Numbers They Don't Teach You In School
AdultsEducationMathNatureScience... There's a strange number system, featured in the work of a dozen Fields Medalists, that helps solve problems that are intractable with real numbers.
This one weird trick will get you infinite gold - Dan Finkel
AdultsHistoryMathPsychologyHumorGaming... A few years ago, the king decided your life would be forfeit unless you tripled the gold coins in his treasury.
The Biggest Project in Modern Mathematics
YouthMathScience Robert Langlands outlined striking conjectures that predicted a correspondence between two objects from completely different fields of math.
The Riddle That Seems Impossible Even If You Know The Answer
AdultsEducationMathScienceProblem-Solving... The 100 Prisoners Riddle feels completely impossible even once you know the answer. This video is sponsored by Brilliant.
Doodle Music
YouthFunMathMusicArt... A visual and musical expression of mathematical symmetry groups.
Moebius Strips
YouthMathScienceEducation Students make Moebius strips and use them to demonstrate the interconnectedness of an environment.
How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented
AdultsHistoryHumanScienceMath... A general solution to the cubic equation was long considered impossible, until we gave up the requirement that math reflect reality.
The Simplest Math Problem No One Can Solve
AdultsEducationHistoryMathScience... The Collatz Conjecture is the simplest math problem no one can solve — it is easy enough for almost anyone to understand but notoriously difficult to solve.
Can you solve the fantasy election riddle? - Dennis E. Shasha
AdultsEducationHumanMathPoliticsSociety... After much debate, the realm has decided dragon jousting may not be the best way to choose its leaders, and has begun transitioning to democracy.