The Parker Paper (a lost treasure) - Numberphile

[@numberphile]

Get your signed Love Triangle at mathsgear.co.uk/products/love-triangle-by-matt-parker-signed

[@johnjeffreys6440]

are you gonna auction them off on ebay?

[@Myndale]

Ordered, can't wait! :)

[@sjuksköterska]

Pre-ordered few weeks ago and can’t wait! Need to order Matt’s t-shirt too😁

[@skilletpan5674]

He should be proud."Parker square" has actually been used in actual real academic research! (I forget the paper but it was a year or so ago and was on a video here somewhere). I'm sure in another 100 years someone else will use that paper to generate some other important bit of maths and then some grand theory will come out of it. He could be as famous as the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture etc.

[@senororlando2]

oof man I loved Humble Pi but trigonometry might be a bridge too far for the ol’ TI between the ears

[@leppeppel]

I look forward to the Royal Society one day having a 24 volume collection of Brown Paper books stored in the archives.

[@DasGanon]

I mean that with all of the original raw footage and edited files for each of the videos would be a great science and math communications library. I remember seeing Graham's Number brown paper in Brady's office in a video somewhere too, and I'd be surprised if he doesn't have the one from John Conway also.

[@PhotonBeast]

That honestly would be amazing - for those learning in the future, as recognition of Brady's (and all he's interviewed) contributions.

[@ikchess]

Given the service to maths communication, a publication and an exhibition would be a genuinely great idea

[@vandera]

That would be very, very awesome!

[@andrewgalbreath2101]

I noticed it in Matt Parker's last video, didn't realize it had been missing for so long!

[@Ceelvain]

I noticed it too. I thought I just hadn't noticed it were always there.

[@GreatWhiteElf]

A lot of 90° angles in that video

[@merlijnfolkerts3066]

me 2

[@gokaytaspnar1355]

I missed it

[@alihms]

Me too. Though I thought he always have it around; just not displaying it.

[@gaeel330]

Lovely moment! Huge thanks to you and everyone who has been a part of Numberphile! You've consistently brought delight and curiosity to us all. The brown paper is a perfect symbol of what this channel is: simple, accessible, no-frills, and an endless canvas to explore new ideas! The internet is a better place with you in it!

[@numberphile]

Lovely. Thanks.

[@sboss]

I'm the proud owner of the brown paper from the -1/12 video and it's my absolute favorite piece!

[@Vodboi]

Wow, how did you get it?

[@sagmilling]

​@@VodboiBrady used to auction off the brown papers after videos were published back before he became a rich KZbinr 😂

[@CuteSkyler]

The price is devaluing by -1/12th the price every instant it isn't sold.

[@DisguisedParrot]

Aww thats so cool

[@adsilcott]

Is this the infamous -1/12 video that got them a lot of criticism? That's a very special one indeed!

[@markridgaway3060]

It's amazing how a simple piece of paper can have so much sentimental value.

[@cameroncardinal3974]

It never really occurred to me what happens to the paper for the videos and it's awesome that you've kept all of them.

[@QuantumHistorian]

I knew I'd seen this in the background of some videos already, I had no idea it was part of a whole project: an archivist's dream!

[@dunsparce4prez560]

Matt’s face in all those photos 😂

[@ThisIsAYoutubeAccountAsd]

"😒"

[@lvn5609]

Literally your pfp

[@mdkc]

Matt's hairline in all those photos...😛

[@zlodevil426]

@@mdkc it’s the line at infinity

[@Rubrickety]

I’m the shirt-wearer at 2:52. He specifically did one smiling shot and one “Why I oughtta…” shot. 😊

[@LonkinPork]

"[Mathematics is] a social activity done by mathematicians." - Asaf Karagila

[@smartereveryday]

Legends

[@athul_c1375]

Indeed

[@standard_limbo]

Brady, I love not only how interesting your channel is, but also how wholesome it feels. Thanks for so many years of great math content.

[@numberphile]

Glad you enjoy it. We love making the videos.

