The Return of -1/12 - Numberphile

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  @numberphile · 2 years ago · pinned

  We&apos;ve got ANOTHER new video about -1/12 also out today - see it at: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beakj767uG4">https://youtu.be/beakj767uG4</a>

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• PL

  @PlanetAstronox · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m always blown away by Brady&apos;s ability to ask questions. He&apos;s really got a talent for it, and I feel like I&apos;m learning more just from him being there to challenge whoever he&apos;s talking to.

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• AB

  @ab-mi9vf · 2 years ago (edited)

  brady casually inventing zeno&apos;s paradox when asking about the convergence of the number

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• DI

  @dinocz3301 · 2 years ago

  &quot;If it was a race, I would never finish&quot; reminds me of a joke<br><br>Mathematician and engineer are set on a line one meter away from a million dollars. <br><br>Judge says &quot;every minute, you are able to half the distance to money&quot;<br><br>Mathematician immedietly gives up, but the engineer takes the first step. Mathematician tells him &quot;why do you bother? You will never be able to reach it, you can&apos;t halve to zero&quot;<br><br>Engineer answers &quot;yes, but at some point I will be close enough for practical use&quot;

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• XM

  @xMonts · 2 years ago (edited)

  I have been waiting this moment since… -1/12 year ago ❤

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• MI

  @michaelnewman2343 · 2 years ago

  Thanks for the explanation tonytonytonytonytonytonytonytonytonytony….

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• AL

  @altejoh · 2 years ago

  I feel really validated that he calls this playing with numbers &quot;mathematical doodling&quot; xD

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• SI

  @silverharloe · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmLIGN8ZGdw&amp;t=1029">17:09</a> of <b>course</b> Euler did it. Half of maths is basically the &quot;Simpsons did it&quot; episode of South Park, with Euler in place of the Simpsons.

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• SI

  @singingblueberry · 2 years ago

  Man. I was here for the original video in 2014 and I&apos;m here for it now. Gave me throwbacks of being a ninth-grader, fascinated with math, binge-watching Numberphile. Good times.

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• TA

  @tasosbouzikas · 2 years ago

  What helps me a lot in these kind of situations is to keep in mind that “the representation of something is not the something”. In other words, both 1 and 0.9999… represent the same something which is not the symbols 1 or 0.9999…

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• JB

  @JBLewis · 2 years ago

  My calc prof in college always liked the little story of putting two kids in a room, one on ether side. &nbsp;They each move half way toward each, and halfway again, and again. &nbsp;The mathematician says &quot;They never get close enough to kiss.&quot; The physicist says, &quot;they get close enough.&quot;

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• MR

  @MrHugi93 · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s crazy that its already 10 years ago. I remember that video like it was yesterday. It was one of the first videos of this channel that I watched, and it was also one of the reasons to get me hooked to mathematics :)

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