Math for cats

This video covers math for cats including how to find the purrfect cat to add to your family, how cats can find the best spot to sleep and the divine geometry of a sleeping cat.
I look at optimal stopping, Gittin's (kittens) Index and Furrbonacci numbers.
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My Gittin's Index table is from chapter 2 of the book "Algorithms to live by", by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths.

[@tibees]

In loving memory of Grumpy Cat ❤️

[@devonbrockhaus6554]

It shouldn't be Ketchup, it should be CATsup! =^.^=

[@nastyritik]

Tibees you are so pretty

[@KAIZORIANEMPIRE]

also you should make a video on shroedingers cat video ..

[@bodhi9869]

best tribute for grumpy cat

[@AgainstThisWorld]

That's a catnacci

[@theCodyReeder]

Toby officially wins the internet.

[@adamblomberg]

Hi Cody, nice to see you here!

[@annoyingkittycat6449]

Hey I saw you in the comment section of one of Styropyro’s vids

[@leredrasscul]

cringe

[@12345shipreck]

As a cat, I found this very interesting

[@jibraniqbal9315]

As a fellow cat, I thought the video was purr-fect.

[@DanteHellDrive]

this is going in my catalogue

[@chrisallen9509]

Meow

[@RogerBarraud]

... or *did* you?

[@scottaseigel5715]

As a Dutch elm, I’m still unconvinced that mathematical intelligence exists outside of kingdom plantae.

[@stevethecatcouch6532]

Teaching math to cats is dangerous. Mine learned to multiply.

[@danielcobbins9050]

Even worse, mine learned Calculus.

[@99bits46]

damn, that's some quantum shit right there

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

@@danielcobbins9050 At least it didn't learn to use a tin opener.

[@dirt3554]

Mine is solving quantum mechanics.... A CAT

[@SunriseFireberry]

Multiply OK, but at least not exponentially.

[@analarmingnumberofbees4571]

Not personally a cat myself, but I'm sure many of my friends (who _are_ cats) would appreciate this.

[@tanvikhare9710]

:)

[@zanemadison7642]

this channel is honestly the most chill thing on the internet

[@RichMitch]

Let's be frank here, it's not a high bar

[@henrifischer1119]

using cats as clickbait, works every time

[@jibraniqbal9315]

Today is a sad day tho :( Grumpy cat has died

[@unfetteredparacosmian]

@@jibraniqbal9315 F

[@henrifischer1119]

@@jibraniqbal9315 that is very sad news. I'm sorry for your loss. The other two cats will need time to get over losing their companion as well.

[@sweet_firefox]

using Toby as clickbait, you probably meant . And yes, it works every time :3

[@Djentstructer]

Tibees is actually a cat that's evolved into an intellectual human being by using maths.

[@garyloewenthal]

A cat would consider that a modest downgrade, but still pretty good.

[@AlinsieventualCalin]

She is amazing. She is not only very intelligent but also a brilliant communicator and a very pleasant person. That's a very rare combination of qualities.

[@Charlie092]

Tibee's videos are so innocent you just feel guitly for not liking it.

[@marmikthakore7480]

Just like her.

[@bruhmoment3466]

I know right I personally can’t like it because I like songs and sort of have a playlist

[@nikhil96_]

Nima N. U bich

[@Charlie092]

@@bruhmoment3466 you can save those videos in a separate folder. Click on the list icon below the video and you can save it to a specific folder with give names. Edit: it says "save" if you're on phone.

[@bruhmoment3466]

Nima N. Thank you so much, now I shall give this an epic like!

[@ChiragKava]

When she smiles Ice in my freezer melts!!

[@dcpack]

Damn, THAT"S what happened to my ice...

[@SillieWous]

Another reason not to buy one of those internet fridges.

[@darkbunglex]

Well maybe your freezer has a crush on her

[@martm216]

Lovely comment Owl. Couldn't put it better myself, or even half as well. Which leaves me feeling miffed as I'm supposed to be a humourist and a writer. Toby is a truly lovely girl. And she has brains!

[@wallybaldemor8523]

Amy adam’s smile

[@fitradical]

Toby is the Bob Ross of mathematics :D

[@commentsanitizer7929]

Ikr

[@davetheminion6653]

ketchup will one day solve the riemann hypothesis

[@trueriver1950]

ketchup intended to verify Furcat's theorem, but the kitten was too small to contain the proof

[@RogerBarraud]

@@trueriver1950 Not enough room in the Meeowwgin...

[@AB-qc6du]

I am very anxious about math and your content makes me feel so much more at ease with it. You'll probably save me from failing my math related courses just because of displaying a fearless relationship with this field. Thank you so much!

