Every Dark Scandal in Math

[@8MinutesExplainer]

So refreshing to see a video without a pointless intro. 👍

[@plyiz]

Thanks for making this video. But, I have three problems with it. The first is about the Library of Alexandria. Many myths surround it, including that the burning ended it and that it was a great waste of mathematical knowledge. This is not true; defunding caused the end of the library, and it did not contain a lot of mathematical and scientific knowledge, the library contained literature primarily poetry, so it should not be classified as a mathematical scandal but a literary one, also the library containing about forty to fifty thousand scrolls. The myths about the library came largely from an 18th-century writer Edward Gibbon. The second way is on the irrational murder of Hippasus, the problem with this is the lack of credibility of this story, if you want to give you more historical resources just reply. The third one is about Cantor, his mathematics indeed met opposition, but that wasn't the sole reason for his breakdown, we really don't know much about it, but it was most likely that he had genetic problems and other problems, also he dealt with his depression fine. Also, I have been watching your videos for some time, did you study/or studying mathematics

[@mickeyspanish9709]

I'd say the possible loss of many of the works of Archimedes (which were highly likely to be in there since his connection to Eratosthenes) alone classifies a mathematical scandal, but with the possible loss of Egyptian and Babylonian astronomy and the works of Aristarchus it was a disaster for math. A disaster all around of course with the loss of Greek plays and philosophy, and Etruscan and Carthaginian History, super bums me out.

[@mirabilis]

Pi is much closer to 3.1416 than 3.1415.

[@idonothavealife]

right, because the 6th digit of pi is 9

[@gabrielamaral978]

hummm... fine, kinda makes me angry tho

[@mickeyspanish9709]

Yeah, That's what your mom said last night

[@markosth09]

You missed some important info in the Tartaglia vs Cardano story. Del Ferro was the first one to solve the depressed cubic (without bx^2 term) but had kept it a secret which he later passed down to his student. Tartaglia later independently discovered the same method and initially kept it a secret. However he later agreed to share it with Cardano under oath. Cardano discovered the general solution to the cubic but he couldn’t publish it. He later found Del Ferro’s notebooks and used his method to publish his general solution crediting both Del Ferro and Tartaglia for their contributions. However Tartaglia was enraged with this and accused him of breaking their oath. Also L’Hôpital published his book containing Bernoulli’s discovery anonymously and never claimed credit, but he ended up being credited anyways.

[@irek9]

I think you merged Andre Bloch and Felix Bloch into one 😊

[@darkcurleyfriedfried1545]

First of all, great video. I once had a pointless discussion about whether to write L'Hôpital or L'Hospital, but as I understand it, both spellings are correct.

[@bilkishchowdhury8318]

Also Cantor was accused of polytheism, by a bishop because he thought only God can be infinite. But Cantor convinced him that transfinite number were also under God's supervision

[@gabrielamaral978]

lol

[@MichaelRothwell1]

Thanks for this really good informative video! I suggest that for your next video you check on the pronunciation of Mathematicians' names. It's a pity to be distracted by several mispronunciations.

[@shaunnotsean4308]

Honestly I thought (because my dad also thought) that there was no Nobel Prize for Mathematics because it didn't have application outside of science (which doesn't make sense when you think about it). Now i got this cleared up

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

I love this channel

[@henryyuen1344]

Georg Cantor not George Cantor please

[@xavvvvxd]

how do you make these so fast?? really great, informative

[@ThoughtThrill365]

not so fast 😔 it took weeks.

[@ihatebalrog]

Argh, you pronounced Leibnitz as Liebnitz in parts of the video.

[@PC_Simo]

*_AARRGGH!_* That aggravates my pronunciation nazi OCD, *_SO MUCH!_* 😭

[@tomkerruish2982]

Argh, you misspelled Leibniz as Leibnitz! (The man himself spelled it without a t, so who are we to question?)

[@eduardoa.c.4260]

Very good list, although I would’ve added the Siege of Baghdad since many works were lost during that battle

[@safebox36]

So tldr; Newton had an ego problem with just about every mathematician of his day.

[@cwcarson]

That thumbnail though

[@mannaggiacristo]

Bro you missed quite the elephant with Freyd's False Memory Syndrome Foundations PorcoDio

[@alejrandom6592]

Russell's letter to Cantor 💀

[@Moshinoki]

Those were some of the pronunciations of all time, still a good video tho

[@RunningOnAutopilot]

Number 13 Burger King foot lettuce

[@bensmart2829]

Interesting to call alan turing a computer scientist without mentioning he essentially created the field of computer science

[@TVDaJa]

True, even though It’s more complicated than that. Konrad Zuse could also be considered the inventor of the computer along a few other such cases

[@forcelifeforce]

It's "Alan Turing." His name was capitalized, just as your real name is.

[@DavidsonNobyJoseph]

That’s a picture of Felix Bloch, not Andre Bloch at 4:50

[@ThoughtThrill365]

yes, you are right. actually there isn't any portrait of Andre Bloch, i think.

[@Fluoman_]

Galois and Ramanujan should not have died.

[@skepley]

Nothing about inter-universal Teichmuller theory? This is disappointing.

[@zzzluvsk]

Wow so l'hopital is kindof a punk then

[@theleastofpilgrims3379]

There is no evidence linking St. Cyril the Great to the murder of Hypatia, mere supposition, largely from sources hostile to Christianity. The canon law in force at the time absolutely prohibited murder, especially for bishops (who could be deposed for merely striking someone - see the Rudder of St. Nicodemus the Hagiorite) and I would argue, based on how St. Athanasius was exiled on a demonstrably false accusation of murder for two years, there been any evidence of his involvement, Nestorius would doubtless have tried to use it to avoid being deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople.

[@vasilistheocharis164]

More than that the murder of Hypatia had less to do with her philosophy and more to do with her political position as an advisor of a politican figure. (Don't remember his name)

[@ProfessorKInGkiWI]

Bloch theorem was discovered by felix bloch, not andre bloch

[@forcelifeforce]

Capitalize those names.

[@mr.zedkun7909]

1 subscribe for no intro

[@RichardMellish]

Any reason for mispronouncing "Leibniz"?

[@bobSeigar]

Americans read left to right, not in spirals. "ei" = ee in the Anglosphere.

[@axelnils]

@@bobSeigarAs if english pronunciation is deductible from spelling 💀💀💀