Mathematician REACTS To 'Animation Vs Math' | (Math Explained)

Link to the original Video from Alan Becker
• Animation vs. Math
In this video, watch me REACT to this amazing animation from Alan Becker 💥
This is probably one of the best if not THE BEST math video out there, it covers essential concepts and ideas, as well as a HISTORY of mathematics taking us through multiple ideas and discoveries.
There is so much to unpack in the video, can you comment below with bits we might have missed out???
Enjoy!!!
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[@ShadowMage3D]

First reaction I've seen that caught the tan-wave gun

[@themathemagicchannel]

Pretty powerful gun too!

[@MrAfistinthasky]

16:58 limit at infinity to block tan wave was good.

[@hnogueira94]

even the overanalizing one?

[@kartorrent7496]

@@hnogueira94What channel would that be…?

[@Koipiok]

@@kartorrent7496 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5inlot-iJqei7csi=b6byIxAAlEDCsAHx

[@The_Green_Ghost]

Most people miss Aleph at the end! Finally someone who noticed!

[@themathemagicchannel]

Yes! Hiding in the background :)

[@ppten3350]

i think it is because of there monitor on my one i can see it clearly

[@jdogzerosilverblade299]

i mean most people arent super into math so a lot of people wont know about it. and well American schools don't teach it until college and those are getting worse.

[@DarkestNova556]

@@jdogzerosilverblade299You misunderstood. Most people LITERALLY miss it. As in, they don’t even notice something big is moving back there.

[@jdogzerosilverblade299]

@@DarkestNova556 its harder to see than the others and the bright white with the faded black makes more people focus on them thus they would miss it.

[@JaneXemylixa]

"I never thought in my life that I would say a limit integral was BADASS" - The Chill Zone

[@themathemagicchannel]

😂😂😂

[@TharHtetSan-nf9tu]

Next, Wow that's beautiful, After him my minions and oh, with the radia

[@SunnyKimDev]

20:46 eipi demonstrats his i× "doors" cannot be an exit because if you go through 4 of them, you end up where you started (i^4=1)

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@SunnyKimDev well spotted!

[@Atlasim]

I like how when eiπ appears everyone gets jumpscared

[@themathemagicchannel]

We know the math is about to get more intense 🫣

[@dittl023]

Several mathematicians have reacted to this video. But I think you caught more details than anyone else.

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thank you that's kind of you to say :)

[@FireyDeath4]

Mohamed Mohsen did a video a bit over 2 hours where a group of people analysed most of everything in it, including the big mech expression with the integral staff. You two can look at that if it interests you

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

​@@FireyDeath4Channel?

[@FireyDeath4]

@@jaideepshekhar4621 Mohamed Mohsen

[@FireyDeath4]

@@jaideepshekhar4621 I replied to you but the reply is hidden for some reason. You will have to view the comments on newest-first sort to see it (-_-)

[@kona_powder]

Just wanted to let you know he just released "animation vs geometry"! And I think it would be cool to see you check it out.(He also has an "animation vs physics" too)

[@isuapig6705]

Right? I learned a lot from this video

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@kona_powder I’ll be doing a video for it soon, you guys asked for it so nicely! 😂🫣

[@Pragyan115M]

एक और एक मिलकर दो हो जाए, यह गणित है। एक और एक मिलकर ग्यारह हो जाए, यह संगठन है। एक और एक मिलकर एक ही रहे तो, यह प्यार है। एक और एक मिलकर शून्य हो जाए तो यह अध्यात्म है। एक को एक से मिलने ही न दिया जाए, यह कूटनीति है। एक को एक के विरुद्ध खड़ा कर दिया जाए तो यह राजनीति है। Well these were the quotes in my mind while I saw the thumbnail of this video

[@amyloriley]

If you see this comment, one tip for these kind of videos is, instead of using your arrow keys to go five seconds backwards and trying to pause on the right frame, you can also use the , (comma) and . (point) keys to go one frame back or forth at a time. For helping you to remind which keys they are, these are the keys that when pressing Shift, they type the < (lesser than) and > (greater than) characters.

