  • @aldenwilner3300
    @aldenwilner3300 Před 5 lety +3

    6:52 "Hey let's mess with the subtitler. I'll write 24, but say 20. Won't that be a laugh?"

  • @paradamaparusha8694
    @paradamaparusha8694 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for the new insight into the nature of transcendental numbers. Are you aware of how e is used in ontological mathematics?

  • @fernandojorge7764
    @fernandojorge7764 Před rokem +1

    That look of disappointment when he heard ten as the favorite number, he just had to double check
    "10 in base 10?"
    "Yeah"
    "Okay peasant"

  • @leojurgens4188
    @leojurgens4188 Před 9 lety +249

    Is there a mathematical equation that proves that pi is delicious?

    • @leojurgens4188
      @leojurgens4188 Před 9 lety +2

      ***** Nice.

    • @error.418
      @error.418 Před 9 lety +8

      ***** False premise, whole numbers are rational numbers, and I always like to eat the whole thing.
      Also, pi has nothing to do with pie, so again, false premise.
      Also, tau is the one true circle constant. All hail the hypno tau.

    • @error.418
      @error.418 Před 9 lety +1

      ***** XD

    • @leojurgens4188
      @leojurgens4188 Před 9 lety +2

      If seven 8 nine, does that make seven a cannibal?
      And what does 69 taste like?

    • @error.418
      @error.418 Před 9 lety +2

      LanceAtlas Uh, hate to break it to you, but Pi radians is only half a circle. If you want to eat the whole pie, you're going to need Tau.

  • @urbanpsych0
    @urbanpsych0 Před 10 lety +13

    Leave it to a mathematician to confirm base 10.

  • @maroofsultan
    @maroofsultan Před 3 lety

    I found this channel very late! Evey video is fantastic!

  • @claudioestevez1028
    @claudioestevez1028 Před rokem +1

    Funniest and most energetic professor in this channel 👍

  • @kcsongor
    @kcsongor Před 9 lety +21

    10:10 according to that, 0 is not an algebraic number :D just nitpicking

  • @NeedsContent
    @NeedsContent Před 9 lety +14

    13:10 Checkmate!

    • @jacksainthill8974
      @jacksainthill8974 Před 9 lety +1

      What do you mean?

    • @NeedsContent
      @NeedsContent Před 9 lety +3

      Jack Sainthill Im just commenting on the finality of his delivery. Probably sounded funnier in my head than it did in text.

    • @jacksainthill8974
      @jacksainthill8974 Před 9 lety +1

      Rather, the point was more _obvious_ in your head than it was in other people's, perhaps.
      Anyway, I've plussed it, albeit only because of your boldness in granting the community the intelligence to work it out for itself - an excellent comedic device when it can be brought off, but which is also, alas,very difficult to judge properly.

  • @shubhamhorambe7903
    @shubhamhorambe7903 Před 7 lety +1

    At 10:16 simon says the "e raise to any algebraic number is transcendental ..but he forgot to say that the number also needs to be non zero , since e^0 is 1 which is not transcendental

  • @aritroc3368
    @aritroc3368 Před 5 lety +1

    How to make π:
    To make the dough for the pie crust, mix 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour and 1 teaspoon each salt and sugar in a medium-size bowl. Cut 2 sticks chilled unsalted butter into pieces. With a pastry blender, cut in butter, working until mixture resembles coarse meal.
    2.
    Add 4 tablespoons ice water; work with hands until dough comes together. If dough is still crumbly, add more ice water a tablespoon at a time (up to 4 more tablespoons). Do not overwork.
    3.
    Divide dough in half, and flatten halves into disks. Wrap disks separately in plastic; refrigerate at least 1 hour.
    4.
    To form the pie shell, roll the dough on a floured surface into a 14-inch round. Wrap around rolling pin and carefully unroll over a 9-inch pie plate.
    5.
    Fit gently into bottom and side of plate. Use kitchen shears to trim dough to a 1-inch overhang; fold under, and seal to form a rim.
    6.
    Crimp rim with fingertips and knuckle. Repeat with remaining dough; wrap each with plastic, stack, and freeze.