[@BraveInstance]

This is the sort of wholesome content that I subscribed for.

[@someguywhocanfly]

Can't do much better than cats, math, and the incredible wholesomeness Toby exudes.

[@StarWarsBeatle]

"put our thinking Cats on?" Hahaha

[@RogerBarraud]

And unpack our tool kitties.

[@gibsonj5035]

Both of my cats enjoyed it very much. I can tell because neither Shelly or Buba hopped up and ran off at any time. I believe they both did have some interest in meeting your cats. When they would see your cats they would focus on the screen. I told them your cats were far across the ocean. It seemed to calm them. Enjoyed it!

[@alkeryn1700]

How could anyone dislike such soothing videos

[@demopem]

1:35 "... put our thinking-cats on..." :)

[@niranjanarunkshirsagar]

Your videos are always incredible! You communicate great things in very creative ways. You have immense potential to become a successful theoretical physicist.

[@ButtonedUpBailey]

I invited my cat to watch this video with me! He didn’t learn anything, but I sure did!

[@rahulvidhate23]

Nice traditional blackboard 👍 Also love the cat faces 1:18

[@rodrigosuarezcastano732]

Your joy of mathematics videos are definitely my favorite ones, perfect excuse to sit back and relax and enjoy a video while learning something new

[@bartherrijgers]

This is probably the best dating advice I've ever heard ;)

[@johnrose8145]

You did say FURbonacci sequence, right? Love it. Also, fascinated by the 37% rule, especially as it's 1/e. I'll definitely check this out further (which is, I guess, the whole point!). Love your videos, love your cats, keep up the good work.

[@LittleBF]

I decided a couple of years ago to not engage myself in math. but Tibees your calming voice makes me want to tap your video and hear your voice for a few seconds.

[@sploofmcsterra4786]

Great vid as always Tibees! Not super relevant to this vid but as a third year physics undergrad also studying in Australia, I just wanted to say I think you tell a lot of deep truths that many physicist hopefuls should know but rarely are able to. Not about physics, but about the realities and hardships of studying physics. I've only watched a few of your videos so far, but your comments on the flaws of the uni system, needing to study with friends, our misconceptions about the path to becoming physicists, are all really spot on. Your point about wanting to learn more things than specializing in one area of physics would allow also really resonated with me. It's really nice to hear someone echo the thoughts or more refined versions of the thoughts I've been having, and knowing I'm not alone. After all, why should I feel bad for facing these issues if someone as talented as you faced them too? I think my main issue right now is trying to find the motivation to study strong. I believe that to be motivated to do work, one important ingredient you need is continuous feedback on your performance. Unlike in (Aussie at least) school, the "feedback" on questions is a lot rarer, due to how much longer the questions take (as well as a lot of time floundering trying to find the tricks to the problem) and often not even knowing if you did the questions correctly. And if you're spending most of the time doing assignments, unless you've got "show that" questions or are really certain of your math, you won't get that feedback for weeks. This is especially demotivating if you cruised through school and never had to deal with something like this (even scoring in the top 0.4 percent in the state in high school physics, I now seem to be below average in my uni cohort). This has formed a bit of a negative feedback loop for me where I become demotivated and thus understand less and thus become more demotivated, but hopefully I can break out of it eventually! Or maybe I'm just not cut out for physics after all. Nevertheless, videos like this one are great at helping me find motivation by reminding me of what drew me to physics in the first place!

[@alexseguin5245]

Interesting point about not getting enough feedback, which makes me realize that's definitely something missing from school in general. To make an analogy, if you were to program an AI that is a neural network that is given an assignment of learning to execute a specific task, you would want to give it feedback as often as possible so it corrects itself and learns quicker. The same is true for humans. Whenever you try to solve a problem, you should be given feedback immediately to see if you are executing the task correctly and not have to wait for an arbitrary deadline.

[@sploofmcsterra4786]

@@alexseguin5245 yeah exactly. We are going to take longer to learn and solve problems if feedback is scarce. Obviously we shouldnt be hand-held, but we need to be able to accurately know where to put or efforts in. And we are biologically wired to stop pursuing tasks where we don't receive feedback, because our brain interprets it as a lack of progress.

[@davevanhooijdonk7193]

My almost 4 year old son absolutely loves math and letters and adores this video. Thank you for making this. I am looking forward to him understanding and recognizing more and more as his math skills improve.