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thank you for the tip 🙏☺️

[@The_Green_Ghost]

@amyloriley on my keyboard, "shift + ." types ":" and "shift + ," types ";"

[@amyloriley]

@@The_Green_Ghost Yeah, around the world, people use different keyboards. On US-International QWERTY, my example counts. Your keypresses at KZbin for , and . should still work though.

[@The_Green_Ghost]

@@amyloriley yeah it makes sense

[@Iamnotahumanish]

24:22 for some context, this stickman usually lives in the animator's (Alan) computer. So it was like bro got sent to the world that only have numbers. He self-taught himself maths and fight e just like people in the past who don't believe in imaginary numbers. That's why when he put the multiply sign on his foot he run faster, because he multiplied the frame rate number on his foot.

[@themathemagicchannel]

😂 that makes a lot more sense

[@bakawaki]

"he's shooting his terms!" love it!

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@bakawaki 😂

[@SuperOriginal]

The black dimension = the real numbers The white dimension = the imaginary numbers The portal at the end didn't bring him back to the real numbers, it brought him back to his home dimension (Alan Becker's computer) Or it brought him to Animation vs Physics (next video), but that's just a theory

[@themathemagicchannel]

It’s a good theory 😅 thanks for sharing

[@a.n.9800]

I really enjoyed your explanations for this! You clearly enjoyed explaining it and that makes it so fun. You caught some stuff I hadn’t seen other reactors catch yet, I appreciate the new context even if I don’t understand it all myself.

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thanks so much, your positivity means a lot, appreciate it 🙏☺️

[@Skycl4w]

"Get me back to real numbers"....yeah, that was I was thinking too when I learned about them.

[@themathemagicchannel]

😅 fair comment

[@jenniferearnshaw]

We loved this! The context you give is so interesting and really enhanced our enjoyment of the original (incredible!) animation.

[@themathemagicchannel]

Hi Jennifer, fancy meeting you here! 😅 Thank you for the very kind feedback ☺️🙏

[@Jake_the_Brick]

At 5:05, it seems that your first two equations are conflicting. You might've missed/added a negative somewhere in there. Great video!

[@themathemagicchannel]

Yes I messed that up 😅 obviously not the right equation sorry 🙏

[@SunnyKimDev]

When the tan wave bullet collides with the eipi's, for a preif second you can see the shape |○ flash which represents the **tangent** on the unit circle on point (-1, 0) which would correspond e^ipi on the complex plane. And since f(x) = 9tan(pi*x) the eipis are reduced to 0.

[@themathemagicchannel]

I was wondering why they just get disintegrated, nice observation 😊

[@jewels2004]

cool tip for trying to catch tiny moments in youtube videos, if you press the comma and period buttons on your keyboard, you will move back and forward one frame respectively

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@jewels2004 thank you I’ll try it for animation vs geometry 🫣

[@isuapig6705]

You should check out his “animation vs physics” video and his “animation vs geometry” video that just came out not too long ago

[@themathemagicchannel]

Yes! 😊 will do that thanks

[@lnterest-ing]

the part with the gamma function at the end, i think the intent is that the series is a container of circles at higher dimensions, but when i is readded it all cancels out to -1, sending orange who knows where (i mean, i guess we know now with the newest video)

[@themathemagicchannel]

Nicely spotted! 🎉

[@barefootalien]

I adore the joy as a mathematician watches this!

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@barefootalien it was quite fun to watch yes, thanks for the positivity 🌅🙏

[@barefootalien]

@@themathemagicchannel We need more! I'm always scouring YT for mathematically fluent reactors watching this, but there are a shockingly small number! I was thrilled to find another!

