The Difference of Two Squares

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Stand-up Maths

Stand-up Maths

5 жыл бұрын

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@quantummaniac5
@quantummaniac5 5 жыл бұрын
If one can't be a prime, why should zero get to be a square?
@MmmVomit
@MmmVomit 5 жыл бұрын
Zero can be a Parker square.
@benjamimapancake6429
@benjamimapancake6429 5 жыл бұрын
0: not a square 1: not a prime 2: not an even number 3: doesn't exist 4: not x^x 5: not an odd number 6: not a perfect number Anyone else?
@karolakkolo123
@karolakkolo123 5 жыл бұрын
@@benjamimapancake6429 7: not a mersenne prime 8: not a perfect cube 9: not a single digit number in base 10 10: not a power of ten
@i_am_anxious0247
@i_am_anxious0247 5 жыл бұрын
Because a perfect square is x•x, but a prime has exactly 2 factors. X•X? Just plug in 0. 2 factors? No. One has a single factor, which is 1.
@Cernoise
@Cernoise 5 жыл бұрын
If Matt calls 2 a subprime, maybe he can call 0 a subsquare.
@JackKanutin
@JackKanutin 5 жыл бұрын
I'm slightly annoyed Squarespace didn't sponsor this video....
@McMxxCiV
@McMxxCiV 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Together with Foursquare. They're quite different.
@xNothing2Lose
@xNothing2Lose 5 жыл бұрын
@@McMxxCiV Cant stop laugh.. dude:D
@Leibowitz
@Leibowitz 5 жыл бұрын
@@McMxxCiV Man, that would be two truly different squares...
@NathanTAK
@NathanTAK 5 жыл бұрын
I think this video not being sponsored by Squarespace and/or Foursquare might be a war crime
@JamesSmith-rb5lv
@JamesSmith-rb5lv 5 жыл бұрын
They did. The whole video was the advertisement.
@matthewsmith7900
@matthewsmith7900 5 жыл бұрын
Most ambitious crossover event in history.
@valdemar91
@valdemar91 5 жыл бұрын
Someone: Marvel Endgame is the most ambitious crossover in history! Matt Parker: Hold my calculator!
@snowman7514
@snowman7514 5 жыл бұрын
Valdemar * calculator * lol
@skandragon586
@skandragon586 5 жыл бұрын
Parker square: not quite right Grimes square: algebraically precise
@geekjokes8458
@geekjokes8458 5 жыл бұрын
The gaussian way
@MrSonny6155
@MrSonny6155 5 жыл бұрын
The difference is surely an odd one...
@Pacvalham
@Pacvalham 5 жыл бұрын
*Grime
@rachelpoole4497
@rachelpoole4497 5 жыл бұрын
This video has: A difference of two squares (math) A difference of two squares (they're on different squares) A difference of two squares (disagreement between nerds)
@BobStein
@BobStein 5 жыл бұрын
I recognize an aficionado of lists. And treble entendres.
@odenpetersen6028
@odenpetersen6028 4 жыл бұрын
They’re both standing outside in town squares
@JasonCliftJones
@JasonCliftJones 4 жыл бұрын
@@odenpetersen6028 Specifically, Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square in London. Which took me waaaaaay too long to realise. (Which are close enough that they walk between them at the end)
@joda7697
@joda7697 3 жыл бұрын
@engineer99 Well yes, but actually no.
@christopherbiomass7155
@christopherbiomass7155 3 жыл бұрын
And the difference of two squared and two squares is... Two squares.
@ReedHarston
@ReedHarston 5 жыл бұрын
This Numberphile: Civil War trailer was brilliant. Definitely going to watch this one in theaters. 👍
@GvinahGui
@GvinahGui 5 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see them reconnect in Numberphile: Endgame in a few years
@EpicGuyJC
@EpicGuyJC 5 жыл бұрын
@@GvinahGui Numberphile: Infinity War
@hebl47
@hebl47 5 жыл бұрын
They will fight until the true villain emerges: Steve Mould trying to convince the world we should be using tau instead of pi.
@GEM4sta
@GEM4sta 5 жыл бұрын
James turns himself into .9+.09+.009+... versions of himself, truly an epic scene.