[@catsymousie7611]

I wish there was KZbin 30 some years back then, I wish I could watch your videos 30 years back then ... I probably wouldn't have dropped out maths from uni. Gees, I am now a 50 years old mom, feeling the joy of mathematics all over again because of your videos! It's really amazing, never could have imagined, from another side of the world.

[@gtweak7]

Your videos are so charming and kind of relieving... Thank you for your work.

[@brahulrao4441]

youre so genuine and humble ...youre just.... i dont have a word to explain you 😭😭

[@CRM_Lotha]

Me: No one in this world will ever ever ever make math fun for me! Tibees: Huld Me Euler Beer! 🍻

[@muiz4444]

How about Yashwin from asia got talent😉

[@bningthouja7103]

Finally Tibees merch!! Ketchup is adorable.

[@fz1000red]

It always cracks me up seeing my kitty doing the butt wiggle and launch thing to attack some imaginary creature. 😁

[@DEPARTMENTOFREDUNDANCYDEPT]

My cats and I found this to be delightful. Thank you for improving my day,

[@KaizenSteelDrums]

I can't get enough of these videos.

[@YouTubeCatEngineer]

I adopted an old diabetic cat nobody wanted. I saw him in a shelter alone. He looked so sad and I had experience with diabetic cats so I adopted him. It was more about the way I could best improve the life of a cat not what was best for me. He was so glad to have a home. He only lived for a year after I adopted him but it was a good last year.

[@DementedButtHole]

The OG cat engineer himself! Seems like every engineer on yt visits the Tibees channel, myself included.

[@davidbordenkircher1939]

Quickly has become my favorite channel. :)

[@IanAbelC]

It requires a great deal of observation to create something like this. Just beautiful. Thank you!

[@Intrafacial86]

You are adorable and wholesome beyond all reason. I don't know if you have someone special in your life, but, if you do, then I hope they treat you like the precious treasure you are.

[@pnutdraws]

fibonacci spiral or the Brachistocrone curve has always fascinated me,would be really cool if you made videos on root 1,2,3 rectangles !

[@julialovesgfriend]

These are always so good. And very interesting, which is saying a lot considering for the most part I think math is the most uninteresting thing of all - you make it a lot more fun though

[@liljonbonjovi2006]

I read 'Meth for cats', still not disappointed

[@mymath1313]

seriously fibonnaci numbers gives such a nice analysis of the environment around us...nice video👏👏👏

[@jesuscanplayguitar1214]

I can honestly say I’ve been waiting all week for this, and I am not disappointed

[@tombufford136]

Real world mathematics I think this reduces to, with sound mathematical principles to make decisions on options made available. You really do win us over with your thoughtful explanations.

[@xploit811]

One of the best math&cat videos I have seen.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

First time viewer chiming in! I don't know why this was in my recommended feed but I like it. Cats and mathematics; cathematics! 😀

[@jorgec98]

I found everything about this video to be very cute. The math is nice, the cats are pretty and everything about Toby is just cute. Herself, her enthusiasm, etc.

[@fafablablabla]

My little kitten, Bellatrix fell asleep watching this. A great video for cats, thanks for upload it.

[@TheWhiteWolf_bf2lm1]

The small caterpillar casually going up in front of you was funny hahahaha

[@Buddlebot]

Wakes up in morning with my cat sleeping on me. Turns on KZbin and this the video that pop up. Morning math meowtics.

[@MovieMakes]

Hey T! Most excellent explanation I have ever heard. I have 2 cats Garfield and Maddie.

[@eJohndoe]

Cats have evolved quite aesthetically.

[@benheideveld4617]

This cat math is highly practicable. 10 points for usefulness in ordinary life. I wish I had had this kind of math in high school. I mean dump the cat meme and you are left with a lesson for life. And my daughter would be envious of that (eternal golden) braid.

[@idiotbassist6423]

I've had a bad day and this made it all worth it. Thank you

[@alexia3552]

Okay I'm officially paranormally impressed by the youtube algorithm, I was falling asleep last night thinking how I wanted to find your videos again but had forgotten your channel name and I'm subbed to like 3000 channels because I have no self control so I was like "huh, maybe I'll do that thing where you talk to your phone and wait for the keyword scrubbing trojans to summon what I want. What keywords should I use... :falls asleep: " and lo and behold, here I open youtube and only a few clicks in, here's your channel. It's a 4 year old video, it's not even like it's pushing new content as it should for a subscription. IT READ MY MIND I s2g STOP IT GOOGLE

[@koaoi9172]

this is what i needed tibees lol

[@Jason-io2vy]

Wow, your ASMR is strong. I feel like I should be paying you for sleep therapy.

