The Parker Square - Numberphile

Matt Parker reveals his pride and joy - the mysterious Parker Square! More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓
Merch: numberphile.creator-spring.co...
More magic square videos: bit.ly/MagicSquareVideos
Matt Parker: / standupmaths
Audrey (Brady's chihuahua): • Chihuahua Bubbles - So...
Support us on Patreon: / numberphile
NUMBERPHILE
Website: www.numberphile.com/
Numberphile on Facebook: / numberphile
Numberphile tweets: / numberphile
Subscribe: bit.ly/Numberphile_Sub
Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI): bit.ly/MSRINumberphile
Videos by Brady Haran
Brady's videos subreddit: / bradyharan
Brady's latest videos across all channels: www.bradyharanblog.com/
Sign up for (occasional) emails: eepurl.com/YdjL9
Numberphile T-Shirts: teespring.com/stores/numberphile
Other merchandise: store.dftba.com/collections/n...

[@numberphile]

Merch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4C3kJV9YtuKr8k

[@KaliMaShaktiDevi]

Wrong link

[@mina86]

@@KaliMaShaktiDevi, a Parker link?

[@KaliMaShaktiDevi]

@@mina86 Aye, you could say that

[@adamqazsedc]

Omg

[@asheep7797]

@@mina86 plink

[@LuisManuelLealDias]

and a mathematical meme is born

[@notavailable2538]

It's already a year and parker square meme still a parker square.

[@ThePacifist1012]

you saying that makes it not parker square

[@CaseyShontz]

Luis Dias and the thing is only the numberphile fans get it, so it doesn’t get old or outdated or oversaturated

[@remydrouant49]

Can confirm, watching this video because I felt out of the loop after seeing parker square comments on many different videos

[@charlificate]

It's certainly not the best meme, but it is a classic Parker Square meme

[@KasabianFan44]

. [Y'know, I was] [going to make] [a joke about] [the Parker Square] [but I couldn't] [going to make] [think of one...] [the Parker Square] [Y'know, I was]

[@Aexerus]

+KasabianFan44 Oh my god this is perfect

[@abcmsaj]

+KasabianFan44 thats genius hahaha

[@flidrl]

+KasabianFan44 You deserve a cookie. It is a digital cookie, which is almost like a real one, but not quite. A Parker Cookie maybe? 🍪

[@SomeRandomFellow]

+KasabianFan44 genius xD

[@marshmelows]

+KasabianFan44 U wot mate?

[@yotam319]

29 1 47 41 37 -1 23 -41 -29 now its much better :D

[@witherblaze]

A negative times a negative is a positive.

[@robbiedart7422]

That's the point

[@otesunki]

XD

[@LARAUJO_0]

The diagonals still don't work

[@monkeybusiness673]

True, but it implies there is a family of Parker Squares! Maybe we are on to something here. "The Parker Space"? Like Hilbert-space, but not quite right! :-D

[@Robostate]

If I deliberately try to make a Parker Square, but it turns out to be a valid Magic Square, would it then be a Parker Square OF a Parker Square?

[@Bronzescorpion]

How would you try to make a Parker Square? Your goal would be to make a square that almost reached the goal of the square, but the goal will loop, unless you tried to make a Parker Square of a Parker Square of a Magic Square. Therefore you can only make a Parker Square out of something else and not out of itself. Of course you could define a Parker Square as a Magic Square with one failed diagonal line and with repeating numbers, but I don't think that is the definition they were going for.

[@TheGuardian163]

It would be a Parker Square squared

[@NeverEverClever]

You've just created a paradox: 1. Your attempted parker square is not a parker square. 2. That makes it a parker square because you almost got it to be a parker square. So your square is and is not a parker square. Now it's your decision: Did you create the penultimate parker square? As close as you can get to be one (because it is one) but not one at all (because being one makes it not one).

[@MrtinVarela]

It's a Parker cube.

[@naverilllang]

Martín Varela actually, it would be a parker tesseract.

[@Cyberspine]

Parker's attempt at not making Parker Square a thing turned out to be a real Parker Square.