@huruey
@huruey 5 жыл бұрын
@@GvinahGui Endgame Theory
@schefre35
@schefre35 5 жыл бұрын
Matt and James? This has to be a great video.
@erwinjohannarndt4166
@erwinjohannarndt4166 5 жыл бұрын
This IS a great video
@retnogaming3379
@retnogaming3379 5 жыл бұрын
Marvel: Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event of all time. Matt & James: *this video*
@arikwolf3777
@arikwolf3777 5 жыл бұрын
My number 1 favorite mathematician, James, + my number 2, Matt = awesome video. Now get Brady to film them.
@nitehawk86
@nitehawk86 5 жыл бұрын
Two squares. :)
@Robert-iu2ou
@Robert-iu2ou 2 жыл бұрын
@@nitehawk86 and their odd difference!
@aguti1111
@aguti1111 5 жыл бұрын
It's just adorable seeing them walk through London arguing about whether 0 is a square number 😃
@PSUQDPICHQIEIWC
@PSUQDPICHQIEIWC 5 жыл бұрын
Idk. Looks pretty round to me.
@user-vn7ce5ig1z
@user-vn7ce5ig1z 5 жыл бұрын
Well 0×0=0 and √0=0, so it should count. I'm sure Matt also agrees, but had to disagree to make that last pun work.
@minewarz
@minewarz 5 жыл бұрын
@@user-vn7ce5ig1z I dunno man, Matt also won't accept tau as the superior circle constant.
@brachypelmasmith
@brachypelmasmith 5 жыл бұрын
i would accept that except, as matt said then any square number is difference of itself and zero squared
@Tfin
@Tfin 5 жыл бұрын
Well if they don't agree that 1 and 2 are prime numbers, why would they agree on this?
@SteveMould
@SteveMould 5 жыл бұрын
James is right. I won't get out of bed for less than £(a² - b²).
@standupmaths
@standupmaths 5 жыл бұрын
Suddenly I’m ok with 0 being a square number.
@Ultiminati
@Ultiminati 3 жыл бұрын
plot twist: a is a complex number
@ahobby
@ahobby 3 жыл бұрын
@@Ultiminati $?
@zecuse
@zecuse 3 жыл бұрын
Plot twist: a < b
@agastyagoel6185
@agastyagoel6185 3 жыл бұрын
@@zecuse plot twist a = -5 and b = 3 O_O
@AnonymousFreakYT
@AnonymousFreakYT 5 жыл бұрын
The difference of two squares? With Matt & James? Let's see... James has more hair. Matt has a goofier accent.
@Halokon
@Halokon 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, saved me from making a cheesy joke on the same lines 😁
@zmaj12321
@zmaj12321 5 жыл бұрын
They made the same joke at the end
@namewarvergeben
@namewarvergeben 5 жыл бұрын
Poofy and Goofy?
@XxjazzperxX
@XxjazzperxX 5 жыл бұрын
I don’t get it, please help
@McMxxCiV
@McMxxCiV 5 жыл бұрын
@@XxjazzperxX a "square" is also a word for a serious, maybe somewhat boring person. They use it as a joke about themselves.
@blemishingbohemian2075
@blemishingbohemian2075 5 жыл бұрын
I like how they based an entire video on a pun while actually backing it up with an interesting demonstration about two different types of proof
@Leibowitz
@Leibowitz 5 жыл бұрын
While staying in two different squares :)
@toferg.8264
@toferg.8264 5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely :)
@Xeridanus
@Xeridanus 5 жыл бұрын
The footage of them in the squares is also square.
@CraftQueenJr
@CraftQueenJr 5 жыл бұрын
What’s the pun?
@JonVanOast
@JonVanOast 5 жыл бұрын
what? these two squares, and their differences? haha
@AceMartinov
@AceMartinov 5 жыл бұрын
Video length should have been 9:16 for two squares, missed opportunity
@McMxxCiV
@McMxxCiV 5 жыл бұрын
What's worse is that 550 (the number of seconds in this video) is one of those numbers with a remainder of 2 after division by 4, so can't be written as the difference of two squares. TRAGIC.
@hexeddecimals
@hexeddecimals 5 жыл бұрын
And 9:16 is 556 seconds, a multiple of 4, so it's a difference of two squares. Double missed opportunity.