[@bastianlaursen5086]

In case you want to pause on "blink and you'll miss it" moments in the future, you can skip one frame backwards/forwards with the comma/dot keys.

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thank you for pointing that out, I’ll try this next time ☺️🙏

[@FireyDeath4]

Terkoiz wrote the story for this. They also made a sequel called Animation VS Physics which he also wrote, and has some more obvious errors (lol). There might be more sequels in the future, according to a discussion Alan had. In other videos, this character also has adventures in a digital environment with four other stick figures including Alan's computer, Minecraft, some consoles and more

[@themathemagicchannel]

The writer is pretty ingenious, amazing piece of work 🎉

[@ultimaxkom8728]

Wait what?! Terkoiz wrote it? That's amazing!

[@designportfolio]

Would love to see your reaction and explanation on Animation vs. physics as well please 🙏🏼

[@themathemagicchannel]

Hi! Sorry I’ll stick to mathematics 😅🙏

[@z0ck3r]

i love how we discovered e^i π bofore division and multiplication

[@SerrotBelac]

This must be what the great minds before imagine in their head

[@jessybelike]

so this is why i did university level calculus... not for grocery price calculation but to be entertained by stick man

[@themathemagicchannel]

To get your mathematical mind to achieve its potential and get a glimpse into the type of math humanity uses on the daily 😅🫣

[@themathemagicchannel]

And to enjoy stickman doing his thing of course 😂

[@FireAndBilly]

The thing at the background,the big shadow,IS "Alpeh" You are right. (i copied it from a other comment on a other video lololol)

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thanks for confirming 😅

[@gavdownes100]

That was really sum monster

[@themathemagicchannel]

Punderful😂

[@l3m0n_b01]

You can use the "," and "." Keys to go forward and back frame by frame

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thank you so much, I’ll make sure to use that 🙏☺️

[@haibatanful]

I’m not even interested neither knowledgeable in maths but your video was still really fun to watch so thank you👍

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@haibatanful thank you so much 🙏

[@ringding1000]

A thing that I haven't seen anyone notice - at about 7:35 - Stick man shows his plus sign like it's a cross. This I think is reference the middle age Christian Church's ties to mathematics as a fair number of mathematicians of the time were clergy.

[@themathemagicchannel]

Yes looks like a strong religious moment in the video 🫣

[@TerrelleCheers1]

Nobody noticed Ω huh? Absolute infinity

[@tekbox7909]

huh? where

[@SquahBrackah_M_SquahBrackah]

Where's omega in the video?

[@walterroche8192]

Near the end. 90% gray on black.

[@tekbox7909]

@@walterroche8192 Yeah I just don't see it. Can you give a timestamp?

[@TerrelleCheers1]

​@@tekbox7909 everything that's black ⚫️ = [Ω]

[@2045-z6o]

a teeny tiny mistake at 4:42 . you have a + where you need to have a - sign :)

[@themathemagicchannel]

🫣

[@heinzaw422]

U r the first reactor talk about that when he use gamma function to send stickman to a realworld

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thank you that’s so kind of you 🙏☺️

[@jackcraftsolar]

Underrated Channel! How Do You Have 774 Subscribers, You Need More!

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@jackcraftsolar thank you these things take time!

[@happygood18]

Could you clearly explain why there is no solution to the given equation? Why can't real numbers or complex numbers satisfy the equation? The equation: 1/(x-2) = 3/(x+2) - 6x/(x-2)(x+2) Or, {1/(x-2)} = {3/(x+2)} - [{6x}/{(x-2)(x+2)}]

[@themathemagicchannel]

Which equation are you referring to in the video?

[@happygood18]

@@themathemagicchannel It's not related to this video. But I just want to know. The equation is given in my first comment. Kindly check.

[@c.jishnu378]

Bro you missed that multiplying by -1 sent e^iπ towards him instead of away him and multiplying himself sent him to the other side of the circle in the complex "graph".

