2022's Biggest Breakthroughs in Math

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2022
  • Mathematicians made major progress in 2022, solving a centuries-old geometry question called the interpolation problem, proving the best way to minimize the surface area of clusters of three, four and five bubbles, and proving a sweeping statement about how structure emerges in random sets and graphs. Read more about these and other mathematical advances at Quanta Magazine: www.quantamagazine.org/the-ye...
    You can read also about the biggest breakthroughs of 2022 in physics, biology, and computer science on our magazine website: www.quantamagazine.org/tag/20...
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    Correction: An earlier version of this video incorrectly suggested that Vogt and Larson solved the Brill-Noether theorem and has been deleted. Instead, the couple solved the interpolation problem. This video more accurately reflects what they proved. We regret the error.
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  • @QuantaScienceChannel
    @QuantaScienceChannel  Рік тому +539

    A note to viewers: We're taking a break from producing our "Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics" and "Biggest Breakthroughs in Biology" videos this year, but you can read our curated lists for these topics, plus a summary of computer science breakthroughs, at our magazine website: www.quantamagazine.org/tag/2022-in-review/
    We’ll be back with more videos in 2023, including a full set of "Biggest Breakthroughs" videos.
    Correction: An earlier version of this video incorrectly suggested that Vogt and Larson solved the Brill-Noether theorem and has been deleted. Instead, the couple solved the interpolation problem. This video more accurately reflects what they proved. We regret the error.

    • @primenumberbuster404
      @primenumberbuster404 Рік тому +32

      Now it makes sense. It's awesome that you really deleted the earlier video. Some people don't do it. Massive respect for that.

    • @aramesh428
      @aramesh428 Рік тому +7

      That's ok, sometimes Christmas presents get delayed until after the holidays 🙂

    • @andreray6562
      @andreray6562 Рік тому +3

      Ahh I see. Fantastic math video here. I applied for your Video Producer position I'd love to help bring those other videos to life!

    • @sherlockmaverick
      @sherlockmaverick Рік тому +1

      Amazing!
      BTW, this is a reupload, right? I remember watching this more than a day ago!

    • @jameschen2308
      @jameschen2308 Рік тому

      I was about to say. I swear I saw this video uploaded yesterday

  • @accipitridae2128
    @accipitridae2128 Рік тому +2363

    I appreciate the efforts in trying to make these heavily technical subjects reachable to the general public. Kudos to y'all :⁠-⁠)

    • @simonlinser8286
      @simonlinser8286 Рік тому +15

      i enjoy watching these subjects but if they didn't explain it this way i wouldn't know why it was important that these strides are being made.

    • @soheil5710
      @soheil5710 Рік тому +9

      @@simonlinser8286 I honestly still don't know

  • @jakublizon6375
    @jakublizon6375 Рік тому +1223

    I'm happy for that math nerd couple. What a story it will be to their kids. "We met trying to solve the interpolation problem of advanced mathematics". Ahh, so sweet.

    • @stefevr
      @stefevr Рік тому +97

      they actually named their kid Interpolation Problem

    • @Somebodyherefornow
      @Somebodyherefornow Рік тому +25

      @@stefevr " I hate you"

    • @stefevr
      @stefevr Рік тому +12

      @@Somebodyherefornow "thanks"

    • @slashtab
      @slashtab Рік тому +7

      The way she said "well! we got married.."

    • @flyingspinners1
      @flyingspinners1 Рік тому +15

      @@stefevr atleast the child will get the big brain math genes

  • @accipitridae2128
    @accipitridae2128 Рік тому +1457

    I feel like a caveman compared to these smart guys. Keep up the good work!

    • @akshatgupta8898
      @akshatgupta8898 Рік тому +25

      right
      me tooo

    • @resiliencewithin
      @resiliencewithin Рік тому +28

      Thanks for sharing your feelings on the comment section.

    • @CSTEnjoyer
      @CSTEnjoyer Рік тому +53

      That is because we are. Mathematicians are a species of their own

    • @fragileomniscience7647
      @fragileomniscience7647 Рік тому +15

      @@CSTEnjoyer Sure about that? The significant things that truly distinguish them are their imagination and building on abstraction moreso than mere language offers, via fully blown logic.

    • @CSTEnjoyer
      @CSTEnjoyer Рік тому

      @@fragileomniscience7647 there's a reason why almost all mathmaticians are kinda "weird" people. What they lack in social skills, they have in IQ.

  • @FirstnameLastname-fn6ik
    @FirstnameLastname-fn6ik Рік тому +1753

    Thank god somebody likes math so I don't have to think about it and we can still advance as a society.