[@Thagrynor]

This was really a touching video. Just the care and sentiment for what many might consider a scrap of paper but is obviously so much more, proof of history together, of friendship, of shared success. What a wonderful and thoughtful gift, Brady. 😊

[@corbynmellinger3285]

This makes me irrationally happy

[@alansmithee419]

so like, sqrt(99)/10 or something?

[@choiie]

It makes me imaginarily happy

[@arnabbiswasalsodeep]

I've got some very complex feelings about this

[@ASTrebleBass]

What a transcendental experience

[@LadyBoobs]

my feelings parallel all yours'

[@pastek957]

The message on the back is really thoughtful, it's heartwarming

[@valjones7537]

13 years? That means I e been watching from early days!! I thought I was really late to the math party, but maybe not so much!! Thanks for all the entertainment.

[@warrenbrodsky7409]

This isn't a video about numbers, nor is it a video about the history of the channel, nor is it a video about Brady's latest project. This is a video about a friendship that has endured for a decade, a kind of friendship where it's perfectly natural (obligatory, even) for one friend to embarrass the other in front of *literally* the whole world. It's really something rare and special, and it genuinely brought a tear to my eye.

[@DrWatson28]

Numberphilephile

[@operamiser]

*Emotional pulse*

[@QuantumHistorian]

Lol, love how the frame was wrapped in brown paper. You should keep hold of that paper too, and repeat the same thing in 8 years time!

[@thelarchmage]

I love the idea of the iterative framing of brown wrapping paper

[@DiamondzFinder_]

Brilliant

[@louis-philip]

3:14 You doing the Parker Look at exactly 3.14 minutes is amazing

[@astra1288]

thats very sweet of you brady

[@SamuelBoshier]

Didn't notice it in Matt's latest video, hiding in plain sight! This makes me happy :)

[@GhettoFabulousLorch]

I might be out of line, but imagine scanning each paper and selling a compilation book for Numberphile fans as a niche piece of merchandise.

[@josephcote6120]

There you go. Big coffee table book with a QR code on each page that links to the video the paper was used in.

[@royalninja2823]

@@josephcote6120 release it alongside a Numberphile DVD box set

[@fissNotHere]

@@josephcote6120 That would be really cool

[@jamesarthurreed]

Shut up and take my money!

[@deproissant]

One of my first exposure to science KZbin (?) was the Graham's number video with Matt and Tony, and to think that it was over a decade ago is mind-boggling. And I've never been a book guy, but I made sure I had and finished Matt's Things to Make and Do in the 4th Dimension. I wish I had the time to start Humble Pi and this new one, but one thing that 13 years of life does to you is that now you're an adult with responsibilities.

[@jballenger9240]

“How you live your days is how you live your life…” 💫 Make this your best life. ✨✨✨

[@HavasiP]

This paper and the one Mr Graham used to describe his number are priceless pieces of art that needs to be protected.

[@zerid0]

I hope Matt hangs it almost, but not quite perfectly leveled.

[@adityavardhanjain]

Matt Parker makes so many high quality videos on his channel and appears frequently on other places too. The hardwork this man does!!!

[@oreowithurea5018]

Just knowing the fact that you kept all the brown paper stored made me so happy

[@kiltysalter2966]

That’s such a beautiful gesture. I hope it’s treasured. Cause we will.

[@geckoman1011]

This was such a great gift. Thanks for recording and sharing.

[@vandera]

A great bit of channel history here, love it! So great to see you're going through all that fantastic material Brady.

[@attar81]

A piece worthy of an Objectivity video as well!

[@kylegonewild]

This was very sweet. Matt's the real treasure but this little piece of channel history is a close second.

[@Yupppi]

I swear Matt Parker became like the guy in the programming world that took a picture whenever he saw an error/blue screen on a public screen like airport flights or ATM or so. Selfies with people with Parker Square shirts. So cool he embraced it.

[@WombatSlug]

That is really cool. I finally got a chance to meet Matt recently, and he makes sure to engage with everyone who speaks to him. It’s a real treat.

[@GeorgeCilley]

You guys are special. Thanks for sharing this joy.

[@Dukey8668]

I've been watching Numberphile since I was 9 or 10 (I'm about to turn 22 now). I have no doubt this channel deeply influenced my academic career and love of mathematics. Thanks for all the memories. Cheers.

