Not More Maths for Dummies 1.1: Sigma notation

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  • @daminatownes124
    @daminatownes124 7 років тому +1

    thank you so much. it has taken me hours of searching for the simple words "REMEMBER THIS FORMULA" to know that a formula exists and it wasn't a complicated mathematical reasoning i didn't understand

  • @kimjimin4419
    @kimjimin4419 9 років тому +62

    Your explanations were simple!!! Thanks for teaching me how to use the (E) thingy.

    • @SkylerChan
      @SkylerChan 9 років тому +1

      +Kim Jimin Agreed.

    • @safwanakhtar2528
      @safwanakhtar2528 6 років тому +1

      Kim Jimin the E is called a sigma

    • @avory7938
      @avory7938 3 роки тому

      The E thingy 🤣

    • @kimjimin4419
      @kimjimin4419 3 роки тому

      @@avory7938 omg I didn't know I commented this, I was 11 back then lol, time flies so fast😅

  • @SeanOBryan
    @SeanOBryan 11 років тому

    This was easy to do after the video was watched. I especially identified with the introduction, "Mathematics is something that many people struggle with and the way its set out doesn't often help with this." Thank you for explaining sigma notation.

  • @lenemoyn5675
    @lenemoyn5675 4 роки тому

    Dont care if this is nearly a decade old, this was a really good video! Was trying to relearn this to help my younger sister and wow I finally completely understand all that I hadn't in my time learning this at school. Thank you very much!! This is greatly appreciated and is a wonderful resource!

  • @cleopatras7488
    @cleopatras7488 3 роки тому +2

    Wow! You are such a good teacher! I’ve been searching for a way to understand sigma, your video is the only one that I found to make sense and make it so easy to understand! Appreciate it! I wish you were my math teacher! Thanks a lot ! 🙏

  • @aonodensetsu
    @aonodensetsu 8 років тому +7

    I love it. Learned sigma now (I'm in second grade secondary) and it was actually simpler than I thought. Very thanks!

  • @ktfo101
    @ktfo101 12 років тому

    That literally put capital sigma completely into perspective. I appreciate the time you put into making the video.

  • @Yuzner
    @Yuzner 6 років тому

    I watched 3 videos before this video and peoples there was explaining Sigma for others who already know whats going on, not for peoples who came for answer what is Sigma . But you gave a simple and clear explanation, thanks man...really appreciate.

  • @DRI1966
    @DRI1966 10 років тому

    Unfortunately You-tube did not exist when I have to study that , your explanation is much more easier and clear then the 10 pages we have to learn to come to the same conclusion. Good job and good Video :)

  • @gracestafford2181
    @gracestafford2181 7 років тому

    Thank you so much!!!!! I'm in AP calculus right now and I am not a math person. I have been lost since the beginning of this semester because I didn't understand this but now I do. You are excellent at explain calculus in a way that makes since to a right brain person and that is to hard to find. Thank you so much! You are my hero and just saved my grade!!!!!!

  • @fiercehili
    @fiercehili 13 років тому

    thank you for this! i am taking a statistics course and math has been my handicap! i look to graduate next year from college with a bachelors and need a statistics course and college algebra to graduate - i will look for more of your uploads! you are great at explaining clearly and concisely! Thank You!

  • @tyriccobene
    @tyriccobene 3 роки тому

    Great explanation and I found your humor/personality uniquely charming. I wish I could personally thank you for this micro-lesson; I really appreciated this.

  • @teddybare1
    @teddybare1 11 років тому

    Ive been trying to find videos concerning the more advanced concepts for ages. thank you, very well explained.

  • @emekandubueze
    @emekandubueze 10 років тому

    i am currently doing my masters and you just solved a problem that had plagued me for years. Good job!

  • @angusjamesV
    @angusjamesV 9 років тому +4

    That was amazing! Simple explanation, with a little humor. Very easy to understand, Thankyou!

  • @florian7144
    @florian7144 8 років тому +21

    You helped me a lot man!!! THANKS!!!
    Can you make more math videos? I love the way you explain, and I am shure I`m not the only one.