[@HKhandelwal]

Awwwwwwsome.

[@richardaversa7128]

The irony of the Streisand Effect (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect?wprov=sfla1)

[@MrtinVarela]

+Richard Aversa Like durr plant?

[@Triantalex]

false.

[@jedihorjus]

"Don't make this a thing!" ... ... [Makes merch of thing]

[@Na5iR11]

lol

[@standupmaths]

That is Brady's definition of not making it a thing. I'm just surprised he stopped short of commemorative mugs…

[@thelightupmario]

+standupmaths You've basically just guaranteed that's next on the line, now!

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

French the Llama!

[@Cythil]

Poor poor Parker. I knew he was in trouble the when I saw the square.

[@rovandahl7892]

"Stop trying to make Parker Square a thing!" PARKER SQUARE T-SHIRT NOW AVAILABLE Seriously, I love this video. So genuinely funny, funnily genuine and perfectly edited that even after ten times of watching it I still laugh so hard I start crying.

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

A contestant wore it on a Dutch reality TV show Wie Is De Mol?

[@simulatrix]

I died laughing when that showed up

[@rendeer8822]

Update: It's an actual mathematical term now

[@ndiogouniang83]

Rovan, I'm just commenting so you'll come back and watch it again

[@Triantalex]

??

[@yousorooo]

Someone wrote an article on wikipedia about the Parker Square

[@rosieisla8286]

I'm gonna have to look that up but I hope it's true

[@rosieisla8286]

I only saw an article saying it was "considered for deletion" and I couldn't find it back. Looks like there was one, in the past, though.

[@yousorooo]

Rosie Isla There was, but I believe it got deleted later on.

[@lvivtotoro]

You can use the Way-back Machine to view that article.

[@borisknapp9911]

Matt is still fighting it :P

[@willfreedo]

"Any sufficiently advanced Parker Square is indistinguishable from a Magic Square." -Arthur C. Clarke, 2016

[@gkky-xx4mc]

Severely underrated comment

[@Gnomaana]

How does this only have 39 likes?

[@martinferrand4711]

@@Gnomaana 40 now x")

[@martinferrand4711]

@Jefferson Paul Mitchell Waller if we remove a 0 it is a power of 2 :D i love powers of 2

[@jackwilliams7193]

phenomenal comment

[@suave319]

It will be so funny when people show up to matt's comedy routines wearing those t-shirts

[@numberphile]

+Suave Atore that's the plan

[@Popexssj]

+Numberphile I already got mine :D

[@standupmaths]

That is a strange definition of "funny".

[@suave319]

standupmaths haha hi matt. Big fan :D

[@Popexssj]

standupmaths My life would be complete if you signed my shirt :D

[@OskarElek]

The more I think about it, the more does Parker square sound like a great name for a town square =) You can almost hear people say "You know, they tried to make it nice..."

[@HelmutNevermore]

Or it could be almost square.

[@TacticusPrime]

But is it a park or square? :-)

[@dimitriboscainos3220]

You can only be barefoot in the head in a square.

[@dlwatib]

It also sounds like a great name for a Monopoly board square. Put it right next to Park Place and subject its houses to rent controls.

[@yashgaikwad7516]

There is one in Cambridge

[@eddotron1224]

I typed in "the Parker square" on Wikipedia and was directed to Matt Parker, looked at listed achievements and it just said "creator of the Parker square" xD xD

[@adamqazsedc]

Omg 😂

[@rrni2343]

If you give up on solving a Rubik's cube, can you just say you made a Parker Cube?

[@stickystick_stick]

+Árni Þór Þorgeirsson yes.

[@squidcaps4308]

+Árni Þór Þorgeirsson But you first have to try. If you don't try, it's just a failed rubiks cube.

[@David_Last_Name]

you also have to get it MOSTLY right. Like the faces all have 1 color wrong, but the rest correct.

[@TrickyTrickyFox]

+Árni Þór Þorgeirsson have a messed up Rubicks Cube with two-five sides being the same color, complete at least one side of it, failing the others, then give up on it - and boom, you have yourself a Parker Cube.

