A Proof That The Square Root of Two Is Irrational

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  • @wima6687
    @wima6687 5 років тому +3823

    16:05 the music synchs perfectly with the sound of the pencil drawing on the paper
    this is extremely satisfying

  • @Rio-cs6nx
    @Rio-cs6nx 4 роки тому +7714

    Alternative title: Michael having fun doing his hobby.

    • @Novristxch
      @Novristxch 4 роки тому +60

      Michael is alternate Albert Einstein

    • @sebmandal
      @sebmandal 3 роки тому +62

      This stuff is all just so lovely! I’m happy he does this stuff

    • @iamlordstarbuilder5595
      @iamlordstarbuilder5595 3 роки тому +39

      I had no idea you could prove irrationality. Proofs are a mathematician’s witchcraft.

    • @dr.theory7900
      @dr.theory7900 3 роки тому +3

      He likes it , but I ...

    • @urlocalcraccdealer954
      @urlocalcraccdealer954 3 роки тому +4

      or does he?

  • @DrizzletGaming
    @DrizzletGaming 5 років тому +8107

    Michael: Or is it
    2 million people: *Literaly creaming themselves*

  • @ryane5281
    @ryane5281 Рік тому +937

    I was taught this proof in school yet was somehow still entertained enough to watch the whole video. There is my proof that Michael is an incredible host.

  • @kekero540
    @kekero540 5 років тому +4458

    Rational
    Ratio
    I have never realized this and now am freaking out.

    • @muggtor
      @muggtor 5 років тому +167

      you made me think of other words, and rations, and now im dying

    • @mariafe7050
      @mariafe7050 5 років тому +58

      What about irratio?

    • @mariafe7050
      @mariafe7050 5 років тому +69

      An irrational number divided by an irrational number.
      π/e

    • @unemilifleur
      @unemilifleur 5 років тому +43

      Never realized that either... I’m French, irrational numbers are called irrationnel, but ratios are called fraction......

    • @Brunoenribeiro
      @Brunoenribeiro 4 роки тому +3

      you're not alone on this

  • @invaderaid7216
    @invaderaid7216 3 роки тому +4557

    Michael would be an incredible teacher. Not even just for Maths, he seems to absolutely love learning and teaching

    • @marialawal7449
      @marialawal7449 3 роки тому +47

      Downside is I dont think teachers get to choose what subject to teach, youtube gives him more freedom and we all get access

    • @ichthyostegaxd3727
      @ichthyostegaxd3727 3 роки тому +107

      @@marialawal7449 they do lol why would they teach a subject they're bad at

    • @dvision4203
      @dvision4203 3 роки тому +13

      Is he not already a teacher?

    • @ichthyostegaxd3727
      @ichthyostegaxd3727 3 роки тому +3

      @Jul W In which country?

    • @zeronxepher4167
      @zeronxepher4167 3 роки тому +2

      @Jul W this is the dumbest thing I've seen in 2 years

  • @robinsonkaspar3395
    @robinsonkaspar3395 4 роки тому +9422

    The ancient Pythagoreans would have literally killed you for this act of heresy. They really did not like even the idea of irrational numbers. They drowned the man who suggested that pi might not be some divine ratio like 22/7.

    • @nabranestwistypuzzler7019
      @nabranestwistypuzzler7019 4 роки тому +420

      Robinson Kaspar oh yeah like wtaf was wrong with people in maths and sciences back then?

    • @garethbaus5471
      @garethbaus5471 4 роки тому +1115

      @@nabranestwistypuzzler7019 the pythagoreans were more of a cult that thought rational math was the explanation to everything than what would be considered a modern style group dedicated to math or science.

    • @nabranestwistypuzzler7019
      @nabranestwistypuzzler7019 4 роки тому +48

      Gareth Baus Oh wow

    • @user-vv1do1wg1j
      @user-vv1do1wg1j 4 роки тому +587

      @@garethbaus5471 a math cult, awesome

    • @squibble311
      @squibble311 4 роки тому +205

      the guy that made this proof was pithagorean. he was killed/banished

  • @NaraASMR
    @NaraASMR Рік тому +122

    i really love it when these math videos give me a slight shift in perspective about something that is incredibly common/natural to me-, like, reducing fractions
    i know in my head that 4/6 is equal to 2/3, easy, and i know that 4/6 can be reduced into 2/3 without changing its value. if you were to ask me _why_ the value doesn't change, my answer would be something like "because the ratio in relation to the numbers stayed consistent, the proportions of 4 to 6 are equal to the proportions of 2 to 3."
    but here-, michael just gives the simple answer of "since both 4 and 6 can be divided by 2, we can divide this fraction by the fraction 2/2. and since 2/2 is equal to one, this is equivalent to dividing by one, which will not change the value of our number."
    like-, "huh, that *_is_* true-, it is just like dividing by 1, never thought of it like that"
    it makes absolute sense and shows a different way to describe the same thing-, it's so cool to me.

    • @yellingintothewind
      @yellingintothewind Рік тому +4

      Your approach is essentially the geometric proof. Suppose you have two similar right triangles, one with legs of 4 and 6, the other with legs of 2 and 3. For them to be similar, the angles must match, which means the tangent of the angles must match. Since tangent is opposite over adjacent, which is 4/6 for one and 2/3 for the other, those fractions must be the same value.

    • @nexor7809
      @nexor7809 6 місяців тому

      so why would i ever need that and why was it taught in schools again?

    • @manghariz2211
      @manghariz2211 4 місяці тому +6

      ​@@nexor7809 Seriously? This is so elementary that this is going to be used in your everyday life, the use of the concept of fraction is so ubiquitous to explain quantities in comparison to other quantities as example. If you don't understand that fractions can be reduced, you are going to be easily fooled by people intentionally misleading you.

    • @nexor7809
      @nexor7809 4 місяці тому

      @@manghariz2211 no

    • @WisperedShouts
      @WisperedShouts Місяць тому +3

      Wait, isn't this how algebra is just taught by default everywhere? I mean I have been thought this approach many times by different teachers. I don't mean the specific example of reducing fractions, but more in general about how we do algebra. It's always some form of adding/taking away a number from bith sides of an equation which is okay to do, because if you do the same operation on both sides they cancel out so you are adding 0. Same with multiplication/division except you are multiplying with 1 so it stays okay to do. I mean we were always shown why an operation, approach ir trick is okay to do, why it works

  • @grandayy
    @grandayy 6 років тому +2353

    Sorry if I'm dumb but I don't really get it. For me the proof Michael shows at 5:55 only proves that an even number squared always produces an even number, NOT that the square root of any even number is also an even number. For example the square root of 6 isn't an even number, since by definition an even number has to be an integer (not a fraction). And this kinda ruins the whole proof at the end in my mind. Pls help me out. Edit: Ok I finally get it, for those that are still confused I hope this clears it out (thanks to FlamingJM for making me understand it fully):
    The proofs at 5:55 indeed don't prove that the square root of any even number is also an even number, like I said. They just prove that all even integers squared produce even numbers, and all odd integers squared produce odd numbers. This means that IF the square root of an even number is an integer, then it must itself also be an even integer, (it can't be an odd integer since all odd integers squared produce odd numbers).
    In the final proof at the end, we know that a and b are integers (because numerators and denominators in a fraction are always integers after all). Therefore since by squaring either of them you get an even number, they themselves must also be even numbers.
    All of this means that if the square root of an even number is not an integer, then it must be an irrational number. Apparently this applies to odd numbers too. So the square roots of not just 2, but all other non-square numbers, are also irrational numbers. I only learned this now. Hope this helps. And as always, thanks for watching!