  • @MartialartTeresa
    @MartialartTeresa 10 років тому +3

    I'm just a nerd that loves to do math for fun, I'm not even at this level of math yet, but I understand it now, thank you so much :)

  • @rashawnhoward564
    @rashawnhoward564 7 років тому

    I seen this awhile ago. I was looking for a refresher; this still is the best explanation and examples I have found, thank you sir!

  • @aidenizking7635
    @aidenizking7635 Рік тому

    Thanks for the explanation! I'm currently in Algebra I and wanted to learn sigma notation as a personal side project.

  • @Koolkaratemom
    @Koolkaratemom 13 років тому

    That was awesome! I just joined a Chemistry class that assumes all of the students know this. I needed a simple understanding, quickly! Thank you!

  • @ImproveOrElse
    @ImproveOrElse 12 років тому

    I came across this video because I was looking for an explanation of Σ. It was exactly what I was needing.

  • @Jenny23495
    @Jenny23495 12 років тому

    You just saved me, I have a test in this tomorrow and I still could not get it right! Now I feel so enlightened! THANK YOU so much!

  • @TheLolz404
    @TheLolz404 10 років тому

    You rock this just blew my discrete math teacher explanation out of the water

  • @independantpeace9559
    @independantpeace9559 9 років тому +19

    LOL at the picture of Micheal whatever... haha your awesome thank you. =)

    • @ingGS
      @ingGS 6 років тому +1

      *you're.

  • @amesserandrew
    @amesserandrew 6 років тому

    This video really helped explain the n(n+1)/2 principle my statistics class uses on a daily basis. My professor could never explain it like this. Thanks, bro!

  • @mohammedsayed4793
    @mohammedsayed4793 10 років тому

    That was perfect, my math teacher couldnt explain this to save her life, but you sir, did it perfectly.

  • @saiyoucho
    @saiyoucho 13 років тому

    Found by searching for sigma math. And thanks a LOT! I ran into this in my programming course and it assumed that you've used sigma before. There really should be more videos like this. It's great help.

  • @kevind.k7512
    @kevind.k7512 9 років тому +2

    i have some problems reading those notations,
    so i need more explanation .
    1: n(n+1)is n multiplied by n+1 - how do i know this means that the sum of numbers between brackets are the multiplier?
    2: (i+2) how do you come to the conclusion that this is anything other than the i which is the number below sigma ,
    in this case 1 , needing 2 added to it , giving 3 .
    3: the explanation of the second part of sigma 1-25 (i+2) , is a sum of sigma 1-25 with i=1 with a 2 next to it,
    how does this then become 25 times 2 ?
    if the rule were to be that every number on the right of the sigma calculation is a multiplier,
    as implied in the next summation sigma i=1 1-17 8i
    then there are two scenarios i see , either (i+2) means solve the sigma , get outcome i add 2,
    or solve sigma get outcome i add the outcome of same sum times 2 , [325 + 650]
    and since it is in brackets perhaps even use the sum of that as multiplier for the original sum.[325 x 975]
    how you get the 25 times 2 i dont know
    what i got from others was that i was the index meaning the start number 1 in this case ,
    maybe it is the outcome as well , could someone please shed some more light on this?

  • @vandomog5971
    @vandomog5971 7 років тому

    Superb video. The video has helped me with my revision of Sequences and Series for my A Level Pure Maths exams. I have Pure 1 on 17/5/2017 and Further Pure 1 on 19/5/2017.
    Excellent video as it goes step-by-step.
    Thanks
    Vandomo

  • @dippywippy6304
    @dippywippy6304 10 років тому

    dude, next tuesday I will have a math test with this lesson which I didn't understand it at all at school. You're a life saviour.

  • @AwesomeRudi51
    @AwesomeRudi51 9 років тому

    I found this while searching for stigmas, because i didn't understood stigmas. Thanks for that video, as it explained what i needed to know.