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@c.jishnu378 nice observation 🌅👍

[@WatcherObsi]

I have thoroughly enjoyed so many mathematicians and math nerds reacting to this animation! I'm so glad someone noticed the tan-wave gun, it took me a second watch to understand it but it's really neat how much they pack into this one animation. It's really easy to miss, but when he's pulling a number out of another, if you go frame-by-frame, you can see that the connecting points is an equal sign! It's a lot more noticeable when he pulls out a 1 since the stickman struggles a bit, but its a really neat easter egg. Also I think what's going on with the square portion with all the ones is that it's connecting back to 1+1+... [on to infinity] and it's just showing those 1+1 equaling the number being squared [in this case, 4], and each 'layer' of 1+1's is another portion of the power, all adding up to equal what that equation would equal. They did this in the multiplication portion too, just a lot easier to understand.

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@WatcherObsi well spotted!

[@LeviathanTamer31]

Something to help for future videos, if you're on desktop, you can use , and . to go backwards and forward frame by frame on a video so that you don't pause and start and pause and start hoping you land on the right frame.

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@LeviathanTamer31 thanks I’ll try that next time 🙏

[@phanquan9470]

NOW, GEOMETRY

[@themathemagicchannel]

I’ll check it out :)

[@julianr.82]

Why is it that when the infinity tan is shot at eiπ, and he uses a limit, it becomes an integral from 0 to infinity?

[@graveyardshift6691]

It's basically a numerical arms race at that point. e tries to overwhelm TSC (orange stickman) with a sheer number of allies. TSC upgrades to the function gun to hold them off but starts to get overwhelmed. TSC can't produce symbols like e can out of nowhere because 'he's not part of this reality'. So he has to work with what he can get his hands on. When he swipes the infinity symbol to upgrade to infinity tan he basically creates the mathematical version of the BFG 9000 and just starts going full doomslayer. e realizing the danger this 'yeetus deletus' weapon presents, creates the integral from 0 to infinity after producing the 'mecha' that represents the mathmatical formula to define integrals. Since the integral basically defines 0-infinity, it becomes the perfect defense since it can actually define the value of infinity even though infinity has no real value. Remember that the weapons and ammo they shoot are actual values. Just like the 'sword fight' in the beginning between -1 and +1 they're locked in stalemate until e goes -4 and breaks TSC's +1 and TSC has to keep replacing the 1 until the value of e's -4 finally hit's 0 and breaks. In this case the infinity tan is blasting the value of 'infinity' and e needs a counter value to defend against it. Hence the integral with a limit of 0 to infinity.

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@graveyardshift6691nicely explained, that makes sense 😅

[@DemonSliime]

Just for future videos, you can move the video forward and backward frame by frame by using the period and the comma keys on your keyboard.

[@themathemagicchannel]

😂 thank you, sorry if that bothered you (not a pro at KZbin for sure)

[@DemonSliime]

@@themathemagicchannel not bothered. I didn’t know until a few weeks ago and apparently it’s been a feature for years. Just passing along somehing I learned.

[@Ryvaken]

Wait you can what with the what now? ... AWESOME.

[@DemonSliime]

@@Ryvaken Learn something new everyday.

[@The-Kon-Man]

Hey there! Alan becker posted another one like this but its about Geometry! Hope you check it out.

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@The-Kon-Man oh I’ll check it out thank you!

[@schoolrulez]

Awesome video!

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thanks!

[@Coldcolor900]

Alan Becker just released Animation vs Geometry, you should watch that too

[@themathemagicchannel]

I will thanks!

[@reload2832]

10:39 its refering to the parametric equations for a circle

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@reload2832 well spotted!

[@apples_aden]

you can use the dot and comma on the keyboard to go back or forward frame by frame when you want to find any details in the video that youve missed out! 6:46

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thank you I’ll do that for animation vs geometry 😅

[@HAJDog247]

Just a few days ago, a newly released video came out called "Animation vs Geometry"! Looking forward for your reaction to that 😊

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@HAJDog247 I think I have to right?