@hexeddecimals
@hexeddecimals 5 жыл бұрын
@@McMxxCiV actually its 551 seconds. It say the video 9:11, for me at least. Which can be a difference of two squares.
@McMxxCiV
@McMxxCiV 5 жыл бұрын
@@hexeddecimals phew
@justdoitlater9507
@justdoitlater9507 5 жыл бұрын
9:36 would have been even better because: 9, 36 squares great, but additionaly 9 mins 36 secs= 576 secs =24*24 secs
@12tone
@12tone 5 жыл бұрын
I'm with James on this one: 0's an integer, and squaring an integer gets you a square number, so 0^2 is a square number.
@lior_shiboli
@lior_shiboli 3 жыл бұрын
exactly but you can also say it about 1 being prime (unless you say prime needs to be the "multiple of only *2* numbers which are 1 and itself" instead of "only 1 and itself" which feels like cheating) also i love your channel
@hapmaplapflapgap
@hapmaplapflapgap 3 жыл бұрын
I believe 1 is usually explicitly not a prime number. 0 can also be excluded from integers when need to, but the most general definition of prime does not include 0, and the most general definition of square numbers does include 0 (non-negative rather then positive).
@nonchip
@nonchip 3 жыл бұрын
​@@hapmaplapflapgap 0 can't be excluded from integers though. it's just not a positive integer (it's a non-negative one aka "natural number"). so it depends on their definition of "squares" really. in geometry a square of area 0 doesn't make much sense, but algebraically 0 being an integer i'd argue 0*0 is a square number. and apart from not being able to easily represented graphically it doesn't do anything different than any of the other square numbers they mentioned really. *and* is required for the "difference of squares" thing to even work. meanwhile 1 isn't a prime number because prime numbers aren't defined the way usually taught in school ("only divisible by 1 and themselves") but by being a "natural number greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers". if 1 was a prime then a lot of things (even the sieve of eratosthenes we all probably toyed with back in school to learn that "1 and themselves" thing) would break down, instead 1 (and -1; and some others when talking about non-integers) is so special it's considered its own category called "unit", being essentially "what defines integerness" (and by extension "naturalness" and by extension "primality"). note up until even the 1950ies lots of mathematicians considered 1 a prime still, and before the middle ages they actually didn't because they didn't consider 1 a (natural) number (kinda like that whole "unit" thing, 1 is what makes all the other numbers therefore it's not a number to consider), which is why eratosthenes came up with a sieve that worked when you ignore 1. some of the greeks even rejected 2 as prime because they thought primes are a subset of odd numbers (because apart from 2 all the others are odd, therefore giving 2 that same treatment as 1 "it defines how the others behave therefore it's special", but that's not considered correct anymore because it doesn't really define anything about the remaining primes, it's just a side effect, just as 3 ruling out numbers divisible by 3 doesn't "define" primality. meanwhile 1 *does* define something about *all* primes: what an integer even is: n₀=0; nᵢ=nᵢ₋₁+ *1* )
@XCC23
@XCC23 3 жыл бұрын
@@nonchip You also lose some really nice theorems. "all natural numbers can be written uniquely as a product of primes" - Not anymore you can't, if 1 is a prime.
@clf400
@clf400 5 жыл бұрын
Loving the Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square backgrounds
@ericherde1
@ericherde1 5 жыл бұрын
clf400 The difference of two squares, explained by two squares, in two squares.
@MisterAppleEsq
@MisterAppleEsq 5 жыл бұрын
Ohhh, I didn't get that.
@nrellis666
@nrellis666 5 жыл бұрын
never more than about 300 metres apart
@Sakkura1
@Sakkura1 5 жыл бұрын
Why no Parker Square background :P
5 жыл бұрын
They are definitely not squares. Uneven polygons at best
@ShinySwalot
@ShinySwalot 5 жыл бұрын
"I am cheaper than Steve Mould" I'm dying, I love these two
@woowooNeedsFaith
@woowooNeedsFaith 5 жыл бұрын
:) Thanks, I simply couldn't figure out whom they were talking about.
@ShinySwalot
@ShinySwalot 5 жыл бұрын
@@woowooNeedsFaith haha, you do know Steve Mould right?