[@stevefrandsen7897]

I started watching Numberphile in 2014 about 2.5 years after its launch. I am so glad and have learned so much in those 10 years. I feel like I know Brady, Matt James, Tony and the other presenters. It has really rekindled my love of numbers in adulthood.

[@anj000]

That was really wholesome. Thank you for your work. Your channels are the best on youtube.

[@RandyKing314]

Brady, you’ve done humanity a great service with this channel…thank you!

[@thefoxoverlord]

a piece of math history! so cool that you saved everything, i love archive projects

[@rgsiiiya]

The Parker Square was a great episode!!! :-)

[@andyman127]

As much as Matt might be "over" the whole Parker Square meme, his passion for this channel and maths has been a real joy for the many years that I have followed. Thank you!

[@pesilaratnayake162]

Funny that, if you are okay with repeating entries (but not all entries being equal), we can just do: 25 49 1 1 25 49 49 1 25 Only thing that you might not like (besides repeated entries) is that an entire diagonal is made up of identical entries. Finding whether a magic square exists with all unique entries seems much more difficult.

[@kwanarchive]

Wow, 2016. That was the Parker Square of years.

[@jb76489]

Did you miss 2020?

[@kwanarchive]

@@jb76489 No, I don't miss 2020 at all.

[@lasagnahog7695]

Holy freaking moly. I'd for sure pay the money to have one of those shipped to the states if their aren't already plans in place for them. I can't believe Brady saved so many, it's amazing. Maybe I'm just excitable but this seems genuinely huge for edutainment history. I hope we get some more brown paper archive content

[@Sjoenky]

3:15 I love you're the one frowning and Matt is the one smiling on a Parker Square picture this time 😄

[@danieldare2640]

Simply one of the best certainly the nicest video you've ever made. Trip down memory lane and it's what's the channel should be all about, thank you

[@RonaldvanderPutten]

One of the best episodes! Well, almost... close.. it almost ticks all the boxes.

[@michalpbielawski]

One could say it's a Parker episode

[@TheRealDoctorBonkus]

Thank you Brady for taking the time to do something for a friend.

[@The_NSeven]

I love that you've kept all these, that is super cool. I also noticed this in his last video, but didn't really connect the dots until now! You should think about selling these perhaps, they'd be cool to own and hang up!

[@joshuaneiswinter253]

Most numberphile videos make me happy just seeing math peoples geeking out... this one made me happy just seeing the friendship. Beautiful.

[@BytebroUK]

Brady. That is probably the finest thing I could imagine you coming out with. I haven't always got along with your style, but if you do this, and catalogue and digitise all that stuff, from so many clever people, I'd buy you a beer or three :) Much kudos.

[@pvanukoff]

This actually brought a tear to my eye.

[@gelienelierre7380]

I so love Matt's personality! God bless him!

[@MCLegoboy]

I saw it in his latest video and I was amazed that it was still around and had been framed. Now I see it was always meant to be.

[@DavidRoberts]

What a champ you are, Brady. From a fellow Adelaidean, here's to more years of such heart-warming videos about maths

[@RaggedDan]

Possibly the best collectively assembled library of mathematics at this level, the names you can attach to these sketches, sums, and explanations of proofs. Literally just the other day I was wondering if Brady has kept all of these, if he'd mentioned it in a podcast I must've missed out haha

[@Mark_Williams.]

Saw this on the wall in Matt's latest video. Got me thinking how it got there. Now I know! Very nice of you Brady. Top job 👌

[@tomholroyd7519]

I knew you kept them all! This has been long awaited.

[@yppahpeek]

The most wholesome Numberphile video yet

[@aldude9511]

So wholesome. I remember watching that video when it came out.

[@JamieDenAdel]

You made it look good, too - very handsome matting (no pun) with the dark frame.

[@TheDarkElder]

Ow... enjoy the archival work, Brady! That surely is one big treasure from many videos, many math problems to talk about.

[@macdofglasgow772]

I saw that on the 90 degree angle video thing he did recently and never realised it as newly on his wall. Parker Square was a great video, Matt and Brady have nice chemistry together.