    • @TheUltimateDavyGravy
      @TheUltimateDavyGravy 6 років тому +305

      the square root of 6 is also an irrational number, just like the square root of two, so you've basically just discovered the same contradiction that Michael uses to prove that the square root of two is irrational

    • @Capstfu
      @Capstfu 6 років тому +59

      I thought we all knew that most even numbers have irrational square roots 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @FlamingJ999
      @FlamingJ999 6 років тому +202

      Remember that he defined a and b to be integers. This means that a² and b² are squares of integers. While it is true that sqrt(a) is not necessarily an even integer if a is an even integer, we know that a is an integer, and we're squaring it to get a². So if a² is an even integer, we know that a (the integer that was squared to get a²) is also an even integer.

    • @jasonroyer9870
      @jasonroyer9870 6 років тому +68

      He doesn't prove that the square root of an even number is even, but rather the square root of c^2 (where c represents an even number) is even, which is common sense: squaring and square root-ing cancel reach other out and oh my God you have over a million subs

    • @FlamingJ999
      @FlamingJ999 6 років тому +47

      Another way to think about it is that, since he proved that all odd numbers squared are odd, and a² is even, then a is definitely not odd (he already defined a to be an integer) thus a is even.

  • @natesullivan6086
    @natesullivan6086 5 років тому +925

    Doctor: What would you like to name your child?
    Michael: I think i'll call it "c".

  • @Cyranek
    @Cyranek 6 років тому +8262

    having ptsd flashbacks of doing proofs for exams

    • @cjaune909
      @cjaune909 6 років тому +11

      Haii

    • @ZoraLink4
      @ZoraLink4 6 років тому +29

      Music man make more music.

    • @majortom4543
      @majortom4543 6 років тому +49

      No, i was watching like 6 minutes of the video and then realized i was thinking about other things while listening michael speaking something faint in the background. But i was still watching the video. It feels amazing but its so sad that i zone off and moom fail

    • @drsuqi
      @drsuqi 6 років тому +6

      I'm currently doing that

    • @TheGerm24
      @TheGerm24 6 років тому +19

      Yep, I felt like I was back in college math classes. I remember doing the even/odd proofs.

  • @Alchemistic88
    @Alchemistic88 6 місяців тому +107

    Michael... Can you please pay Terrence Howard a visit.

    • @mattschemmer3091
      @mattschemmer3091 4 місяці тому +8

      Terrence is where he is because he refuses to listen to people. He doesn't care. He's your typical slightly-smarter-than-average person who wishes he was the smartest person in the world, but the only way for that to be true is for everyone smarter than him to be wrong. His goal isn't to find useful truths.

  • @sadaakisz
    @sadaakisz 6 років тому +1371

    And today my friends we learned that... Binomial multiplication is Michael's favorite

    • @tesla_autopilot
      @tesla_autopilot 6 років тому +40

      Hs Sm wait until he figures out Pascal’s triangle in polynomial multiplication

    • @manassable
      @manassable 6 років тому +7

      (a+b)^2=a^2+2ab+b^2 ... ?

    • @mikeaft3585
      @mikeaft3585 6 років тому

      but he said theyre his fav in a vsauce video

    • @sardorbekomonkulov6379
      @sardorbekomonkulov6379 5 років тому

      What I see: (a+b)^2 = a^2 + b^2
      What others see : (a+b)^2=a^2+2ab+b^2

    • @sanyalox01
      @sanyalox01 4 роки тому +2

      Sardorbek Omonkulov
      If you say that (a+b)^2=a^2+b^2, then 2^2 is (1+1)^2, so 2^2 is 2

  • @ChrisLuigiTails
    @ChrisLuigiTails 4 роки тому +980

    "Negative... thirteen **exhales in disappointment** is odd"

    • @koushioni
      @koushioni 4 роки тому +31

      -13 = -12 + 1 ¿
      *Disappointed*

    • @augdawg6170
      @augdawg6170 4 роки тому +45

      @@koushioni YOU MEAN NEGATIVE 14!!!

    • @captcalvin2293
      @captcalvin2293 4 роки тому +43

      @@augdawg6170 -13 = 2 x -7 + 1 ¿
      *Disappointed*
      Fixed

    • @Supertoddy96
      @Supertoddy96 4 роки тому +2

      Saw this as it was happening lol

    • @scritch8833
      @scritch8833 4 роки тому +8

      @@koushioni that would be -11

  • @michaelhudson4192
    @michaelhudson4192 6 років тому +6081

    *watches this instead of studying for math test*

    • @GuitarGuruGaming
      @GuitarGuruGaming 6 років тому +121

      same unfortunately, normal algebra is way more fun than linear algebra

    • @garrett1644
      @garrett1644 6 років тому +59

      Same, pre-calc test tomorrow

    • @GuitarGuruGaming
      @GuitarGuruGaming 6 років тому +42

      good luck, I bombed mine, hopefully you don't suffer the same fate

    • @mohammadsharqawi691
      @mohammadsharqawi691 6 років тому +18

      I just watched it after calculas II EXAM, this looks silly but reasonable🤔

    • @scptime1188
      @scptime1188 6 років тому +25

      I think you're mistaken... u don't need to study if you're watching VSauce

  • @arihant...457
    @arihant...457 11 місяців тому +91

    Me in Xth class waiting for the statement " To the contrary, lets assume that √2 is rational. "😂😂

    • @ßamcod
      @ßamcod 8 місяців тому +15

      and to end with "this contradiction has arisen because of our wrong assumption that √2 is rational " 😂😂

    • @AbhishekKumar-ql4nq
      @AbhishekKumar-ql4nq 7 місяців тому

      fr 😂 😂

    • @madhurmishracss
      @madhurmishracss 7 місяців тому +2

      Indians joined the chat...

    • @apolloismydad
      @apolloismydad 5 місяців тому

      bro how was ur exam?

    • @studyaccount017
      @studyaccount017 5 місяців тому

      literally scrolled down to the comments to find this lmaoo

  • @just-a-silly-goofy-guy
    @just-a-silly-goofy-guy 6 років тому +7667

    Irrational? Like Michael’s decision to not upload on the main channel ever?

    • @NicoFye
      @NicoFye 6 років тому +21

      Ahaha

    • @danebradbury5940
      @danebradbury5940 6 років тому +417

      He spends months on making the main channels vids so they are as detailed as possible but on dong he can make quick vids also he definetly makes less money making those than other things he could be doing.

    • @danebradbury5940
      @danebradbury5940 6 років тому +54

      He has said why before

    • @kartonbaba
      @kartonbaba 6 років тому +191

      even if he uploaded a video of a compilation of his "hi vsauce, michael here", i would watch it

    • @jacquesburger4103
      @jacquesburger4103 6 років тому +19

      This is too damn true... The extro said Vsause tho so idk

  • @ThePlatypusAvenger
    @ThePlatypusAvenger 5 років тому +981

    When he wrote the decimal number 0.8 and said YIKES i felt that

    • @lucabrandalesi6743
      @lucabrandalesi6743 4 роки тому +28

      My linear algebra professor literally talks about matrices like they are sentients beings. Math teachers are kinda weird

    • @TheAustronaut03
      @TheAustronaut03 4 роки тому +11

      yyyyyyOWza

    • @cosmiro1160
      @cosmiro1160 4 роки тому +5

      0:13

    • @leon_krk
      @leon_krk 4 роки тому +5

      Then proceeds to dissociate from space time

    • @TheNuclearBolton
      @TheNuclearBolton 4 роки тому

      I wish I was on that kinda high

  • @MegaSuperCritic
    @MegaSuperCritic 3 роки тому +10779

    How come I’ve never been told “rational” just means “able to be expressed as a ratio”?
    *I invite you to join the 200+ commenters in advising that I didn't pay attention in school or that ratio is in the word. Please, showcase your originality for us all to see.

