Patterns fool ya

June 29, 2023 1:14 PM

How they fool ya (Math parody of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah by 3Blue1Brown)
posted by dhruva (13 comments total)

That turned out much better than I expected.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 2:03 PM on June 29, 2023 [2 favorites]

Excellent!
posted by chavenet at 2:18 PM on June 29, 2023 [1 favorite]

And a deep message too. Patterns fool ya. They work they work then suddenly they don't.
posted by mono blanco at 3:19 PM on June 29, 2023 [4 favorites]

I showed this to my wife (a mathematician) and then promptly had to send her the link because she teaches these examples in her proofs class as precisely why "proof by example" is not a thing.
posted by Navelgazer at 3:42 PM on June 29, 2023 [9 favorites]

Oh VERY good.
posted by humbug at 7:14 PM on June 29, 2023

That was awesome!
posted by bendy at 7:52 PM on June 29, 2023

my teenage sons agree on very little, but on this, both the older (mathematician) and the younger (guitarist) agree:

fantastic.
posted by martin q blank at 7:56 PM on June 29, 2023 [1 favorite]

Very much enjoyed.
posted by solotoro at 8:11 PM on June 29, 2023

Ok that was pretty great.
posted by lemonade at 10:16 PM on June 29, 2023

Ah good, Grant linked his previous videos on the proofs in the description - I know I had seen the one about the integrals before, but hadn't seen Paterson's Primes or the circle division one before.
posted by Kyol at 5:45 AM on June 30, 2023 [2 favorites]

My daughter is starting the honors math program at Ga. Tech in the fall, and sang "Hallelujah" for multiple choral performances in high school, so I look forward to her reaction to this; Thanks for posting it!
posted by TedW at 6:09 AM on June 30, 2023 [5 favorites]

Ah, druva, you made my day.
posted by storybored at 7:26 PM on June 30, 2023 [1 favorite]

3blue1brown just put out a video about this: Explaining the absurd circle division pattern | Moser's circle problem - YouTube
posted by zengargoyle at 1:23 AM on July 2, 2023 [1 favorite]