[@Garomation]

if you gave it a go.

[@BlobVanDam]

Parker squares are the best kind of squares.

[@unvergebeneid]

Almost.

[@BlobVanDam]

+Penny Lane I meant in my heart.

[@yekaneast]

Actually they are the most adequate of squares

[@Markovisch]

I spend my days now trying to find more Parker Squares

[@ThrawnTheater]

Blob from dtf? I remember you. Hope you're well.

[@emperorpalpatine7454]

I mean this in the politest way, but whenever I need a laugh, I come here

[@dnuoz819]

Emperor Palpatine Yes this must be my 10th time watching this haha

[@PanthereaLeonis]

Coming in from June 2023, Parker Square, and its derivatives of "Parker [concept]" are still alive and well! Sorry, not sorry, Matt!

[@nickchampion8392]

I just discovered quite a lot of "1 by 1" type magic squares!

[@user-hb4pn8oo8z]

xD

[@RDSk0]

You didnt discover them, you just Parker Square'd.

[@UMosNyu]

+Nick Champion All 362880 permutations?!

[@BooBaddyBig]

+Nick Champion I just extended your work to a family of hyperdimensional magic shapes!

[@Cr42yguy]

+Nick Champion i just discovered quite a lot of magic squares containing only 1s

[@titaniumdiveknife]

"....once every century someone will look your name up in an obscure book." Wow. Perks.

[@kwanarchive]

After the recent Numberphile video, this is now an historic moment in mathematics history.

[@Raumance]

Which one is that?

[@ez_is_bloo]

@@Raumance Finite fields probably

[@Cre8tvMG]

3:40 - I'm not calling it the Parker square... 2021 - 'Parker' becomes an adjective in maths meaning 'almost worked'. It's not just squares, EVERYthing can be Parker. :-D

[@chrispi314]

As a French Person, I will now use "Parker" as something close to its end but not completely. Then I'll explain why. Don't worry Matt, you will be Parker remembered

[@911gpd]

+Chris Pi par coeur ?

[@marshmelows]

+Chris Pi ahah Parker remembered :D

[@SlimThrull]

+Chris Pi We, as citizens of planet Earth, MUST make this a thing.

[@the1exnay]

or we'll try to make it a thing but only a rather small subset of people will actually know about it... kinda a parker square of an attempt

[@alikazerani]

Indicatif, présent: Je parke, tu parkes, il/elle parke, nous parkons, vous parkez, ils/elles parkent.

[@BattousaiHBr]

Bad Luck Brian: * Discovers a Magic Square * * It's a Parker Square *

[@Tydrelin]

+BattousaiHBr I love this!

[@MonzennCarloMallari]

+Bob Bobson That was a Parker Square kind of comment. So close!

[@xl000]

Bad Luck Brian

[@jd2kcccddd]

Bad luck Parker

[@vurpo7080]

The irony is that Matt has made far more fame and money from being "the Parker Square guy" than he would have made off discovering an actual solution.

[@jacobcain9008]

The man. The myth. The legend. The Parker Square.

[@yaseen157]

Parker square is totally a thing Matt. Don't underestimate the internet hahaha

[@MegaBanne]

+yaseen reza allmost a thing

[@GregaMeglic]

+Electro-Cute Its a real Parker square of a thing XD

[@Domihork]

I order the T-shirt a few days ago but you know what I'm still waiting for? Rose-tinted square glasses...

[@MrJosh6889]

I actually ended up here trying to figure out what a parker square is after watching his pi day video on standupmaths.

[@demonking86420]

Grega Meglic yo dawg I herd you like Parker squares

[@djdedan]

this has to be the funniest numberphile i've seen in a while. it took all my will power to LOL

[@Daddimon]

+DjDedan I guess your willpower was only parker square willpower

[@djdedan]

Proverbial Potato ouch! :-)

[@Leistria]

+DjDedan Brain Power?

[@ophello]

You mean it took all your willpower not to laugh?