@woowooNeedsFaith
@woowooNeedsFaith 5 жыл бұрын
@Shiny Swalot Yep absolutely, I do. That's why I was wondering why I could not recognise the name even when I listened it twice, but I recognised it immediately when I saw it written down. And even when I go back and listen to it again, I still keep failing to hear the last name "Mould"... There is something in his pronunciation which beats me.
@ShinySwalot
@ShinySwalot 5 жыл бұрын
@@woowooNeedsFaith Ahh haha, glad I could help you then! Shame it didn't help you discover someone new though
@livedandletdie
@livedandletdie 5 жыл бұрын
I once tried to get rid of Steve Mold, but apparently thanks to u I now have Steve Mould instead.
@xalkin
@xalkin 5 жыл бұрын
at Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square talking about different Squares...brilliant :)
@AviSilver
@AviSilver 5 жыл бұрын
They don't quite make it to Leicester Square
@blackpenredpen
@blackpenredpen 5 жыл бұрын
Wow this is such a fun video!! Love the editing and the math!
@standupmaths
@standupmaths 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Next time we’ll take a whiteboard with us…
@ze_rubenator
@ze_rubenator 5 жыл бұрын
Oh right, and you're standing on different "squares" as you're explaining. Well played, good sirs!
@Xeridanus
@Xeridanus 5 жыл бұрын
And the footage of each of their arguments was also in a square shape.
@guyspy21
@guyspy21 5 жыл бұрын
OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
@DavidLindes
@DavidLindes 5 жыл бұрын
Xeridanus: and, the two of them are both "squares"... in the sense of being geeky people. 🤓
@BrittBerg
@BrittBerg 5 жыл бұрын
* Parker Square jokes incoming *
@marcellkiss-redey8451
@marcellkiss-redey8451 5 жыл бұрын
When I saw the title, that was my reaction, too.
@Goldap1000
@Goldap1000 5 жыл бұрын
1:42 as parker as it gets
@sehr.geheim
@sehr.geheim 5 жыл бұрын
you got me
@dcs_0
@dcs_0 5 жыл бұрын
@@Goldap1000 Parker Tetris
@Tentin.Quarantino
@Tentin.Quarantino 5 жыл бұрын
Guilty as charged
@stevepalmer4521
@stevepalmer4521 5 жыл бұрын
Ha ha! Who else spotted the kid's super smooth wall dismount at 5:45?
@ifburly76
@ifburly76 5 жыл бұрын
How did he get that so wrong
@owenmaitzen339
@owenmaitzen339 5 жыл бұрын
a real parkour square, that one
@ogureckgreen
@ogureckgreen 5 жыл бұрын
More like Parker square of parkour
@TheZotmeister
@TheZotmeister 5 жыл бұрын
I didn't, but that's great!
@laurihei
@laurihei 5 жыл бұрын
At least, he gave it a go.
@_rlb
@_rlb 5 жыл бұрын
I like the Tetris style animations :)
@35571113
@35571113 5 жыл бұрын
+1 Except, they should probably be called... "Oddtris"?
@_rlb
@_rlb 5 жыл бұрын
@@35571113 Mattris?
@rmdavidov
@rmdavidov 3 жыл бұрын
@@_rlb matrix
@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.
@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S. 5 жыл бұрын
Matt Parker & James Grime make a video together. Brady: Am I a joke to you?
@BrittBerg
@BrittBerg 5 жыл бұрын
I see James. I see Matt. I click.
@JimmyLundberg
@JimmyLundberg 5 жыл бұрын
Are you a dolphin?
@BrittBerg
@BrittBerg 5 жыл бұрын
@@JimmyLundberg What?
@dirm12
@dirm12 5 жыл бұрын
Bring back the old public maths offs! Love this format.
@ericherde1
@ericherde1 5 жыл бұрын
The final argument applies to 1 just as much as 4. It’s only the difference of two squares as (1)^2-(0)^2
@yourguard4
@yourguard4 5 жыл бұрын
It works also with switched places: 2^1-2^0 XD
@EwanMarshall
@EwanMarshall 5 жыл бұрын
1 is odd.. all odd numbers were already accounted for in the algebraic proof. :D
@ericherde1
@ericherde1 5 жыл бұрын
Ewan Marshall All odd numbers were only accounted for if we accept 0 as a perfect square. The proof breaks down for 1 otherwise. The only way in which 1 is the difference between two squares is as the difference between 0 and 1.