  • @MisterPablo
    @MisterPablo 8 років тому +1

    I don't think you still around, but this video was great! Thank your for uploading it! I really hope you will continue with Math videos, the explanation for this was easy and complete, with a bit of humor and that makes it a great educational video and I (I am sure a lot of people as well) will love to see more videos like this!

  • @kebman
    @kebman 7 років тому

    Small implementation of the first summation in programming: sum = 0; for (i = 4; i

  • @milagroslynch1662
    @milagroslynch1662 8 років тому

    Hi,
    Thank you very much. I am doing an introductory class of statistics and this symbol looked so strange. The video was great and the explanation was very clear.
    Thank you again!!!

  • @just2bkewl
    @just2bkewl 13 років тому

    Oh my goodness! So helpful, I like understanding the logic behind formulas, it helps me remember! If I get this integration unit, it's thanks to you! Please keep up the amazing work!

  • @quazarquantifyer8464
    @quazarquantifyer8464 7 років тому

    I found this video by searching sigma explained in the UA-cam search bar, and it was indeed quiet helpful.

  • @violinstudy
    @violinstudy 12 років тому

    Thank you SO MUCH for explaining this! I understood what the Σ meant but trying to comprehend how the numbers and variables that relate to it work into problems and examples was so frustrating. Now I feel better about it for sure. I found your video through a google search, by the way.

  • @grantwarwas1860
    @grantwarwas1860 10 років тому

    Thanks a ton, I had to brush up on sigma notation for calculus and you did a great job of jogging my memory

  • @joshautley
    @joshautley 7 років тому

    I don't think I can explain how I found it. Well, okay the short of it is... I googled "sigma" then saw the image "remember this!!" - Looked important so I clicked it and watched your video. Thank you.

  • @kraziecatclady
    @kraziecatclady 5 років тому

    Thank you loved the video. It really helped me to understand how to make things a lot easier and faster instead of doing all the calculations manually. Your explanation was great.

  • @RonaldRonWestWilliams
    @RonaldRonWestWilliams 10 років тому

    Found this very useful. You are much more thorough than my lecturer.

  • @jeodon7200
    @jeodon7200 9 років тому

    this was awesome can you please show some examples with fractions and exponents

  • @JubiladoHombre
    @JubiladoHombre 12 років тому

    Really good job explaining and graphics.
    Found by googling calculus summation formulas.
    Area limit video would be wonderful.

  • @nkengchrist
    @nkengchrist 13 років тому

    you are a born mathematician if not a born teacher. you just made my day :-) thank you.

  • @vaironxxrd
    @vaironxxrd 12 років тому

    Thanks I understand the main concept, there was very few I couldn't comprehend but I'll watch the video a couple of more times.

  • @juveforez
    @juveforez 13 років тому

    loved the video excellent explanation! Went in to the mechanics of the sigma notation which most people don't explain. Do logarithms next

  • @Jking1276
    @Jking1276 11 років тому

    I found it because I'm taking online AP calculus and got confused. Thanks a ton! This helped so much!

  • @RepublicanG8mer
    @RepublicanG8mer 10 років тому

    Omg! Thank you sooooooooo much! I struggled to solve complex problems when there was sigma, but now I know what it means! Thank you!

  • @DontWakeMe1
    @DontWakeMe1 12 років тому

    Thank you so much... I'm going away and won't be able to learn this stuff in class, so this video was very helpful to me while doing my make-up homework. Thanks again!

  • @clementbaird6082
    @clementbaird6082 10 років тому

    Was a really good basic walk through i really enjoyed relearning that

  • @nicholasmontgomery6644
    @nicholasmontgomery6644 10 років тому

    Thank you, I was stuck with proving that the summation of i is equal to n(n+1)/2... And i didn't know where to begin or even how to look at it. You showed me the answer but you also showed me how to look at summations differently... We have to turn it around! I am frustrated because I didn't see such a simple idea of summations, but we are not presented with summations in a conceptual way, just copying down notes from a board.
    Thanks

  • @OurLastNightX
    @OurLastNightX 13 років тому

    Thanks a lot it was really helpful ! and have you done a video for the use of sigma notation to write the sum ? From sequences of a set of numbers ?