[@HAJDog247]

@@themathemagicchannel Definitely!

[@tekbox7909]

Really hope you'll also take a look at the physics and geometry videos from Alan Becker

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@tekbox7909 yes! I think geometry will be next 🫣

[@MegaFootDude]

This may have already been mentioned, but you can go forward or back in a youtube video frame by frame with , and .

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@MegaFootDude thank you 🙏☺️

[@ralfbauerfeind8236]

This is about the fourth time I have seen this animation - each commented by someone else. And although within this comment was quite a few things others didn't see (like the Aleph function and the explanation abour group of well ordered...) I am sure there is even more hidden that nobody but the creator thought of. 😊

[@ВадимЛукомский-ъ1ь]

4:24 - It's not even infinity. "X/0 = infinity" only exists in limits theory, where zero is actually a number that is infinitely close to real zero and could be negative

[@_catzee]

Instead of rapidly pausing and unpausing, you can use the , and . keys to advance the video by 1 frame +/- ^w^

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thank you for letting me know, I’m not a pro at KZbin :) just learning the ropes 🙏

[@_catzee]

@@themathemagicchannel No problem! Lately it seems to malfunction all the time, but it still serves its purpose. And while I'm writing this might as well say, I really enjoyed this video, thank you! Usually I don't care about reaction videos, but for something math related I can make an exception, and in this case I'm glad I did!

[@jvillain9946]

There are no "hidden meanings". Its just algebra with a sprinkle of calculus. Either you know it your you don't

[@themathemagicchannel]

It’s just presented in an unusual way perhaps

[@jaisaljoon9656]

3:50 is what i am learning in class 8 right now! Well explained but! It was wonderful to see so many big numbers and errr the errr eulers theory? Welp i guess i will learn it in a couple years😀

[@PixyzPrism]

You explained everything perfectly in this video which I have not seen in any of the other reactions by far. Good job!

[@themathemagicchannel]

That’s kind of you to say, thank you 🙏☺️

[@sheepcommander_]

nice! this one is actually the most entertaining one I've seen!

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@sheepcommander_ thank you!

[@Piemur1]

A thing you can do to progress time better if you want to catch a particular frame you wanted to see type "," (comma) and "." (period) to progress or rewind a youtube video one frame at a time (or think of it as using < and >). Hope this helps!

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thanks yes will try next time 🙏☺️

[@Player-fg4ub]

they should have made the ending where the stickman multiplies everything by 0, shows how everything is tied down to real numbers and destroying the entire universe including himself

[@themathemagicchannel]

That would have been interesting 😮

[@walterroche8192]

* sigh * If math was actually related to the everyday like this was maybe I would've cared about higher math...

[@themathemagicchannel]

It’s never too late to enjoy it, even just through videos like this or single ideas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ good luck!

[@uheldigehelt]

I just happen to finish Math at B level and happy to understand 80-85% of this video :D

[@themathemagicchannel]

Awesome 🎉😊

[@manjushapeddi1015]

21:35 you I’m talking to the creator of this video he gone to alens computer with his friends and alen

[@themathemagicchannel]

Yes! 😅

[@Nitram4392]

My favourite part is the representation of what a squared number is. It's very intuitive.

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@Nitram4392 that whole exponent section is real genius 🔥

[@ernstboyd8745]

how does he do complex numbers BEFORE multiplication? seems odd

[@themathemagicchannel]

is that a pun?

[@michaelgum97]

Question, would you want to see a software that lets you interact with numbers and equations as shown in the animation?

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@michaelgum97 that would be pretty cool 😅

[@rammsteinrulz16]

This whole time I thought Aleph was the Nth dimension. Kinda looks like a big N.