@TheRavenCoder
@TheRavenCoder 5 жыл бұрын
@Adam Filinovich except 0 is not a square number. You can prove this geometrically. Try to draw a square worth a side length of 0. You'll end up with a point, not a square.
@SlipperyTeeth
@SlipperyTeeth 5 жыл бұрын
@@TheRavenCoder A point is a square.
@petriksalovaara2805
@petriksalovaara2805 5 жыл бұрын
This got me into insanely good mood after a really crap day at work, thank you.
@janhetjoch
@janhetjoch 5 жыл бұрын
Love this format where we see multiple proofs of the same thing
@kisaragiayami
@kisaragiayami 5 жыл бұрын
3:31 i love how the couple in the background is looking at the graph
@MichaelBerthelsen
@MichaelBerthelsen 5 жыл бұрын
That deadpun ending... The quality for which we come to this channel!😂❤
@anitagofradump5195
@anitagofradump5195 5 жыл бұрын
I think my friends and family would be quite worried if they found out how much i enjoy watching mathmeticians banter over square numbers
@NikozBG
@NikozBG 5 жыл бұрын
I have to say, Matt's explanation is more pleasing. I like algebraic proofs and all, but visualising why something is true is more valuable knowledge imo.
@Cream147player
@Cream147player 5 жыл бұрын
The algebraic proof says no less about “why” something is true than the geometric. The difference is you. You interpret the visuals better than you interpret algebra. That’s true for most, but not all, and the reality is that algebra is a far more concise way of demonstrating mathematical truths.
@rewrose2838
@rewrose2838 5 жыл бұрын
At the end, I was getting serious deja vu watching James drive Matt crazy (I was arguing with my cousin this morning about something similar) And yes , I agree with James , 0's a perfectly fine number and I'll accept that it somehow makes the odds feel less -odd- special
@darkviking7135
@darkviking7135 5 жыл бұрын
Good evening everyone and welcome back to... MAAAATH BAAATTLES
@SiddharthGupta234
@SiddharthGupta234 5 жыл бұрын
Math beatles
@nightmarius
@nightmarius 5 жыл бұрын
What about the difference of two Parker Squares though?
@zeeshanmehmood4522
@zeeshanmehmood4522 5 жыл бұрын
It's round about an integer
@NoNameAtAll2
@NoNameAtAll2 5 жыл бұрын
@@zeeshanmehmood4522 To be continued
@liliwheeler2204
@liliwheeler2204 Жыл бұрын
4:44 I love the lady looking super confused right before Matt walked up (looking equally confused)
@KyleJMitchell
@KyleJMitchell 5 жыл бұрын
I would love to see more videos in this "Dueling Disciplines" format! It's entertaining and is also a great way to give a thorough explanation of a specific topic.
@DaffyDaffyDaffy33322
@DaffyDaffyDaffy33322 5 жыл бұрын
"And that everyone, is the difference of two squares" Perfect ending
@MaximusXavier
@MaximusXavier 5 жыл бұрын
Who would win? A complex diagram and visual aid depicting your theorem Or one numbery boy
@Brooke-rw8rc
@Brooke-rw8rc 4 жыл бұрын
*boi
@deathhog
@deathhog 4 жыл бұрын
I actually yelled when I realized the last joke. Absolutely brilliant.
@YensR
@YensR 5 жыл бұрын
5:44 great parcours training going on in background :D
@questionlp
@questionlp 5 жыл бұрын
YensR Parcours square and Parker Square 😂
@vyuniverse9490
@vyuniverse9490 5 жыл бұрын
Zero not a square number?! So what happens when you graph y=x^2? Is there a discontinuity at x=0? Loved the video!
@minimike1995
@minimike1995 5 жыл бұрын
I like the argument, but (rt(3),3) lies on the y=x^2 graph, but 3 isn't a square number. I think the argument is that zero isn't seen as an integer, which is why he shudders when James says that zero is even
@gabor6259
@gabor6259 5 жыл бұрын
@@minimike1995 Why 0 isn't seen as an integer? O.o
@quadruplay9788
@quadruplay9788 5 жыл бұрын
@@gabor6259 Also zero isn't real nor complex
@gabor6259
@gabor6259 5 жыл бұрын
@@quadruplay9788 How so? 0 is in every set. 0 is real, complex, quaternion, octonion, etc.