[@akshayendra]

Lovely ginger cats! They are so calm and happy around you..

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

16 dogs have viewed this video. Okay, more like 1600 dogs, since only 1% of dogs would be smart enough to figure out how to click the thumbs down button...

[@PianistSeb]

Thank you, this is exactly what I needed!

[@cruzanmongoose]

What do cats drink?? Why of course Catatonic..

[@tombufford136]

Nice to watch this again, Toby, like the T_shirt, you look wonderful !

[@nehemiahalvarado1209]

Tibees is my #wcw keep up the good work!

[@Beyblade0battles]

help my cat has learned calculus and just proved the Theory of Everything he's gonna take over the world run :P Amazing video as always Tibees, keep it up!

[@vinodsaw5377]

After a long time dear I got to hear your voice again. Really u r great. ;)

[@jordan101096]

5:19 I was surprised with my kitten as a gift but luckily he is the best one!❤❤❤

[@Aevix88]

This is so wholesome, I love it

[@disasterarea9341]

just remembered this video... the section in the middle about the kitten's index I realised is applicable to a problem at the place I work at, haha. So now I've given my boss an excuse to watch a cat video at work (this one of course)...

[@Galaxycheetah]

Thanks for the upload. I love the shirt

[@DavidCodyPeppers.]

It's a weird video to say the present at the present, but why not...I am so glad you are feeling better. You are a fantastic artist. Peace! \o/

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

AAAAAAH!!! THAT SHIRT!!!!! Couldn't buy it fast enough! Ketchup is adorable in a klein cap! My keyboard is now stick with the exclamation point as the only available punctuation mark due to kitty cuteness!!!

[@tibees]

Thanks!!

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

@@tibees No, thank You for making it! And to Ketchup for being an adorable little pumpkin murderfloof worthy of turning in to a T-shirt! (And thanks to Henry and Skittles for existing.)

[@jacke.6026]

Toby, your cats are adorable and the math actually made sense. [JAN 16 2021]

[@A2022Art]

I do not understand your language, but I subscribe to your channel and I enjoy watching you :)

[@maube8007]

Wish I'd had this kind of Math teacher in school. So much better than the usual "Solve the problems, show your work, eat a soda cracker with no water. Isn't Math fun?"

[@thecliff802]

I'm dying from the cuteness of Ketchup!

[@bipedalbob]

I did not know that the study of probabilities was in the realm of physics, but then really there is not much I do know about physics. But she explains things so well I am able to understand what she's saying.

[@deradler3261]

You have a very calming voice

[@KatzenworldCoUk]

thanks for uploading this!

[@philweight3480]

My cat Pickle enjoyed this very much.

[@bDwS27]

Ketchup is an absolute mad lad!

[@siddharthadatta7198]

Cats have always inspired mathematicians or physicists, for example Schroedinger‘ s cat (although hypothetical); Nice video to explain very interesting things.

[@EwanGamingnintendoclubcouk]

I love this video!

[@dhivyashivaniraviselvan1666]

Why choose the best cat when you can take them all

[@gagandeepsingh7789]

Damn...zero dislikes. Please let it be this way.

[@paulduff2860]

You have a very soothing voice 😊

[@LabhayamSharma007]

The reflectiveness of the blackboard is far better than my mirror.

[@AdonanS]

I don't have a cat; probably never will-I still remember the last one that scratched me over a decade ago-but I learned something, so thanks.

[@alexfright8217]

So much excellent punnage in this vid!

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

awwww this video melts my heart ^_^

[@FuriousTedyBear]

Tibees vibe is like a loving mothers, it gives me absolute bliss and comfort. I can peacefully fall asleep to her videos (in a good way), with a smile.

[@jeremylynwood3604]

This is helpful in many areas of life

[@iSee109]

I noticed cats sleeping in the Fibonacci style when I visited Peru. I had never seen it before my travels.

[@rogerhwerner6997]

The golden mean or Phi figures in an enormous number of famous works of art; whether purposefully or accidental. Cool video!

[@samarnadra]

All 3 of my cats decided on their own to come watch the video. My oldest, Angel, was offended at the idea of getting more cats and gave me a dirty look. Their favorite part was how to find the best sleeping spot. The two younger ones went to implement that while Angel practiced her golden spiral on the bed in what is already the perfect spot.

[@bristolmollard2775]

Loved the video! I live with 8 cats (!). By the way: they all loved it, too! ;)

[@thehapagirl92]

Omg your shirt is adorable

[@Fudmottin]

Hannah Fry showed the exact same algorithm for picking the best human mate.

[@GiovannaIwishyou]

And toilet :D