  • @pcguy2
    @pcguy2 Před 7 lety +5

    loved when he laughed about being "interested in out of body experience" in college. wink wink

  • @julianvisser2566
    @julianvisser2566 Před 9 lety +143

    This guy looks like Matthew Santoro with a wig.

    • @nonnahs918
      @nonnahs918 Před 9 lety +2

    • @dumu4700
      @dumu4700 Před 8 lety +4

      Julian Visser looks more like Ray William Johnson with a wig

    • @TheHamericano
      @TheHamericano Před 8 lety +1

      +Julian Visser and a beard...
      First video i clicked i was kinda hoping that was the case...

    • @ryandupuis5860
      @ryandupuis5860 Před 7 lety

      ha

  • @raykent3211
    @raykent3211 Před 8 lety

    Excellent teacher, thanks!

  • @minuprasad2590
    @minuprasad2590 Před 7 lety

    this guy is my favourite in numberphile

  • @user-eq6te1mw8e
    @user-eq6te1mw8e Před 7 lety +7

    e^0=1 this means 0 is transcendental as well?

    • @MuffinsAPlenty
      @MuffinsAPlenty Před 7 lety +9

      e^0 is the one exception to the theorem. 0 is indeed algebraic.

  • @Athirathan
    @Athirathan Před 10 lety +4

    Is the following expression correct?, e^(1-1)-1=0. (I am using only the functions that you listed) if so, how is e transcendental? Please clarify.

    • @natehoffmaster6726
      @natehoffmaster6726 Před 6 lety +1

      It's trivial, and you could do that with any number excepting zero.

    • @sophiejones7727
      @sophiejones7727 Před 6 lety +2

      (1-1) isn't a whole number coefficient. 1-1 is zero, which is not usually considered a whole number. Also, you can multiply any number by 0 and get 0, transcendental numbers included. It's kind of the math equivalent of defining a word using the word you're trying to define. An algebraic number needs to reduce to zero using a rational polynomial that isn't zero.

    • @TruthNerds
      @TruthNerds Před 5 lety

      Well, he was lying, you can only take something to the power of a natural number. x to the zeroth is not allowed.

  • @anarcho.pacifist
    @anarcho.pacifist Před 7 lety +1

    At 6:49, the subtitle says "1 on 20", where it's clearly "1 on 24", where 24 is 4-factorial.

  • @neckbeard8039
    @neckbeard8039 Před 4 lety

    thank you for this video. you explained it quite well

  • @majedashraf523
    @majedashraf523 Před 4 lety +3

    11:09 ooooohhhhhhh
    Mathematician roasting engineer

  • @gautammohite1005
    @gautammohite1005 Před 9 lety +3

    until now didn't know that 22/7 is just an approximation of pi... thanks..!

  • @Phoniv
    @Phoniv Před 7 lety

    loved it , thank you!

  • @frankzeppelin
    @frankzeppelin Před 8 lety

    I fucking love this channel. I really do. I look forward to these after work now. Keep 'em coming guys.

  • @sloaiza81
    @sloaiza81 Před 7 lety +86

    funny the stereotypes mathematicians have about engineers

    • @Ken.-
      @Ken.- Před 4 lety +6

      Engineers usually do use approximations of values like π.

    • @Flexy59
      @Flexy59 Před 3 lety +1

      69th like lets goo

    • @kapoios1453
      @kapoios1453 Před 2 lety

      @@Flexy59 Well it's a fact that π^2=g(m/s^2).

  • @gurukgiorgos5320
    @gurukgiorgos5320 Před 8 lety +6

    Please make a video about Euler's identity..

    • @cromthor
      @cromthor Před 8 lety +7

      +Guruk Giorgos
      Euler. Leonhard Euler. That was his identity. That was his real name.
      (ok, sorry, had to do it ;-)

    • @gurukgiorgos5320
      @gurukgiorgos5320 Před 8 lety +1

      +cromthor I actually didn't know that. Thanks!

    • @squarerootof2
      @squarerootof2 Před 4 lety

      The Euler's identity, starring Matt Damon. I've watched that movie already.

  • @isakfalk-eliasson1675
    @isakfalk-eliasson1675 Před 7 lety

    love this dude!

  • @adurgh
    @adurgh Před 4 lety

    just lovely, thanks!