  • @Kyng5199
    @Kyng5199  12 років тому

    so, x1 = 5, x2 = 10, etc. up to x8 = 6?
    The question is asking you to find the sum of their squares, so:
    (x1)² + (x2)² + .... + (x8)²
    Substituting in the numbers you're given gives:
    5² + 10² + 7² + 3² + 7² + 0² + 1² + 6², or:
    25 + 100 + 49 + 9 + 49 + 0 + 1 + 36
    And sticking that into a calculator gives: 269
    Hope that helps :) !

  • @Tr1Qzz
    @Tr1Qzz 10 років тому

    Just starting using cap sigma in uni, this helped clear out some stuff. thanks.

  • @reinaderey
    @reinaderey 11 років тому

    Well done! Love the wit! Dad was from Manchester-so nice to hear the English accent again!!

  • @Chingonazo1
    @Chingonazo1 9 років тому

    Very straight forward. Thank you from California.

  • @thejmcexperience8755
    @thejmcexperience8755 7 років тому

    Thank you for this simple explanation of sigma notation.

  • @JuseJamez
    @JuseJamez 13 років тому

    You are extremely talented and teaching this stuff!

  • @anaaya3131
    @anaaya3131 7 років тому

    That was so easy! Can you please do more videos?!

  • @marixzaortiz3733
    @marixzaortiz3733 8 років тому

    Thank you for that explanation, it really helped me understand. I just started with stats and I got stuck on this sigma notation.

  • @anaverageloser8394
    @anaverageloser8394 10 років тому +3

    Easy learning. Love that you sticked just to the point and explanation.

  • @ashlinchetty1345
    @ashlinchetty1345 9 років тому

    Hi yes this video was quite understandable. Would you please do a video explaining trigonometry from the very basics to a difficult level???

  • @deewonda1952
    @deewonda1952 11 років тому

    Wow! I'm loving this video! I am taking Discrete Mathematics for Information Technology for the second time! THIS TIME I'm using the resources of UA-cam to help me. Your video is WAAAAY easier to understand that the textbook! I understood it clearly! Thanks!!!

  • @coreyandnathanielchartier3749
    @coreyandnathanielchartier3749 5 років тому

    I liked the explanations. Can you add any real-world application that would explain the need for such a system of additons?

  • @kharnethebetrayer4125
    @kharnethebetrayer4125 4 роки тому

    That was amazing.id only learned the basics of sigma notation so far,and I have to say the more I’m learning it,it’s actualy sinking in a lot easier than a lot of other maths I’ve studied before.maybe because I’m gaining a better understanding of maths,or I’m just getting better at it,maybe both.i like it though.

  • @Kyng5199
    @Kyng5199  12 років тому

    @deadXbun Thanks :) !
    I can tell you now that there is a formula for 1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 + ... + n^2 - it's n(n+1)(2n+1)/6, and I'll prove that in two different ways in my video. Just to show that there's often no one 'correct' way to prove things :P .

  • @Henchetarian
    @Henchetarian 13 років тому

    Fantastic video, what and amazing way of dealing with a set! You made it so simple!

  • @sinless
    @sinless Рік тому

    Definitely an important formula to remember. Thanks

  • @feverpitch82
    @feverpitch82 12 років тому

    That was a great explanation and I'm a rank 1 noob at this stuff. I completely get it now. Thank you.

  • @DennisMiller93
    @DennisMiller93 10 років тому

    awesome! very helpful. you explained in 7 minutes what my teacher did in an hour

  • @Kyng5199
    @Kyng5199  12 років тому

    @deadXbun That was meant to be the subject of my next video. However, I used a different background for that and later decided I didn't like it, so I'll have to re-make all the slides :( ..

  • @gokugohan29
    @gokugohan29 9 років тому

    Thanks a lot! I wouldn't have understood this without your explanation! :)

  • @hagstromman345
    @hagstromman345 12 років тому

    Subscribed! Very concise and simple explanation, well done!