    • @jkgan4952
      @jkgan4952 3 роки тому +181

      Sameee

    • @danieldavid3766
      @danieldavid3766 3 роки тому +976

      You haven't been told that? I pity your school.

    • @That_Awesome_Guy1
      @That_Awesome_Guy1 3 роки тому +342

      @Lucas Roach Just add a word meaning ratio to your language. There, problem solved.

    • @liamreitsma5312
      @liamreitsma5312 3 роки тому +778

      @@That_Awesome_Guy1 who are you so wise in the ways of science

    • @hospie
      @hospie 3 роки тому +35

      @@omeraydindev congratulations

  • @mahejabeenfatima2128
    @mahejabeenfatima2128 11 місяців тому +100

    As a former Indian 10th class student, I can confirm that our 1st chapter REAL NUMBERS is all about this video. All concepts very well explained.

    • @wowlittlesam3973
      @wowlittlesam3973 8 місяців тому +4

      yea me too but in our ch it i profed by saying that the result is co prime i was quite intrested to know how actually we condisedered the a=2c part .... never knew it was about even no

    • @_tarun_
      @_tarun_ 8 місяців тому +2

      true

    • @Shoubhit-Work
      @Shoubhit-Work 8 місяців тому

      yeah bro

  • @wow-wk4ww
    @wow-wk4ww 3 роки тому +1298

    The way he subtly integrates easy to understand definitions for complex and simple math at the same time is incredible and would make it very easy for children to learn if teachers did math like this.

    • @scellyyt
      @scellyyt 2 роки тому +5

      sad life

    • @skrimish7145
      @skrimish7145 Рік тому +12

      the difference is teachers teach multiple children all at once. Here michael is almost talking to you one on one and i dont think teachers get paied enough to have a full conversation w/ all their kids about the subject.

    • @Azmyuth
      @Azmyuth Рік тому +7

      @@skrimish7145 except he's not asking you questions or anything that is impossible to do with multiple people, the teacher could write all this on a board (or paint if they're online), and then ask questions after to verify.

    • @henry497
      @henry497 Рік тому +12

      @@skrimish7145 a youtube video is quite literally the polar opposite of a one on one conversation. This video could be a conversation with everyone in the world at the same time.

    • @Lemony123
      @Lemony123 Рік тому

      @@henry497 I mean, A teacher cannot check all student at the same time.

  • @ThorHC11
    @ThorHC11 4 роки тому +990

    Everybody gangsta til Michael hits us with that "OR IS IT?"

    • @nabranestwistypuzzler7019
      @nabranestwistypuzzler7019 4 роки тому +1

      Thor Christensen xdxdxd

    • @yvngdoja
      @yvngdoja 4 роки тому +1

      What im i doin here 😢

    • @generichomosapien4666
      @generichomosapien4666 4 роки тому +2

      Yes michael, numbers are lines used by evolved hairy apes to count things, question answered now end the video- “But are we evolved apes? And are numbers really just meaningless lines? First we need to define ape, but what does define mean? First we need to define define so we know how to define apes.”

    • @shinygreninja4650
      @shinygreninja4650 4 роки тому +1

      @@generichomosapien4666 but we need to know what is define before defining define. So we end up in a loop.
      I dont know how to end this, I'm confused, choose one of the two below
      1. But what is a loop? *VSauce music plays*
      2. OR DO WE?

    • @unkn0vvnmystery
      @unkn0vvnmystery 4 роки тому

      or are they?

  • @brennangleason5974
    @brennangleason5974 5 років тому +1968

    *Y O W Z A S*

  • @alicewilson1913
    @alicewilson1913 6 місяців тому +3

    learned this one in college, crazy what Euclid goes on to prove using irrational numbers, the icosahedron construction proof at the end is mindblowing

  • @williewanker1187
    @williewanker1187 4 роки тому +1166

    'Unless our teachers have been lying to us our entire lives'
    "YoU wOn'T aLwAyS hAvE A cAlCuLaToR wItH yOu"

    • @mohiburrahman8331
      @mohiburrahman8331 3 роки тому +22

      Here most of the job related exams don't allow calculator imoooo 😭😭😭😭

    • @dewut420
      @dewut420 3 роки тому +4

      @@mohiburrahman8331 Practice maketh perfect

    • @mailbox3982
      @mailbox3982 3 роки тому +52

      Oh yeah one of my teachers told me that so i carried a calculator in my pocket for five solid months straight. The teacher was not amused.

    • @martingouws3876
      @martingouws3876 3 роки тому +20

      You carry a library containing more books than the one in Alexandria, and a calculator and a supercomputer in your pocket. Try going back in time to tell your teachers that😅
      Oh wait, we don't carry a time machine in our pockets, YET

    • @Owen_loves_Butters
      @Owen_loves_Butters 3 роки тому +4

      Well to be fair they didn’t lie, they just didn’t know

  • @lordonez3794
    @lordonez3794 5 років тому +3270

    Me: Doesn’t like math
    Also me: watches man do math for 17 minutes

    • @haydenboyer9193
      @haydenboyer9193 5 років тому +17

      Can relate

    • @OGrupxe
      @OGrupxe 5 років тому +79

      I mean, Michael somehow teaches way better than my math teacher. Don't know about you guys.

    • @keemo4647
      @keemo4647 5 років тому +7

      @@williammay451 same

    • @marcel7922
      @marcel7922 5 років тому +86

      It's not that you don't like math, it's that you have been taught to fear math by the school system and bad teachers. Math by itself can be fun when it's not connected to pressure.

    • @fliiiou6388
      @fliiiou6388 4 роки тому +2

      I'm your 666th like, you're now the devil

  • @keelanbrown7747
    @keelanbrown7747 4 роки тому +1304

    Did anybody notice at 00:13 he distorted himself when he said yikes lol

    • @theogarcez1999
      @theogarcez1999 4 роки тому +23

      LOL

    • @Marispider
      @Marispider 4 роки тому +95

      *"y i ḱ e̳͠ s҉ s̤̩̜̬̝͍͞ s̴̨̢̠̳̹̖͎̺ s҉̶̹̜̟̖̬̘̬̦͓̪̺̙ͅ ş̸̴҉̭͓̰̫͎͚ s̵̞̬̳͍̥͙̪͔̎͒̓ͧ͠ͅ s̢̞̥͓̗̩̠̙̩͇̥̰͕̬̟̃̐ͪ͛͗̚͠"*

    • @javeinne
      @javeinne 4 роки тому +9

      yup

    • @andyb3773
      @andyb3773 4 роки тому +9

      I did not lmao

    • @burcburc865
      @burcburc865 4 роки тому +22

      I though it's just my eyes so I didn't replay that part until now. lmao

  • @jackpot6056
    @jackpot6056 6 місяців тому +351

    Who else is here after watching the Terrence Howard video?