@Brooke-rw8rc
@Brooke-rw8rc 4 жыл бұрын
@@quadruplay9788 Zero is definitely real. It is part of the ordered set where every subset that has an upper bound has a least upper bound, ie. it's real.
@johnchessant3012
@johnchessant3012 5 жыл бұрын
I'm amused at the people walking by in the background. If I saw a guy talking into a camera in a public square, and I heard he was talking about maths, I'd be VERY intrigued. ;)
@emmafitzmaurice499
@emmafitzmaurice499 3 жыл бұрын
“Let’s do it in a Gauss style” - words to live by
@makessenseright
@makessenseright 5 жыл бұрын
The way this video is structured is phenomenal.
@marionlara428
@marionlara428 5 жыл бұрын
Matt: makes a cool graphic James: G A U S S
@atrumluminarium
@atrumluminarium 5 жыл бұрын
I took the easy way out: 4=((1+i)(1-i)/√2)²-((1-i)(1-i)/√2)²
@atrumluminarium
@atrumluminarium 5 жыл бұрын
@@hetsmiecht1029 they were definitely talking about integers hence "easy way out" :p
@christianbarnay2499
@christianbarnay2499 5 жыл бұрын
Even easier: 4 = (√5)²-1² = (√3)²+1² If you don't restrict to integers, all numbers are obviously the difference and sum of 2 squares and there are infinite ways to do it. Choose any number a such that n+a² is a positive real number, and you can write n = (√(n+a²))²-a² Choose any number b such that n-b² is a positive real number, and you can write n = (√(n-b²))²+b²
@JoelDowdell
@JoelDowdell 3 жыл бұрын
This is one of those videos that I wish I could like twice.
@miscellaneous.7127
@miscellaneous.7127 5 жыл бұрын
I wasn't prepared for such a twist at the end!
@munjee2
@munjee2 5 жыл бұрын
The difference of two *GRIME* squares
@haniyasu8236
@haniyasu8236 5 жыл бұрын
Every number is the difference between a Parker square and a Grime square
@munjee2
@munjee2 5 жыл бұрын
@@haniyasu8236 I remember , years ago they did a video where someone mentions that Steve , Matt and james have things named after them the Parker square, the mould affect and the grime dice a di is basically a cube so some need to link cubes and Parker squares
@timgheys
@timgheys 5 жыл бұрын
@@haniyasu8236 Except 4
@haniyasu8236
@haniyasu8236 5 жыл бұрын
@@timgheys Hey, it may not work for 4, but at least it gave it a go and did some working out
@Jaakington
@Jaakington 5 жыл бұрын
What is this? My two favourite mathematicians in one video
@SomeNerdOutThere
@SomeNerdOutThere 5 жыл бұрын
I played with this when I was a teenager. I tried finding a similar method of solving cubes that way. It turns out that cubes work the same way, but with an additional rate of change. Consider 0, 1, 8, 27, 64, 125. The differences between those are 1, 7, 19, 37, 61, which differ by 6, 12, 18, 24, which all differ by 6. This holds true for any other root; eventually, if you keep breaking down its rates of change, you'll get down to and end number that is the factorial of the exponent. It took me a few years (and a calculus course) to realise that I was looking at repeated derivatives of the function. Which demonstrates beautifully ~WHY~ the sums of odd numbers works for finding squares because if f(x) = x^2, then f'(x) = 2x. Similarly with higher powers, we end up using the factorial of the exponent because we're going through the rate of change of the rate of change of the rate of change... I was both pleased with myself in understanding that and disappointed that this cool pattern I'd found was elementary calculus.
@illyon1092
@illyon1092 5 жыл бұрын
we need more of these colaborations. This was honestly one of the most fun maths videos I've ever watched.
@JustMe-ui9bv
@JustMe-ui9bv 5 жыл бұрын
You are great together. Looking forward to anothers. Love this format.
@123amsterdan456
@123amsterdan456 5 жыл бұрын
this video is perfect! The way you two juggle the algebraic and the visualization around it makes the equations make complete sense! Thank you!