[@Leistria]

Yes... and there is a song called 'Brain Power'

[@TheFrodoBaggins33]

years later and finite fields are being classified as "parker" and "non-parker" all because of this video. it's iconic now

[@joebykaeby]

The fact that Matt Parker exists continues to make the world a tiny bit brighter

[@simargl2454]

So mathematical fame is a Parker Square kind of fame.

[@crash6871]

reuse 3 numbers twice and one of the diagonals doesn't even work: The Parker Square

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

crash6871 You've got a Parker square there in saying "reusing twice"

[@cufflink44]

This legendary video wouldn't be nearly as legendary if Matt himself weren't so damn cute and charming.

[@roco3457]

in youtube's search bar, "parker square" is the first result for "pa", above "parabola" and "partial fractions"

[@UMosNyu]

After thinking about it for a while (46 seconds) I realized how much philosophy is hidden behind the Parker-Square.

[@omarhuge]

+UMos that's a parker-square amount of time to think about it

[@kacperkopec8360]

I really want to make "The Parker square" a catchphrase among my friends. Sadly, they are not big maths fans, so it may turn out to be the Parker square of catchphrases.

[@Koroistro]

Well joke's on us , i guess he made way more than 1000£ by selling that shirt.

[@singerofsongs468]

He even published a book including the Parker Square, way more than £1000

[@Findulidas]

Probably the funniest clip on numberphiles.

[@Zirkalaritz]

Years ago, I started sculpting clay because I was losing motricity in my hands and had to keep them busy. I never was an artistic minded individual and I hadn't the slightest notion of proportions or shapes. One of the first things I modeled was a human skull... the most pathetic, malformed and medically concerning human skull by shape. But I was proud of it and to this day, 16 years of sculpting and modeling later, it sits in my desk as a grotesque and embarrasing yet fond reminder of how I started. This square kind of reminds me of that... of how you start a hobby or passion with pitiful attempts that don't quite work... but they are *your* attempts and represent your determination of not giving up on your goals and projects. I, from now on, I'm going to refer to this as "giving it a Parker"

[@NaPzt3R]

+Zirkalaritz "giving it a Parker" is now a thing.

[@katiekawaii]

I am 100% using "that's a real Parker square" as often as possible.

[@AirIUnderwater]

I already use it with all of my friends and so far no one has got the reference despite me telling them to watch this video all of the time.

[@jan_kulawa]

the dawn of a meme. I'll never forget

[@silver4905]

It’s got it’s own Wikipedia entry now 💀

[@markschippel7974]

The Parker Square may not be a great addition to mathematics but, it is a wonderful addition to the lexicon of the English language! So useful in describing the world of the Not Quite Right. Thank you for your contribution!

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

mark Schippel It's a Parker sqaure of an addition to mathematics

[@TheGamblermusic]

Best numberphile video ever. I parker squared my exams the other day.

[@standupmaths]

You mean you gave them a really good go!

[@TheGamblermusic]

standupmaths Yes ! I like them so much i'll go for them a second time ;)

[@calvinjohnson6242]

standupmaths This comment is a parker square

[@MatteoBlooner]

I think we can all agree that the best Parker square ever is when Matt said "I don't want to call it Parker square"

[@helderboymh]

I watched this video so many times. @4:27 "Stop trying to make Parker square a thing" * Merch appears Gets me every time !

[@MelindaGreen]

I love how the instant he realizes the name is inevitable, he starts finding rationals for it.

[@TheMarkoSeke]

Whenever Numberphile does a video with Matt Parker I'm laughing constantly throughout the whole video xD

[@standupmaths]

Thanks! Hopefully for the right reasons.

[@TheMarkoSeke]

standupmaths Absolutely!

[@robo3007]

+standupmaths He's laughing at your magic square Matt, I wouldn't take it from him!

[@scottgoodson8295]

+standupmaths Almost the right reasons. Not quite though.

[@nosuchthing8]

True, he seems like he was on Monty Python. Except when he took the wrong position on tau v pi.

[@Kelseyjohnstonnz]

Parker vs Non Parker…oh how far we’ve come!