  • @anhhuynhkimnguyen6793
    @anhhuynhkimnguyen6793 6 років тому +970

    He protecc
    He attacc
    But most importantly,
    He bacc

  • @hayden3865
    @hayden3865 5 років тому +735

    He draws "8" like I'm back in primary school

    • @hardscope8529
      @hardscope8529 5 років тому +7

      Yaaa thought the same.. xD

    • @st4ndby
      @st4ndby 5 років тому +14

      That irritated me so much 😄

    • @steelforge8577
      @steelforge8577 5 років тому +8

      @@williammay451 Or did you?

    • @keemo4647
      @keemo4647 5 років тому +3

      @@steelforge8577 I mean what is writing
      (vsause music starts)

    • @elementneon
      @elementneon 5 місяців тому +1

      I never knew there were 2 different 8's until this video, a sideways infinity 8, and a snowman 8. His snowman 8 is much neater than my sideways infinity 8 so I may have to try adopting the snowman.

  • @krukowstudios3686
    @krukowstudios3686 5 років тому +9630

    Let's prove that the square root of 2 is irrational...
    BUT FIRST! What is a number?

  • @d3vilman69
    @d3vilman69 6 місяців тому +4

    When I come across the term "rational numbers", I never imagined "ratio" comes to mind. I simply thought they are numbers that "makes sense". Very educational video indeed. Especially the concept of proofing via contradiction.
    Please make a video to proof that 1+1=2

  • @YaDingus
    @YaDingus 3 роки тому +603

    I wish someone would look at me the way Michael looks at the number 8.

    • @ProudlyIdiotic
      @ProudlyIdiotic 3 роки тому +13

      Oooh look at the beauty

    • @dvision4203
      @dvision4203 3 роки тому +6

      You’ll find them ☺️

    • @道芊櫳
      @道芊櫳 3 роки тому +7

      Sorry, I cannot keep looking at you.
      You are just too bright 😎

    • @flamingaish
      @flamingaish 2 роки тому +1

      Lmfao

  • @NesrocksGamingVideos
    @NesrocksGamingVideos 4 роки тому +9116

    The way you write "8" gives me nightmares.
    edit 2 years later: You're free to draw the 8 any way you want, it's on me to not have the nightmares ^^ Also... please buy my indie game? I'm poor. Super Hiking League DX. Thank you.

    • @mariomario-ih6mn
      @mariomario-ih6mn 4 роки тому +218

      Me too

    • @NesrocksGamingVideos
      @NesrocksGamingVideos 4 роки тому +349

      @@mariomario-ih6mn Coincidentally, my real name is also Mario. So is my father's.

    • @mariomario-ih6mn
      @mariomario-ih6mn 4 роки тому +240

      @@NesrocksGamingVideos My name is not Mario it's Alexander I named my channel after Super Mario bros

    • @NesrocksGamingVideos
      @NesrocksGamingVideos 4 роки тому +88

      Ah cool :)

    • @remix7345
      @remix7345 4 роки тому +76

      its mechanical drawing

  • @monkeybusiness673
    @monkeybusiness673 6 років тому +99

    I have seen this proof maybe 50 times now, but no one gets as hyped as Michael. I love it! "OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS! IT'S EVEN!!!!"

  • @UteChewb
    @UteChewb 5 місяців тому +4

    This is a beautiful introduction about how mathematics is done. Exploring to find the proof.

  • @Deltexterity
    @Deltexterity 6 років тому +348

    2:32 when u are not sure of ur answer on a math test

    • @daslynnter9841
      @daslynnter9841 6 років тому +14

      14:25 when you are not sure of an answer in an open book math quiz

    • @sethdavis6198
      @sethdavis6198 6 років тому

      So good😂

    • @undyneultra8958
      @undyneultra8958 6 років тому

      i had a math test in my school today

    • @emmanuelpil
      @emmanuelpil 6 років тому

      If √2 can't be the exponential of 2 can't be either.

    • @koulatko1171
      @koulatko1171 6 років тому

      Exactly.
      I also love how the thing continues all the way to 2:51

  • @KyrieFortune
    @KyrieFortune 4 роки тому +2161

    Michael: writes 8 as two circles instead of a single interlocked line
    Everyone, while going through content aware scale: *YIKES*

    • @春樹-e1b
      @春樹-e1b 3 роки тому +45

      8 as two circles are quite.. perfect to look at. You can replay the beginning to see that. Granted.. it can take a bit longer to move your wrist and draw the other circle than to do it in a continuous line :P

    • @Hugowtum
      @Hugowtum 3 роки тому +2

      @@春樹-e1b yeah, everytime i write an 8 there will always be a point coming out of it, that trigger me everytime, and i do it with a single line.

    • @noobeleman13ylonce69
      @noobeleman13ylonce69 3 роки тому +2

      yikes

    • @scibanana3542
      @scibanana3542 2 роки тому +7

      I write my 8's as 2 circles.
      Just because it's not the most common way of doing so doesn't mean there's anything inherently wrong with it.

    • @traywor
      @traywor 2 роки тому +7

      What does it mean to be going through content aware scale?

  • @mememem
    @mememem 6 років тому +897

    2:31 he says the thing

  • @Alec0124
    @Alec0124 Рік тому +3

    Thanks for saying zero is an even number. This makes me happy

  • @Brunoenribeiro
    @Brunoenribeiro 2 роки тому +2171

    Proof by contradition is like kryptonite for infinity-related questions, isn't it

    • @unconscious5630
      @unconscious5630 Рік тому +116

      I mean, proof by induction is more so suited for infinity questions

    • @joeman1063
      @joeman1063 Рік тому +16

      @@unconscious5630 what’s proof by induction? I just started discrete math and I don’t think I’ve learned that one yet

    • @linuslauterbach2975
      @linuslauterbach2975 Рік тому +137

      @@joeman1063 It's basically the domino effect as a method of proof: If you want to show that a statement that somehow depends on a natural number n is true for all natural numbers n, it's sufficient to first show that it is true for n=1 and then show that your statement being true for some n implies it being true for n+1. In other words: you show that the first domino piece falls, and then you show that if some domino falls, the next one will fall as well. Therefore all domino pieces fall and your statement is proven for all n. One typical example for proof by induction is the proof of the closed formula for summing the first n natural numbers provided by little Gauss. Generally a lot of statements involving finite sums lend themselves to proof by induction, for example if you want to show that laws like distributivity hold in general for a finite numbers of addends.

    • @gauravyadav-bg1bz
      @gauravyadav-bg1bz Рік тому +7

      Contradiction and Induction method are both same logically. Here your n is a/b , so it holds for any a/b and also a/b + 1 . So by induction this contradiction holds for any a and b ratio.

    • @gauravyadav-bg1bz
      @gauravyadav-bg1bz Рік тому +3

      Interesting thing is that,..can we prove existence of God with this method???

  • @ZomBeeNature
    @ZomBeeNature 6 років тому +331

    Maybe it's irrational because of a traumatic experience

    • @-_Nuke_-
      @-_Nuke_- 5 років тому +1

      @@owltaku5757 xD

    • @barrackoli
      @barrackoli 5 років тому +1

      It saw 7 8 9

    • @bard119
      @bard119 5 років тому +2

      What if the number 2 identifies as a 3?