@NonTwinBrothers
@NonTwinBrothers Жыл бұрын
Years later, still one of my top 5 favorite matt parker vids
@elizabethh8579
@elizabethh8579 5 жыл бұрын
So many new videos lately featuring James Grime! What a treat!
@johnchessant3012
@johnchessant3012 5 жыл бұрын
Matt, I agreed with you on 438,579,088 not being a Munchhausen number (because that requires 0^0 = 0). But here, we disagree. The square of every other integer (positive or negative) is included, so why not 0?
@alzblb1417
@alzblb1417 5 жыл бұрын
Every Parker is a Square of a Difference
@drdonaldduck
@drdonaldduck 5 жыл бұрын
James AND Matt? This is glorious!!!
@Veptis
@Veptis 5 жыл бұрын
I love a geometric proof over. And KZbin does as well.
@BedrockBlocker
@BedrockBlocker 5 жыл бұрын
You: Brings argument _thats not how Gauss would have done it_
@alwysrite
@alwysrite 5 жыл бұрын
I think Hannah Fry should sort out these two "squares" : )
@marcospimentel6098
@marcospimentel6098 5 жыл бұрын
What a colab! Thanks for the awesome videos!
@mr3sepz
@mr3sepz 5 жыл бұрын
I love how the videos are so perfectly planned through
@kylecronin3212
@kylecronin3212 5 жыл бұрын
The difference between these two squares is a whole lot of hair
@upsidedownwhale
@upsidedownwhale 5 жыл бұрын
My 2 favourite mathematicians in a single video? Sign me up!
@paulofortza3301
@paulofortza3301 5 жыл бұрын
I like the bit where you talk about the difference of two towers at 9:11
@morgengabe1
@morgengabe1 5 жыл бұрын
Between the persistence video, the cannonball video, and the elegance of these proofs, you've been on fire lately, Dr. Parker!
@-fitzy-3335
@-fitzy-3335 5 жыл бұрын
I guess zero is a Parker square...
@Kaptenblu
@Kaptenblu 5 жыл бұрын
Ok fine, the ending was pretty sweet.
@Mr_Mooo
@Mr_Mooo 5 жыл бұрын
Two squares, standing at different squares, talking about squares. BRILLIANT!
@baileycrowley1734
@baileycrowley1734 5 жыл бұрын
Name a more iconic duo...I'll wait...
@gauravdimri8009
@gauravdimri8009 5 жыл бұрын
Received my Humble Pi today!
@MrMattical123
@MrMattical123 5 жыл бұрын
The greatest crossover since Infinity War
@Starter61
@Starter61 5 жыл бұрын
Nice to see you two together ! Double fun !
@InDstructR
@InDstructR 5 жыл бұрын
More of these PLEASE!
@GNiko324
@GNiko324 5 жыл бұрын
And they said Avengers was the most ambitious crossover
@chillingpaully4137
@chillingpaully4137 5 жыл бұрын
The difference of two squares, Presented by two different squares
@paulchapman8023
@paulchapman8023 3 жыл бұрын
In different squares.
@brachypelmasmith
@brachypelmasmith 5 жыл бұрын
james and matt just chatting along the street looks so wholesome
@ARVash
@ARVash 5 жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite videos so far!
@Robi2009
@Robi2009 5 жыл бұрын
2 of my favorite mathematicians together? What holiday is it :O
@mikerich32
@mikerich32 5 жыл бұрын
Anyone else notice that person trip and fall to the left at 5:46 ? hahah
@EdwinStreet
@EdwinStreet 5 жыл бұрын
I love that you've joined your two passions, stand-up comedy and maths, and have been able to make a career out of it.
@spackal2946
@spackal2946 5 жыл бұрын
I love what you guys do, you have inspired me by videos on your channel and numberphile appearances, please keep up the wonderful work and keep inspiring people to follow math :)
@drakono82
@drakono82 5 жыл бұрын
I accept it, James.
@richardhee
@richardhee 5 жыл бұрын
James is also wrong with saying that 0 (zero) is an even number, it's not odd eighter ... which makes it confusing
@iteragami5078
@iteragami5078 5 жыл бұрын
@@richardhee The formula for odd numbers is 2n+1 as they said. You can write 0 that way because "n" would have to be a fraction.
@omri9325
@omri9325 5 жыл бұрын
If 0 is a square number, anything is possible!