[@infogames2724]

29 squared + 1 square + 47 square 41 squared + 37 squared + (-1) squared 23 squared + (-41) squared + (-29) squared there. now every number is unique :)

[@ze_rubenator]

I was gonna write something witty, but in the end I just parker-squared it and came up with this instead.

[@KasabianFan44]

I'm guessing the grammar mistake at the end is there to show the Parker-square-ness of the comment? ;)

[@ze_rubenator]

***** Actually no, is there an error I can't see there?

[@KasabianFan44]

Ze Rubenator "Instead" is one word ;)

[@ze_rubenator]

***** Oh yeah, you're right (:

[@bacon.cheesecake]

you know what, your comment is not that great. but you gave it a go, and that's what matters

[@CristiNeagu]

Matt hopes this whole "Parker square" thing will be just another Parker square and not quite make it to popularity.

[@fergusmaclachlan1404]

Nope.

[@slothFPV]

Best one

[@Peter_1986]

Without a doubt one of the most legendary videos on Numberphile.

[@Peter_1986]

At 3:28, there was no longer any hope for Matt to get rid of the Parker Square meme; he was just digging himself deeper and deeper into that hole throughout the rest of the video from that point.

[@MrShagification]

My life is a Parker square.

[@BurakBagdatli]

"But I gave it a go! And of course I didn't find. I found this... this... adequate... you know... it's like..."

[@liliwheeler2204]

In all these years I never realized that the Parker Square video also gave us "the mathematical definition of fame" which, personally, is one of my all time favorite lines. I think it's really underappreciated!

[@imperator9343]

Years down the road someone is gonna be reading some math paper that the author snuck a Parker Square joke into and Matt Parker himself will be definitively math famous

[@Nogli]

This man was part of a project where they built a massive calculator of dominoes which sadly didn't quite work (a Parker Square event), and yet this is the most deflated that I have seen him.

[@thegermanpanda6699]

It's a perfect square in my heart.

[@1_____________________]

I have the solution to P=NP P = NP P = NP | -P 0 = N P = 0P P = 0 Well, it's not the solution, but i parker-squared it.

[@evanknowles4780]

+Spiked Blueshell No, P would be equal to zero. N would then be any number.

[@captaincupkakez7595]

+Evan Knowles or P is any number and N is 1

[@Froggy711]

P=00P

[@griffinwhite9929]

come on man you obviously just divide both sides by P and you get N = 1.

[@hahahihi1540]

Lol it's P Vs NP problem , not P = NP . Let's see how you solve that millennia prize problem .

[@kcwidman]

It might be a mascot for giving it a go... rip

[@MaaikeMin]

Haha, the shirt has made it to Dutch television :') Diederik Jekel wears it on 'Wie is de mol?' S17E07

[@Reggiland]

i will use 'parker square' in a conversation some time. i don't know when but it will be used for something that is on the cusp of perfection but has so much further to go. we need to make Matt famous!

[@standupmaths]

You might find the conversation goes a bit Parker Square.

[@Reggiland]

+standupmaths its an honor to have you reply to my comment. :D

[@TakeWalker]

This was hilarious. :D Best mathmatical bromance in history.

[@TakeWalker]

lol hi :D

[@coconuts2513]

Anyone else coming here after the magic square reaction reaction (reaction squared?) video sequence?😂😂😂

[@VarizonPlays]

I love numberphile! I think I have numperphilephile

[@lawrencebermudez]

+Varizon parkerphile keepo

[@laxxius]

Wouldn't it be you have Numberphilephilia?

[@proefslak]

+Laxxius Yes, I think he has Numberphilephilia. So he is a Numberphilephile.

[@NNOTM]

+Varizon That's a real Parker Square of a pun

[@ratlinggull2223]

I love all of you guys! I think I have Numberphilephilephilephilephilephilephilephilephilephilephilephile Read more...