  • @youreyesarebleeding1368
    @youreyesarebleeding1368 4 роки тому +3827

    God if every math teacher was like this everyone would have their Master's

    • @mikkihintikka7273
      @mikkihintikka7273 4 роки тому +144

      yeah like in 40 years

    • @Jack-do5tq
      @Jack-do5tq 4 роки тому +13

      @@mikkihintikka7273 lol

    • @padmanabanraghavendran3570
      @padmanabanraghavendran3570 4 роки тому +92

      Yep , the video was just him explaining basic algebra most of the asians already learnt in 6th or 7th grade
      Idk about western education tho

    • @mikkihintikka7273
      @mikkihintikka7273 4 роки тому +8

      @@padmanabanraghavendran3570 yep and they learn it in tenth of the time

    • @youreyesarebleeding1368
      @youreyesarebleeding1368 4 роки тому +36

      @@padmanabanraghavendran3570 western education is optional beyond algebra and some geometry. Highschool usually has you take algebra 1 and 2, geometry, and trigonometry or pre calculus. After that, in college, a lot of degrees only require like... Calc 1 which is pretty easy, you learn derivatives, optimization, integrating, implicit derivatives, and stuff like that mostly.
      In some majors you have to take more, like I am a CS major and i have to take calc I, II, III, and then either calc IV or Matrix Algebra. If i take two extra math courses which i can easily do over summer or something, I will actually be able to get my minor in math. All engineering majors are about the same in that regard

  • @catmoon95
    @catmoon95 Рік тому +6

    That's why I love maths. I think it's really interesting how you play with numbers to solve/prove things.

  • @kennethirgendwas4616
    @kennethirgendwas4616 6 років тому +179

    This is kind of a fusion of numberfile and vsauce
    And for some reason it is on DONG

  • @goodman9585
    @goodman9585 6 років тому +178

    Hey Vsauce, Michael here. Vsauce is my main channel
    Or is it? 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵

    • @RAHISTILLL
      @RAHISTILLL 6 років тому +1

      Hahaha I love this comment

  • @bricck
    @bricck 6 років тому +161

    15:40 "Oh my goodness gracious!" Lol. Getting so excited for an even number

  • @fudgemcgutchins7272
    @fudgemcgutchins7272 5 місяців тому +5

    Terrence needs this in his life

  • @NetroxSM
    @NetroxSM 6 років тому +333

    Can we rename this channel to Vsauce4 - Mainly DONG and sometimes Original Vsauce

    • @dumbasgenius7227
      @dumbasgenius7227 6 років тому +2

      I love this kind of stuff and its actually the main reason i am subbed. I miss the original Vsauce videos and he hasn't uploaded anything but mindfeild for so long. This kindof stuff should go of Vsauce 1

    • @cosmiccreeper247
      @cosmiccreeper247 6 років тому +1

      Or just new vsauce 1 then rename vsauce 1 to vsauce premium

    • @fhz3062
      @fhz3062 6 років тому

      This is Vsauce4 - Ponto em Comum (Made in Brazil):
      ua-cam.com/video/0z2XzdqAMVQ/v-deo.html
      It is an amazing documentary about vaccines.
      "Olá Criaturas da Internet, aqui quem fala é Davi Calazans."
      SAP: Hey Vsauce, Davi Calazans here.

  • @bugjams
    @bugjams 5 років тому +907

    Micheal: Do you know what an even and an odd number are?
    Me: I do!
    Micheal: ...or do you?
    Me: 😦😦😦

    • @sickomode2761
      @sickomode2761 5 років тому +6

      Alex Baldwin how did you spell it wrong twice

    • @bugjams
      @bugjams 5 років тому +7

      @@sickomode2761
      Micheal? That's how autocorrect tells me to spell it. :(

    • @mariafe7050
      @mariafe7050 5 років тому +4

      Alex Baldwin Can you turn off autocorrect?

    • @platypuschallenger
      @platypuschallenger 4 роки тому +2

      Spelled 'Michael'

    • @sharkronical
      @sharkronical 4 роки тому +2

      It's Mikál

  • @Tomkat53
    @Tomkat53 Рік тому +15

    Damn these videos are so compelling to watch. Michael's enthusiasm and simple explanations are captivating.

  • @goodman9585
    @goodman9585 6 років тому +176

    Wait, Michael writes 8 as one circle on top of another.

    • @lordelmo6959
      @lordelmo6959 6 років тому +9

      Let him live in peace with his circle 8.

    • @BertGrink
      @BertGrink 6 років тому +29

      this reminds me of a joke i once read:
      two zeroes are trekking though the desert when they spot an eight under a palm; one zero says to the other: i can't understand how they can do it in this terrible heat.

    • @KenmoreChalfant
      @KenmoreChalfant 6 років тому +1

      THERE ARE DOZENS OF US

    • @utube4204
      @utube4204 6 років тому

      Normies

    • @eshan309
      @eshan309 6 років тому +2

      Y O O O O W Z E R S

  • @ythaenagor
    @ythaenagor 5 років тому +1827

    the way Michael writes the number 8 is mildly infuriating

    • @SuperTurtle0
      @SuperTurtle0 5 років тому +21

      Ethanagor S-D that’s how I write 8s

    • @alexandergeppert3174
      @alexandergeppert3174 5 років тому +135

      @@SuperTurtle0 youre a bad person

    • @SuperTurtle0
      @SuperTurtle0 5 років тому +7

      Alexander Geppert not my fault I’ve always written them that way

    • @TotalImmort7l
      @TotalImmort7l 5 років тому +5

      @@SuperTurtle0 style, eh?

    • @mrgraystripe1373
      @mrgraystripe1373 5 років тому +12

      But it looks much better

  • @stephendonovan9084
    @stephendonovan9084 4 роки тому +840

    Me: I already know this proof, it’s pretty basic, I’ll just move on
    ...
    *clicks anyway*

    • @xxcsokixx
      @xxcsokixx 4 роки тому +21

      Yup. I had to learn it when graduated from high school 3 years ago. Still nice to refresh your brain with some lovely smiling 'or is it' Michael.

    • @realbignoob1886
      @realbignoob1886 4 роки тому +1

      I had to learn it in middle school...

    • @stephendonovan9084
      @stephendonovan9084 3 роки тому +16

      @@can.of.beans101 It seems I did, good thing you remembered to write one for me. Thanks champ :)

    • @petrapinter349
      @petrapinter349 3 роки тому +3

      @@stephendonovan9084 that comeback😳

    • @DrexYiii
      @DrexYiii 3 роки тому

      OR IS IT BASIC?

  • @mariomio8651
    @mariomio8651 6 місяців тому +8

    Someone should send this video over to Terrance Howard I think he needs it.

  • @plg2859
    @plg2859 5 років тому +246

    When you wake up on Monday and remember that you didn't do ur homework
    0:13

  • @pearlphosphophyllite995
    @pearlphosphophyllite995 4 роки тому +281

    Binomial Multiplication: *appears*
    Me: So we meet again...

    • @squibble311
      @squibble311 4 роки тому +18

      how did u americans not learn that (x+y)² = x²+2xy+y²

    • @pearlphosphophyllite995
      @pearlphosphophyllite995 4 роки тому +9

      @@squibble311 No, I am not American, and yes, I did learn that.

    • @sanyalox01
      @sanyalox01 4 роки тому +3

      Meanwhile i know that (x+y)^5=x^5+(x^4)(5y)+10(x^3)(y^2)+10(x^2)(y^3)+(5x)(y^4)+y^5

    • @jacksonbrewer2380
      @jacksonbrewer2380 4 роки тому +2

      sini harshan we did learn it. It’s not hard

    • @padmanabanraghavendran3570
      @padmanabanraghavendran3570 4 роки тому

      @@jacksonbrewer2380 idk about western education (i heard it is slow) but asians learn basic algebra at 5th or 6th grade

  • @CrumBummin
    @CrumBummin 5 місяців тому +1

    I feel like math really gets Michael going. I could totally feel what I interpret to be his normal everyday cadence and voice slip out a few times in this vid, as opposed to his more calculated, mysterious, and scripted youtube voice. Perhaps this has been seen in other videos before and I've missed it, but this felt very humanized from the perspective of someone showing you math from a kitchen table sort of vibe.