[@fonkbadonk5370]

It's been THAT LONG?? Goodness me. I was there when it started, and was already way into my 30s. Still feels as fresh of a meme as ever, and I'm so happy that Matt has embraced it so much. Such a good sport

[@AndersHaalandverby]

You should have framed it in a frame that was ALMOST square. Other than that 10/10

[@rickitynick4463]

Thanks for the great memories, Brady and Matt!

[@syphonuk]

Artefacts from the legacy of this channel. Priceless.

[@houdin654jeff]

I like that Matt has fully embraced this concept and is no longer annoyed at Brady for making it a thing. It rightfully belongs with its creator, future generations will be grateful for this.

[@danteunknown2108]

Cheers to both of you for the great content! I'm no mathematics specialist but I love the lectures as a viewer 😊

[@artswri]

Two of my favorite , very special people. Great memories, thanks!!

[@Oler-yx7xj]

Parker square outlived its author's hair

[@Insanit13s]

I remember another MP video where (IIRC) you needed to use all digits 1 through 9 to calculate a number, and one (53, again IIRC) wasn't found, but MP did it using concatenation, arguing that since the other numbers could use it, you should include concatenation the same way you could use addition or subtraction. That paper deserves to be framed also.

[@penfelyn]

ohhh this will be the best art collection in a museum at some point in the future

[@obiwanpez]

I clicked on this video, not realizing that I am wearing the shirt!

[@numberphile]

Love it

[@Oltoir]

This was lovely

[@polpotify]

I must have watched the Parker square video at least a dozen times and same with the Matt Parker reacts to Matt Parker’s reaction to Parker Square 😂😂

[@evanbasnaw]

I saw it in Matt's last video and thought "Why hadn't I noticed this before?" Apparently it's new. :) Thanks Brady.

[@BrunoBarcelosAlves]

I just love Matt Parker and everything he stands for.

[@shreya...007]

"Thanks for always giving it a go" That's so sweet!

[@isobarkley]

i love that you kept them all :)

[@eggman969]

Time flies. I remember watching that video the day it came out. Can’t believe it was 8 years ago!

[@liz4v]

I can't believe I watched Matt's video and I didn't notice it there!

[@Wordsnwood]

Mile of Pi was, I think, my first Matt video, and i've enjoyed his nerdy mathy geeky humour ever since.

[@ChrisChapin_chapes]

Saw this in his recent video! So sweet

[@bluemalamute]

that's true love for ya! great legacy for both/ all involved.

[@EstebanGaeteFlores]

so that's why it has been in the back of his latest videos!

[@aleschudarek4672]

My gildhood is now compleate. Thank you for all the knowladge and fun.

[@azrobbins01]

That was my favorite Numberphiel video!

[@chrisray1567]

Thanks for introducing me to Matt, Brady. I may have never discovered his channel were it not for numberphile.

[@FLScrabbler]

Who else has been subscribing to this channel since that epic episode (and even longer)? I am surprised that this videos feels like halfway between the first Numberphile vid I ever watched and this one...

[@HonkeyKongLive]

Duuuuude. That's so awesome that you kept them

[@gooverdian]

I LOVE the story conclusion! Thanks Brady!

[@PushyPawn]

I have an idea: Digitize your brown papers and upload them to your website, or some new online project.

[@alistairmathie7632]

Still can’t believe it’s been 13 years

[@johnchessant3012]

I love that you've saved every brown paper! (though I could've sworn back in the day you used to auction it to viewers or something?) Any plans for the rest of them?

[@petercapue4538]

If we are allowed repeating numbers, we can slightly tweak the Parker Square to make it Non-Parker :) 29^2 1^2 41^2 41^2 29^2 1^2 1^2 41^2 29^2

[@tomholroyd7519]

It is a truly interesting area of mathematics! Like finding the most uninteresting number, which automatically becomes interesting, a Parker solution is one that is not quite right in one particular way, which makes it interesting ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@MARVINMotorSport]

These should be in the British Library. Brilliant.

[@SunayH01]

What a wonderful video. Absolute magic.