  • @cachelesssociety5187
    @cachelesssociety5187 2 роки тому

    Brilliantly presented - SO useful and helpful!

  • @therhyschannel
    @therhyschannel 11 років тому +1

    Thanks :) really helped,and your voice is very soothing....

  • @deepakkeshri8081
    @deepakkeshri8081 5 років тому

    You are so good sir your teaching style is the very best I happy for your performance but you are a very very very very very good teaching for every student of teacher you are all of the best thanks sir thanks.

  • @rhythmoffootball1918
    @rhythmoffootball1918 7 років тому

    Neat. Can you please do one for double summations?

  • @iamise
    @iamise 7 років тому

    really good video, been looking for exactly this kind of thing

  • @kaoseda1886
    @kaoseda1886 4 роки тому

    Such an interesting explanation. Thanks for sharing math.

  • @arturojuniorable
    @arturojuniorable 12 років тому

    In c++ that would look like function summ() for(n = 4; n

  • @clementhannibal34
    @clementhannibal34 10 років тому

    Thanks dude. I have a math test and this really helped.

  • @xsytrance
    @xsytrance 6 років тому

    That was very straighforward. Thank you!

  • @Skylitzz_
    @Skylitzz_ 10 років тому

    this was very usefull! i understood you even better than i understand my own teacher

  • @lanana939
    @lanana939 7 років тому

    Why didnt I have math teachers like you ?
    Thank you!

  • @Kyng5199
    @Kyng5199  13 років тому

    @TheFlipsta97 You're welcome. Glad I could help :) .

  • @Kyng5199
    @Kyng5199  13 років тому

    @rjravaz WNow, thanks! I'm glad you like it.
    I'll have to make more of these.

  • @TheOfficialTab
    @TheOfficialTab 9 років тому

    Thanks, I was stuck in a situation of doing sigma with out knowing what it even was yet

  • @teshaprince1370
    @teshaprince1370 7 років тому

    Your so helpful ! Please can you do a video about z scores.

  • @rjravaz
    @rjravaz 13 років тому

    Awesome video! Thank you for being so clear, you have a good mind.

  • @vsjcat
    @vsjcat 7 років тому

    Thank you from a statistics dummy. Helped quite a bit.

  • @edwardross1957
    @edwardross1957 8 років тому

    Thank you so much! My teacher made it out to be really difficult but it was so much easier than expected. :) very much appreciated

  • @Kyng5199
    @Kyng5199  12 років тому

    That's only the answer to 25(26)/2 - and I made that clear in the video. A few seconds later in the video, I add the 25(2), and give the answer as 375.

  • @wa4aos
    @wa4aos 12 років тому

    Consider a video on Integration in Calculus. THanks

  • @JuseJamez
    @JuseJamez 13 років тому

    ugg.. You are extremely talented AT teaching this stuff!

  • @emiledin2183
    @emiledin2183 2 роки тому

    I would argue that for more complex sigma notation functions, its just much easier to use the basic formula: n(a1 + an)/2 instead of breaking out stuff and that

  • @Kyng5199
    @Kyng5199  12 років тому +2

    The formula for that is 2(2^n - 1)
    Hope that helped :) .

    • @yusufdadkhah7561
      @yusufdadkhah7561 4 роки тому

      @kingsindianCR
      what is the name of that foumula? what is that formula used for?

  • @silensir1
    @silensir1 13 років тому

    untill i saw this video i did not fully understand this type of equations! THANKS!

  • @savetheunstable
    @savetheunstable 13 років тому

    ohhhhhhh I get it now. Jeez. Math would not be hard if teachers could just EXPLAIN EVERY STEP!!! Thanks for posting. :-)

  • @robertthompsonii3301
    @robertthompsonii3301 9 років тому

    Thats a very good explanation thank you... demystified that symbol

  • @marquisbean1752
    @marquisbean1752 7 років тому

    omg this makes things so easy! God bless your SOUL!