  • @michaelbuckers
    @michaelbuckers 5 років тому +797

    Dong status: fully expanded.

    • @the711devin4
      @the711devin4 5 років тому +33

      Channel name “Dong”: fully retracted.

    • @remlo5482
      @remlo5482 5 років тому +34

      D!NG*

    • @add852
      @add852 5 років тому +18

      Mandela Effect at it's finest

    • @FrozakRL
      @FrozakRL 5 років тому

      Add 852 ??

    • @MrMan-np9jg
      @MrMan-np9jg 4 роки тому

      @@remlo5482 r/woosh

  • @matthewtyburski7624
    @matthewtyburski7624 4 роки тому +1063

    “Let’s prove that the square root of 2 is irrational”
    “Yay!”
    “But first, we have to reteach all of the math you learned in 1st grade”

    • @videogamemusic2962
      @videogamemusic2962 4 роки тому +41

      “Yay?”

    • @Alfaris
      @Alfaris 4 роки тому +182

      In 1st grade, they teach you how to do arithmetic. In this video, he teaches you why the arithmetic works. I guarantee you your teacher was not proving the arithmetic rules in 1st grade.

    • @ccspizza7778
      @ccspizza7778 4 роки тому +90

      Wait you did binomial multiplication in first grade

    • @generichomosapien4666
      @generichomosapien4666 4 роки тому +22

      isn’t numbers just lines made by some evolved hairy apes used to count things so the mammals look cool?

    • @ajaybyadgi2672
      @ajaybyadgi2672 4 роки тому +2

      yang ye also it's used for some other stuff somehow idk tho

  • @wubbaduckx4286
    @wubbaduckx4286 5 років тому +590

    -68 , we were on the verge of greatness

  • @mattb6646
    @mattb6646 6 місяців тому +14

    Terrance Howard watched this video and is claiming he broke science and solved the universe

  • @Brotgl
    @Brotgl 6 років тому +171

    Michael: * says something *
    me : yes yes very good * stares intensely at t-shirt *

    • @saral9817
      @saral9817 6 років тому

      Hello reyan

    • @Brotgl
      @Brotgl 6 років тому

      close but no cigar ;-;
      anyway hi ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @mudrams5015
    @mudrams5015 4 роки тому +649

    Let’s just take a moment to appreciate how straight all of his lines are.

    • @oldmanjeffrey
      @oldmanjeffrey 2 роки тому +21

      Those things were straighter than I am!
      But that’s not saying much.

    • @theAWPspammer
      @theAWPspammer 2 роки тому +8

      @@oldmanjeffrey ayo

    • @ablemoo
      @ablemoo 2 роки тому +4

      @@oldmanjeffrey 😏😏 okay daddy

  • @sujalgvs987
    @sujalgvs987 5 років тому +96

    Michael looking at 8 : *ahegao faces*
    Michael looking at 0.8: *incoherent screaming*

  • @m3morizes
    @m3morizes 4 місяці тому

    7:31 I love how he underlines the numbers once for the odd numbers, and twice total for the even numbers. Almost poetic.

  • @1lonestrider
    @1lonestrider 6 років тому +78

    14:07 "Oh my goodness gracious"
    15:40 "Oh my goodness gracious"

  • @RedRookChannel
    @RedRookChannel 6 років тому +237

    I find the lack of brown paper confusing

    • @ghking31
      @ghking31 6 років тому +2

      👍👍🏼👍

    • @anishmaharjank
      @anishmaharjank 6 років тому

      go up

    • @amritpalsinghdhir3066
      @amritpalsinghdhir3066 6 років тому

      @@anishmaharjank please don't tell me I was the only one to get it

    • @anishmaharjank
      @anishmaharjank 6 років тому

      lots of ppl gets it, lots more dont

    • @epicstimulus282
      @epicstimulus282 6 років тому +5

      Sorry, but us numberphile fans prefer brown paper, but srsly, who gives a damn

  • @chuckychuck8318
    @chuckychuck8318 6 років тому +469

    So veritasium is doing vsauce and vsauce is doing numberphile !!

    • @ujjwalladdha208
      @ujjwalladdha208 6 років тому +35

      Epic threesome.

    • @carbrickscity
      @carbrickscity 6 років тому +11

      Which means math is the ultimate king :)

    • @garr5974
      @garr5974 6 років тому +7

      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @HypeWrecks
      @HypeWrecks 6 років тому +4

      This is a reality that I'm okay with.

    • @gogyoo
      @gogyoo 6 років тому +1

      The circle will be complete when numberphile does 3B1B, 3B1B does Mathologer, and Mathologer does Veritasium.

  • @keyanchaudhri8569
    @keyanchaudhri8569 11 місяців тому +12

    Why does vsauce write his 8 like that?

  • @dylanwakefield7466
    @dylanwakefield7466 2 роки тому +109

    Literally had this as a proof by contradiction question in a maths test and wanted to curl up in a ball

  • @kjellandree7413
    @kjellandree7413 4 роки тому +650

    Vsauce: "atleast it isn't irrational"
    Me: "oh thank god"
    Vsauce: "or is it...?"
    Me: OH MY GOOOOD NOOOO

    • @Zephy9273
      @Zephy9273 Рік тому

      Lol this was in our maths course class 10 of CBSE in India
      I’m surprised rest of the world isn’t taught this in school

    • @abir3299
      @abir3299 Рік тому +1

      @@Zephy9273 Who said it isn't?
      It is taught in the UK.

    • @bighillraft
      @bighillraft Рік тому +8

      @@Zephy9273 Asians trying not to brag about their school systems (obviously making 6 year olds repeat the multiplication table 1000 times a day is a good way to teach, great work Asia)

    • @abhaypratap1085
      @abhaypratap1085 Рік тому

      @Samridhi Pucha kisine ( who asked?)

    • @k_wl
      @k_wl Рік тому +7

      @@bighillraft i am indian and literally every video of a hard problem i see some IIT dude is like "smh i did this problem when i was 11 give something harder", it annoys us too

  • @Pxxnks
    @Pxxnks 6 років тому +1665

    *Y O W S E R S*

    • @dippin4dots
      @dippin4dots 6 років тому +96

      *Y O W S E T T E*

    • @kultiplexify
      @kultiplexify 6 років тому +36

      YIKES

    • @Pxxnks
      @Pxxnks 6 років тому +7

      Dippin'Dots ok now this is e p i c

    • @lemonice
      @lemonice 6 років тому +27

      *Z* *O* *I* *N* *K* *S*

    • @meiji..
      @meiji.. 6 років тому +3

      @@dippin4dots oof

  • @itzshyam
    @itzshyam Місяць тому +2

    meanwhile 10th std CBSE students memorizing this sum for their syllabus: look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power

    • @SherwinAniesh
      @SherwinAniesh Місяць тому +1

      I was looking for this one😂

  • @brigidambuul621
    @brigidambuul621 5 років тому +30

    FREAKING THANK YOU I HAVE NEVER ENJOYED LISTENING TO A MATH LESSON BEFORE AND I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD IT SO CLEARLY

  • @yolo3004
    @yolo3004 3 роки тому +190

    I love how you explain it so simple. Like you are explaining this to a very beginner.

    • @dineshmathsclasses2514
      @dineshmathsclasses2514 2 роки тому +1

      This should be way of explanation for maths or a science related topics.