@tobyzxcd
@tobyzxcd 5 жыл бұрын
It’s like two wizards constantly trying to outdo each other
@frederikjuhlandreasen9477
@frederikjuhlandreasen9477 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome format, nice work on this vid. You could def do more in this format
@ravencloud7
@ravencloud7 5 жыл бұрын
I understood James better Sorry Matt!
@thetntsheep4075
@thetntsheep4075 5 жыл бұрын
The difference of two mathematicians
@mattc3738
@mattc3738 5 жыл бұрын
This was a nice argument between 2 squares :)
@Elitematt74
@Elitematt74 5 жыл бұрын
I love the ending, feels like it wasn't even meant to be part of the video but probably my favourite part
@nic5423
@nic5423 5 жыл бұрын
I side with James on this. Unless you are saying that 0 is not an integer, clearly 0x0=0... Therefore 0 is a square number.
@razielkeren6480
@razielkeren6480 5 жыл бұрын
0 is an integer but not a neutral number. but as I said if you kick 0 out you kill their claim that all odds can be written as a different between two squares since the only way to write 1 as a different between two squares is 1^2-0^2
@pleaseenteraname4824
@pleaseenteraname4824 5 жыл бұрын
0 is a natural number as long as you construct natural numbers to have 0 in them. You can construct them starting with 0 or starting with 1, doesn't make that much of a difference. Still, I'd argue you should put 0 so the operation + has the identity element and other reasons regarding definitions.
@razielkeren6480
@razielkeren6480 5 жыл бұрын
@@pleaseenteraname4824 it's not a matter of when you start but when we say natural number we mean the numbers we count with. if you want, a positive integers. you then may argue let consider 0 as a positive number. but then a positive times a negative should be negative and 0 times a negative is 0 which we considered as positive, therefore we have a contradiction
@pleaseenteraname4824
@pleaseenteraname4824 5 жыл бұрын
raziel Keren No, that's not how it works. Naturals are not "positive integers", because they come before those. You first construct the naturals, the "standard" construction is that of Peano's set of axioms. You can put 0 and start with that, or just start at 1, it doesn't make that much of a difference, the numbers you end up with are the same. It's preferred to add 0 too because that way you have the identity element for the + operation, and many definitions/properties become somewhat easier (pass me the term). Only after you've constructed natural numbers you can pass on to integers, and now you can talk about positives and negatives. The only reason 0 is "neither" is because, in the definition we give, it just happens that the additive inverse (fancy way of saying opposite) of 0 is 0 itself, i.e. +0=-0.
@victorselve8349
@victorselve8349 5 жыл бұрын
How do you define a square number? If you define it as a/b=b then it is not. (I'm not a mathematician but from my perspective I think it should not be included into the list since 0 has the special property of returning itself when multiplied with any number while the defining feature of a square number is that it is the result of a number being multiplied with itself specifically)
@SD-de4do
@SD-de4do 5 жыл бұрын
So, when two squares differ, the results are odd.
@ffggddss
@ffggddss 5 жыл бұрын
... if the squares are really close to each other, that is... Fred
@charlessaintpe8574
@charlessaintpe8574 3 жыл бұрын
I enjoy good wordplay, but they proved in this very video that your statement is false.
@ScottTilYouDrop
@ScottTilYouDrop 5 жыл бұрын
love the tetris section!
@fufu_212
@fufu_212 5 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best videos i have ever seen! Please do sth like this again
@kcwidman
@kcwidman 5 жыл бұрын
This whole video was a set-up for the pun at the end. They both are rather square people, and they have a difference of opinion. Get it?
@DerekHartley
@DerekHartley 5 жыл бұрын
The pun is that one was in Trafalgar Square and the other was in Leicester Square.
@kcwidman
@kcwidman 5 жыл бұрын
@@DerekHartley I'd argue it works both ways.
@lunasophia9002
@lunasophia9002 5 жыл бұрын
Oooh, invoking Gauss, that's cheating! ... but I'll allow it.
@dozenazer1811
@dozenazer1811 5 жыл бұрын
This collab is AMAZING!
@server642
@server642 5 жыл бұрын
Please do more videos in this style! And /please/ let this be foreshadowing a new channel where you and James collab/debate on different proofs!!
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