[@themaskedcrusader]

if we consider that a "Parker Square" is one where each row and column and ONE diagonal add up to the same thing, then there are TONS of them. I wrote a quick program to crunch search all values 1 to 100, and it's spitting out "Parker Squares" all over the place. It'll take about a week to run to find all values where the base is < 100

[@UriGerhard]

neat

[@tellingthetalepodcast]

I was thinking about doing something similar but only for cubes. This is definitely the correct approach despite taking EXORBITANT amounts of time to compute.

[@juangreen8194]

+themaskedcrusader Do you mind to show us a couple of those Parker Squares your program found please? :)

[@themaskedcrusader]

+Joee Green There was a bug in my code giving me false positives. I've fixed the bug and will let you know when a legit parker square is found

[@WujuStyler]

+themaskedcrusader replying to see your replies

[@bilalzahid3560]

Who else is here from the 10958 problem??

[@PrachayaJansub]

and both published on Apr 18. Nice Parker Square anniversary by solving 10,958 Problem

[@krimzocastfireball3743]

Bilal Zahid yes absolutely so curious I just had to.

[@dragonfyre1589]

Yup

[@pankajkumar007]

me too

[@andykauffman7466]

@@PrachayaJansub I wonder what time it was published.

[@kdawg3484]

I feel like I could write a entire book about this 4:54 video analyzing every single nuance of how great the comedy in it is. It has everything. You couldn't intentionally write a skit that hits as many comedy buttons so dexterously as this mostly-improvised little video. I'll never not find it hilarious.

[@mathphysicsnerd]

Do it

[@thulyblu5486]

Nice, someone has already made the Parker Square Wikipedia article... :D Watch the exact moment of Matt's fate (3:28) "...I don't want to call it a Parker Square..."

+Thulyblu It has a deletion discussion running, but 42 people edited it. :D

[@thulyblu5486]

FaRo hehehe lol

[@PauLtus_B]

If "Parker square" would relate to everything in maths that works in every way except one. You wouldn't have your name relate to the proudest achievements but remember: it would be used a LOT.

[@IceMetalPunk]

x³ ≠ 8 is such a Parker square.

[@PauLtus_B]

IceMetalPunk What if x = 1.29683955465? I don't quite understand what you mean ;)

[@davidmelo9862]

It works in every way(x not 2) but fails on one way( x = 2 ).I think that's a Parker square.

[@PauLtus_B]

IceMetalPunk Due to the power of zooms I saw an 8 instead of a 3.

[@PauLtus_B]

David Melo Ah. I think I get it.

[@alterego3734]

Another Parker Square: 74 | 82 | 97 2 | 113 | 94 127 | 46 | 58

[@user21XXL]

that's a parker square of a parker square example - you used 9 different numbers, you didnt fail hard enough

[@petermcandrew7787]

That's the "magic square" with a single diagonal that has the smallest total for the seven lines which work. Second smallest is: 148 | 254 | 4 194 | 116 | 188 164 | 92 | 226 No square works with both diagonals (or with one diagonal other than variants of these two) with a line total less than 120,000. My program is still running to try higher totals, but got to 120,000 in an hour or two...

[@hps362]

So now he's more famous for failing than the 7x7 cube numbers guy is for succeeding

[@Quintingent]

This isn't my best comment. I tried to be witty and relate to the video, but it's just ended up being a real Parker Square of a comment.

[@Mawkler]

+David Ward At least you tried mate. At least you tried.

[@standupmaths]

The important thing is: you gave it a go.

[@insu_na]

Brady is such a troll :D

[@Jonathantheweirdo]

+David Ward Lo and behold the rare paradoxical comment. Well done, sir.

[@fritz46]

Finding one should be worth more than 1000 Euros after today's video.

[@onstable3184]

"In maths fame means that someone will see your name every century in some obscure old book" xD

[@ToothTalks]

Got my t-shirt. Now having to explain it to people who think it's a new band!

[@onkelpappkov2666]

Let's just say it's close to being one but it isn't quite there.

[@Science4allOrg]

I have an almost marvellous proof of Fermat's last theorem but I Parker-squared it...

[@akanegally]

Je pensais pas que sur cette video je tomberais sur un de tes commentaires!