    • @rivenoak
      @rivenoak Рік тому

      that proof is the brainchild of Euklid and thus ~2300 years old. means the stuff is ancient and fortunately basic math.
      you can argue still if you should be able to think about the proof yourself or if the knowledge of "squareroot 2 is irrational" is enough on its own .

    • @nicomatf
      @nicomatf Рік тому

      @@oldmanjeffrey why?

    • @oldmanjeffrey
      @oldmanjeffrey Рік тому +2

      @@nicomatf idk, i don't remember replying that, he's obviously very experienced. it's deleted now so i guess it doesn't matter

    • @nicomatf
      @nicomatf Рік тому +2

      @@oldmanjeffrey oh ok, have a good day man

  • @jaypocaigue3997
    @jaypocaigue3997 6 років тому +163

    When you have a math presentation with that requires a specific word count

  • @nancyzipperer8819
    @nancyzipperer8819 4 місяці тому +2

    I'm pretty sure this is the video that started Terrance Howard's suspicion

  • @abdullahehe
    @abdullahehe 6 років тому +194

    *Or is it????*

    • @GuidoPerdomo
      @GuidoPerdomo 6 років тому +16

      I was waiting for the sweet Vsauce music

    • @asston712
      @asston712 6 років тому +3

      *_(weird music play)_*

  • @itsbk6192
    @itsbk6192 6 років тому +689

    √2 : "Michael should stop posting because his content isn't as good anymore"
    *The square root of 2 is irrational*

    • @secretaryfig5364
      @secretaryfig5364 6 років тому +4

      COMMENTING SO I CAN SHOW I APPRECIATE THIS DAD JOKE MORE THAN THOSE OTHER 177 PASSERS-BY

    • @jackm3692
      @jackm3692 6 років тому

      SECRET MYSTERIOUS incredible

    • @justvibin1087
      @justvibin1087 6 років тому +10

      It's Bk This took me the square root of 2 seconds to get the joke. Very good.

    • @RehanSawarn
      @RehanSawarn 6 років тому +1

      It took me longer to get than it should have.

    • @zodiacfml
      @zodiacfml 6 років тому

      interesting but what is the existence of irrational numbers? what does it mean to the physical world.

  • @Svellgarm
    @Svellgarm 6 років тому +205

    BiNOmiAl MultiPliCatiOn

  • @yarpasandalan
    @yarpasandalan Рік тому +1

    Vsauce saying "yikes" with the distortion filter just made me giggle

  • @Brotgl
    @Brotgl 6 років тому +92

    i was lost from the moment he said : "hey vsause micheal here" wait.....
    he didnt say it in almost a damn year now !

  • @ir-dan8524
    @ir-dan8524 4 роки тому +42

    Michael really out here teaching people proofs, and making them enjoy it. What a good service.

  • @mehmed6529
    @mehmed6529 6 років тому +545

    You know you’re actually doing high school math when a Vsauce video is easy to understand

    • @cammydough3184
      @cammydough3184 6 років тому +19

      DeadMehmed high school mathS is piss easy though try doing A-level maths bro

    • @SauceyRedHN
      @SauceyRedHN 6 років тому

      DeadMehmed ikr, what I was thinking, I actually understand this xD

    • @mehmed6529
      @mehmed6529 6 років тому +6

      Cammy Dough I’m fifteen and the most advanced thing I’ve covered is functions

    • @dangerousish7837
      @dangerousish7837 6 років тому +22

      Oh boy, as someone in calculus, I'm almost jealous of you

    • @mcprol2467
      @mcprol2467 6 років тому +39

      @@cammydough3184 r/gatekeeping

  • @RedBoyforCE
    @RedBoyforCE Місяць тому +2

    I am 37 and I just understood what rational and irrational means. As a kid I always thought that rational numbers are which we can comprehend or wich numbers sort of make sense and irrationals are some kind of alien numbers. Jesus... RATIOnal... it makes so much sense! Thank you for this eyeopening lesson!

  • @coralinepadilla9750
    @coralinepadilla9750 5 років тому +100

    " 0:11 but what about a number like 0.8?
    Y I K E S "
    I don't know why but that made me laugh a lot

  • @nicgreen12
    @nicgreen12 6 років тому +400

    I think that it would be really cool if you guys made a video talking about a particular denominator. Im 16 and a few years ago, I discovered something during a test. Its a beautiful pattern. If you take any number and dived it by 11, its the numerator times 9 in decimal form. For example: 1/11 = .090909 etc. 2/11 = .18181818 etc. Or even 7/11 = .63636363 etc. As if that pattern wasnt cool enough, it works the other way around. Numerator over 9 equals numerator times 11 in decimal form repeating. For example: 1/9 = .11111111 etc. Or 4/9 = 4444444 etc. I love this and would like you to explore it further. This is my favorite thing about math and its something that I haven't seen anyone talk about. There has to be a reason for this. For me, figure it out lol

    • @2MuchMinecraft
      @2MuchMinecraft 6 років тому +8

      mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/63848.html

    • @bobbbbEE
      @bobbbbEE 6 років тому +101

      First step is to understand how long division works.
      Take 1/11 for example.
      1. 11 goes into 1 0 times, so the first digit is 0
      2. Next, move over one decimal place and multiply the numerator by 10 to get 10/11. Still, 11 goes into that 0 times so we have 0.0
      3. Next, you get 100/11. 11 goes into 100 9 times leaving a remainder of 1 and our number is 0.09
      4. next you move over and you get 10/11. That's familiar right? We just repeat the step 2 and go on from there leading to an infinite loop of 09 so the result is 0.090909090909...
      If we did exactly the same thing except instead of moving one decimal over each time, we moved two decimals over, it would look like this
      1. 11 goes into 1 0 times so we get 0
      2. 11 goes into 100 9 times so we get 0.09 with a remainder of 1
      3. repeat step 2 ad infinitum
      If we make the numerator 2, we can do the same thing again except lets just skip step 1 and assume the first digit is 0
      1. 11 goes into 200 18 times with a remainder of 2
      2. repeat again and again to get 0.181818181818...
      We can now generalize it by seeing that since with 1, if we multiply the whole operation by a number "x", you would end up with x*100/11 inevitably and since 11 goes into 100 9 times, it'll go into x*100 x*9 times and the remainder will always be a since the initial remainder is 1 and 1*x is just x.
      Now, why does this happen with 9? lets do a similar thing with 9
      100/9 is 11 with a remainder 1.
      The remainder is once again the same as the original number, so it will repeat continuously and the same method applies to being able to multiply it so we have x/9 = 0.xxxxxxx... given that x is a single digit number.
      You also didn't mention another number that has a similar pattern which is with 3. 100/3 = 33 with remainder 1 thus x/3 is 0. x*3 repeating for any number between 0 and 3.
      So, what is the relationship between 9 and 11 or 33 and 3? They are all factors of 99 because 100-99=1 which is the remainder we need to get this relationship.
      In fact, you can get this relationship by taking any factors of any number that is equal to 10^y-1. For example, 999 has factors 37 and 27. Lets test it by doing the long division of 1/27
      1000/27 gives us 37 and a remainder of 1
      so the result is 0.037037037037037...
      So any number x/27 would be x*37 repeating every 3 digits therefore, 11/27 = 0.407407407407... because 11*37=407
      Advanced notes:
      If we were to try to generalize one of these to any integer numerator, not just ones below the denominator, we could get a formula that still works. Lets do 11 for example, it would look like x/11 = Σ x*9*10^(-2n) so you could have a number like 15/11 which you could figure out by 9*15=135 so the result would be 1.35 + 0.0135 + 0.000135 + ... resulting in 1.363636363636363636...
      What happens if you do this for something like 11/11. 11/11=1 right? So it breaks the rule right? Actually no.
      11/11 using this method means 11*9=99, therefore, 11/11=0.99999...=1 If you are skeptical about this, there are plenty of interesting videos explaining why 0.999... = 1.