[@themathemagicchannel]

🫣

[@kaydenlimpert2779]

at 4:59 i saw that apparently a^2+b^2+2ab is (a+b)^2 and a^2+b^2-ab being the same as (a+b)^2, that would mean 2ab=-2ab which is only true if a or b is 0 but a or b can be any numbers which would mean every number is equal to it's negative so that's a mistake (a-b)^2=a^2+b^2-2ab

[@themathemagicchannel]

Yes it’s a typo sorry :)

[@kaydenlimpert2779]

@@themathemagicchannel it's ok

[@ti_psy_]

Wait I finally understand everything of Animation VS. Math? Oh wow thanks I didn't notice tan-wave gun until this time Perfect reaction video 🎉

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@ti_psy_ thank you! Really appreciate the comment ☺️🙏

[@iamspringtrap223]

It is definitely Aleph, in the back

[@themathemagicchannel]

Yes :)

[@Nadyagrenth]

It was incredibly fun to watch your reaction.

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thank you for the really kind comment ☺️ very happy you enjoyed it!

[@RainJin]

Amazing commentary

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@RainJin awww man thanks so much, really appreciate the support ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@Pizzaspeedrunner]

tsc has friends that increase the circle R i Pi

[@themathemagicchannel]

We all need friends like that 😅

[@zachrodan7543]

The big aleph in the back is absolutely a shadowy ghost of a behemoth.

[@zachrodan7543]

More specifically, a countably infinite behemoth

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@zachrodan7543 maybe group theory regulates all our mathematical rules 🫣🔥

[@Zaximillian]

I love the concept of sets. For me, sets link up terms, functions, and all sorts of number theories.

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@Zaximillian absolutely, it all comes down to ‘the world’ in which we can operate

[@ellaasarebb8064]

its the imaginary universe

[@themathemagicchannel]

Amazing isn’t it 😅

[@ranarameez3458]

sshooting EM waves

[@themathemagicchannel]

😂😂😂 powerful stuff

[@StefanVeenstra]

Stickman leaving = -1

[@themathemagicchannel]

We want him back! 😅

[@sergeykopylov652]

you explain us nothing!

[@themathemagicchannel]

I’m sorry buddy, I tried my best. Thanks for watching 😢

[@sergeykopylov652]

@@themathemagicchannel no, you didn't..your best. You just watched the cartoon and enjoyed good animations and math ideas

[@toddoverholt4556]

5:48 A cool thing here is that the 5th dimensional matrix of 1s makes a matrix of larger 1s

[@themathemagicchannel]

Nice observation thanks for sharing here

[@clairelauseng2593]

I think you would like the animation vs. geometry.

[@themathemagicchannel]

I just made a video for it, go check it out please let me know what you think 😅

[@ChrysanthemumQwerty]

5:08 excuse me? Why the first two lines aren't equal?

[@themathemagicchannel]

It’s an error 😅

[@dogdrovenorth]

_Please_ don't break maths, stick man.

[@themathemagicchannel]

🥲

[@miguel-x8789]

∞ Σ(iπ)" n = 0 n!

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thank you for sharing 😊

[@abshariadam]

Interesting video ❤

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thank you so much for your kind words 😊

[@user-pr6ed3ri2k]

Most people don't notice that programmer 6/0 doesn't result in an error

[@tekbox7909]

Why is that? I did notice that but no clue why

[@user-pr6ed3ri2k]

@@tekbox7909 In programming languages I know of, n/0 is designed to output ±inf depending on the sign of n, or NaN in the case of 0/0

[@user-pr6ed3ri2k]

It seems that they decided to make it output nothing instead of infinity

[@themathemagicchannel]

Thanks for sharing

[@johankaewberg8162]

The Functor gun is so awesome.

[@고양이-v6t2j]

I understood up to 1+1

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@고양이-v6t2j 😅 hopefully the video helped as well :)

[@GourangaPL]

waiting for animation vs geometry

[@themathemagicchannel]

@@GourangaPL yes! Roger that