[@sabriath]

Easy solution: √2 √7 √6 √9 √5 1 √4 √3 √8 Done :)

[@edwardlau892]

You might as well go √2 √7 √6 3 √5 1 2 √3 √8 Looks better it seems. :D

[@vrabiealexandru2755]

Well then... dont you win a nobel prize now?

[@witherblaze]

@@vrabiealexandru2755 fields medal. No nobel prize for math

[@lordtig4138]

Imagine if the problem was that easy. You can just take ANY magical square, take the sqrt of all numbers, and then ask for your thousand euros.

[@GoogleAccount-pi9ct]

Lol

[@AnAverageItalian]

And thus, a legend is born

[@vmp916]

I honestly believe this is among numberphile’s non-parker videos

[@cortonimor]

*cue Coldplay music* "When you try your best but you don't succeed"

[@blipmachine]

This video is the definition of “it’s not much but it’s honest work”

[@seancloser]

I like the enthusiasm of this guy. This is what it s like when someone is truly passionate about sth.

[@conure512]

The town I live in has a town center called Parker Square...

[@NarratingFox]

This video is rather short. Feels like a Parker Square to be honest :/

[@standupmaths]

The whole video is classic Parker Square.

[@vincenzomontecalvo9311]

standupmaths hi man.

[@NarratingFox]

standupmaths Most of my A-Level maths class watches Numberphile. I'll email you all the noteworthy jokes that get thrown out there tomorrow XD

[@standupmaths]

+NarratingFox Make sure your whole class gives it a Parker Square effort.

[@NarratingFox]

standupmaths That would imply that we're just shy from being perfect. If it were to be a solid perfect effort, I would compare it to more of a Haran Square ;)

[@ionlymadethistoleavecoment1723]

I'm definitely using the term "Parker square" whenever I almost do something right

[@DrKaii]

1:18 in mathematics in 2023, fame means doing some maths that some youtube educator covers in a video that goes viral because of some inside joke, which someone makes a lot of merch money from

[@connortremblay1259]

I routinely use the phrase Parker square in conversation and nobody knows what I'm talking about

[@sujimtangerines]

Been using it since the video came out and no one ever seemed to know what I was talking about. Went to the park yesterday and saw some kid attempt a skateboard trick (I'm neither young or cool enough to know what it was), but didn't stick the landing. Turned to my own kid and said, "oh he Parker Squared that" and the skater dude gave me a thumbs up and said his name was Matt, too! I was a bit speechless that someone finally seemed to get it.

[@Asimovum]

This video is a Parker Square

[@martinshoosterman]

Just submitted parker square to urban dictionary, soon ill go for Marriam Webster.

[@andrewbloom7694]

I love the fact that HE WAS THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED CALLING IT THAT 😂😂😂😂

[@evil_duck_de]

After years of Numberphile videos I only just came to this gem of a video, after listening to Matt Parkers brilliant audio book version of "The Humble Pi". Thank you so very much for giving the world the Parker Square!

[@superj1e2z6]

Parker Square now a thing

[@vampyricon7026]

+

[@s1s1sad]

This is the most classic Numberphile video to me. I don't think I'll ever be able to stop watching it.

[@HedgieMaster05]

Oh my gosh these shirts are still available! This is hilarious!

[@oliviagarden9460]

I just found your channel, and I love it. Not exactly content I sit down to and watch, but more things I listen to in the background, and sometimes write down some of it

[@wtmftproductions]

3:54 Matt, I hope you will one day be the Patron Saint of "giving things a go." XD

[@kierantaylor5715]

Does this mean a triangle can be called a Parker Square?

[@dielaughing73]

Yes, if it had four sides. Except then it would be a Parker triangle.

[@thebeardyyc]

I’ve been watching a lot of your videos (older and newer) since I discovered your channel a few months ago, and this is by far the funniest one I’ve come across. You guys are great. Keep up the hard work. Your charisma, knowledge, and dedication to the maths is much appreciated.

[@jackwilliams7193]

"Some people would say that -- " "I would say that!"