    • @chuckychuck8318
      @chuckychuck8318 6 років тому +8

      @@bobbbbEE it was nice of you to explain this. 😊😊

    • @ade8890
      @ade8890 6 років тому +1

      Let me know if that helps, if a part is confusing, or if I just did something incorrectly ;)

    • @jellevanhuizen9108
      @jellevanhuizen9108 6 років тому +3

      Try making a table for y=9^x
      And take a look at the first few digits of each number

  • @thomasturner6980
    @thomasturner6980 6 років тому +1069

    0:07, I've never heard someone having an erection over the number 8

    • @FinBoyXD
      @FinBoyXD 6 років тому +27

      I'm not sure erections are even audible.

    • @Nikkikkikkiz
      @Nikkikkikkiz 6 років тому +24

      6:07 as well

    • @Nikkikkikkiz
      @Nikkikkikkiz 6 років тому +15

      7:05

    • @nolansprojects2840
      @nolansprojects2840 6 років тому +10

      FinBoyXD my erections are always audible. Sort of a “fwooosh__ ftinggg” sort of sound. It’s a bit annoying at movie night... lol

    • @TheRealDescartes
      @TheRealDescartes 6 років тому +21

      Don't forget 11:22, that's a big one

  • @Demortixx
    @Demortixx 11 місяців тому +1

    That’s a freakishly long pencil

  • @hybridjunkie
    @hybridjunkie 6 років тому +587

    Y O W Z E R S

    • @brandonfpv
      @brandonfpv 6 років тому +9

      Hybridjunkie no, Y O W Z A

    • @Yundere707
      @Yundere707 6 років тому +6

      Hybridjunkie i read this as he said it lmao

    • @thyetyeyryeretyery
      @thyetyeyryeretyery 6 років тому +1

      Yikes!

    • @nassoide
      @nassoide 6 років тому +3

      Hybridjunkie Z O Y I N K S

    • @arnonlutsky
      @arnonlutsky 6 років тому +2

      oh my goodness gracious

  • @georgejobe9402
    @georgejobe9402 5 років тому +149

    When u get the two channels confused:
    - puts vsauce outro on D!NG
    👍

    • @anto0796
      @anto0796 4 роки тому

      Nice spot 😂

  • @FLS96
    @FLS96 3 роки тому +770

    I never realized why this proves anything, until now: if you can keep dividing a and b forever by 2 and still get an integer, then they must be infinite.

    • @insafidris2366
      @insafidris2366 3 роки тому +120

      It has been 5 minutes since the video ended and you're the reason why I understood the last bit more intuitively. Thanks!

    • @frog2098
      @frog2098 3 роки тому +87

      You can just think of it as that it contradicts the original statement that a/b is in its simplest form, therefore root 2 must be rational

    • @pootzeketzi1233
      @pootzeketzi1233 3 роки тому +64

      @@mahimagrawal825 We know that a is an integer, we made it so. We know that a^2 is an even integer. It follows that a is an even integer. Yiu are WRONG.

    • @FLS96
      @FLS96 3 роки тому +5

      A minor correction to my original comment: a and b could both be zero, but it's not defined in elementary algebra. I think it's obvious, but I'm a poindexter in these things😁

    • @Fidder492
      @Fidder492 3 роки тому +16

      @@mahimagrawal825 I'm sorry but the former statement is correct. It does not imply however that the "root of an even number is even". The square of a number is literally the opposite of a square root of a number.
      [(x^2 is even) ⇒ (x is even)] does not imply [(x is even) ⇒ (sqrt{x} is even)] Note: the '⇒' sign means "implies"
      The first statement was already proven in the video. The statement "if x is odd then x^2 is odd" proves this statement because the contrapositive of a proposition is always equivalent in truth value of the original. and if x is not odd then it should pretty much be even, granted that x is assumed to be integer which is the case in the video. Your second statement does not hold absolute.
      EDIT: at 15:58 vsauce essentially said that if b is even implies that b^2 is even then it means b is even.... An error in his part....

  • @hindsight2022
    @hindsight2022 6 місяців тому +51

    Terrance howard enters the chat:

    • @bakedpotato420
      @bakedpotato420 6 місяців тому

      It's hard out here for a pimp, Mayne.

    • @vikings-pistons
      @vikings-pistons 6 місяців тому +3

      Terrance howard is too dumb and/or delusional to comprehend this video

    • @paularobinson8286
      @paularobinson8286 5 місяців тому

      @@bakedpotato420❤

  • @miladsayad2935
    @miladsayad2935 3 роки тому +101

    For a beginner that wants to learn mathematics, you have helped me a lot to understand different theorems and how proofs work :) simple and well defined.

  • @ximipaa16louizatanaya83
    @ximipaa16louizatanaya83 5 років тому +2506

    Anyone got bothered he didnt simplify 8/10 to 4/5?

    • @thenixaless7493
      @thenixaless7493 5 років тому +32

      I did

    • @ZLJJcloud
      @ZLJJcloud 5 років тому +20

      YES

    • @nessy3098
      @nessy3098 5 років тому +94

      I think he didn’t do that to keep things simple for younger audiences, because he explains it 10 minutes later and it might’ve been confusing

    • @punyashilshahare2152
      @punyashilshahare2152 5 років тому +3

      Man, that hurts😓😅

    • @wyldegi
      @wyldegi 5 років тому +78

      merp merp i got brothered that you didnt simplify 4/5 to 2/2.5

  • @mattyg3227
    @mattyg3227 5 років тому +185

    When he said "or is it?"
    i thought: "finally the music!"
    Then i remembered where was i.
    "Damn..."

  • @looney1023
    @looney1023 Рік тому +5

    One minor issue. The statement "a^2 is even implies a is even" doesn't follow from "a even implies a^2 even". It follows from the contrapositive of the statement "a odd implies a^2 odd".
    In this case it seems trivial but the phrasing comes off as "A implies B is true because B implies A is true", which in general is NOT logically true. Converses are not equivalent statements, but contrapositives are.

  • @anbush0621
    @anbush0621 4 роки тому +186

    Me trying to explain to my mom that everyone else in the class failed the test.

    • @lookup5610
      @lookup5610 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/TVqewTxRtyM/v-deo.html

  • @rageagainstmyhairline5574
    @rageagainstmyhairline5574 5 років тому +741

    I am 37. None of this has any bearing on my life whatsoever. I will almost certainly never need this knowledge, however I cannot resist a video of Michael explaining stuff to me. So, 17 minutes of my life gone and now I know it.
    I'll comment again if it ever comes up.

    • @SAsquirtle
      @SAsquirtle 5 років тому +9

      Rage Against My Hairline interesting..

    • @grantrants3728
      @grantrants3728 5 років тому +31

      I like to think that just by following along we use our brains in a way we usually don’t, and there’s value in that

    • @apple54345
      @apple54345 5 років тому +7

      adding a comment so i get a notification if it actually comes up again.

    • @thenewguy7527
      @thenewguy7527 5 років тому +3

      Same

    • @jjeremyhunterr
      @jjeremyhunterr 5 років тому

      did u love it tho