    • @vaisakhkm783
      @vaisakhkm783 Рік тому +18

      ikr

    • @HilbertXVI
      @HilbertXVI Рік тому +196

      If you don't like it you haven't been taught math right, unfortunately

    • @ethanzheng1368
      @ethanzheng1368 Рік тому +24

      @@HilbertXVI 🤓

    • @hello-hb1ll
      @hello-hb1ll Рік тому +127

      @@ethanzheng1368 he's right. "Nerd" is just a compliment

    • @Max-jm6md
      @Max-jm6md Рік тому +95

      @@HilbertXVI what evidence suggests everyone is keen on learning math if "taught properly?" we're all unique and complicated individuals with different interests.

  • @160p2GHz
    @160p2GHz Рік тому +45

    Was just telling my friend I don't even pay attention to who won the Nobel anymore, I just watch the Quanta biggest breakthroughs in X each year... feels more cutting edge, inclusive, and not just a friend of a friend... genuinely the new things that should excite me. And y'all do a great job making it understandable.

  • @randomknowledgeperson2872
    @randomknowledgeperson2872 Рік тому +87

    are you guys gonna do a “2022 a year in physics” and “a year in biology” like you did for 2021? i really liked both videos and would love to see how we’ve improved this past year

    • @artieschmidt3039
      @artieschmidt3039 Рік тому +2

      They explained in the pinned comment that they will not do it

  • @zitagus9207
    @zitagus9207 Рік тому +320

    It's realy amazing seeing young mathematicians doing big discoveries 👏👏👏

    • @DrRiq
      @DrRiq Рік тому +2

      as well as big mathematicians doing young discoveries! 👏👏👏

    • @Nat-oj2uc
      @Nat-oj2uc Рік тому +10

      Not really would be more surprising if they were old

    • @DrRiq
      @DrRiq Рік тому +2

      @@Nat-oj2uc i was being dumb for the sake of the funny

  • @greenercreations9772
    @greenercreations9772 Рік тому +46

    Networks, bubbles, and curves.. never realized how technical and deep these can be.. kind of like chess, simple to grasp the basics but takes a lifetime to master

    • @perseusgeorgiadis7821
      @perseusgeorgiadis7821 Рік тому +4

      The most complex problems, often have very simple rules.
      Try proving that each even number bigger than 2 can be written as the sum of two primes…

    • @neville132bbk
      @neville132bbk 10 місяців тому

      I'm sure there are 13 *n possible opening plays in Bridge..... whenever I am on lead... the possibilities seem limitless :-)
      where n must be > 13.......

  • @MAFiA303
    @MAFiA303 Рік тому +16

    wheh the guy spoke, i didnt expect this to be his voice. amazing accomplishment regardless

  • @LolIGuess123
    @LolIGuess123 Рік тому +10

    The best part of these videos is hearing the struggles and challenges and how they were overcome. Please continue these types of inquiry!

  • @Bhargav_Sarma
    @Bhargav_Sarma Рік тому +96

    Quanta Magazine should start a special category for Chemistry too!!!

  • @IanGrams
    @IanGrams Рік тому +75

    Dang, talk about relationship goals. It would be pretty cool to publish a paper with your partner, let alone one so substantial.
    Also cheers Quanta for reuploading to correct the error in the original. It was a small one but the commitment to accuracy is much appreciated.

  • @hitarthk
    @hitarthk Рік тому +9

    Thanks to the Simon Foundation for highlighting and maybe even fueling such fundamental discoveries!

  • @freydawg56
    @freydawg56 Рік тому +12

    I love these videos at the end of the year. I always look forward to all the different topics of science.

  • @AlignedIT
    @AlignedIT Рік тому +61

    Beautifully presented and made these complex topics interesting and accessible.

  • @Patashu
    @Patashu Рік тому +84

    I love hearing about the progress being made in math!

  • @addisk22
    @addisk22 Рік тому +4

    I love that these people have a chance to pursue their passions and solve these difficult problems.

  • @Nat-oj2uc
    @Nat-oj2uc Рік тому +29

    Math is the most fundamental and important science. The advancements in other fields often depend on how advanced we are in math.
    Respect to those people. Hypothesis is easy. Actually shutting up and proving it that's what is hard

  • @kebman
    @kebman Рік тому +160

    I probably got this video because I was interested in another video on splines by Freya Holmér. She has the most in-depth videos on the topic, and they are beautifully animated too!

    • @vascomarques637
      @vascomarques637 Рік тому +14

      we stan freya holmér

    • @xylh5085
      @xylh5085 Рік тому +7

      Thanks for the recommendation. I've played with splines before and they are very strange and interesting at first blush

    • @jayd2279
      @jayd2279 Рік тому +2

      @@vascomarques637 All the way!

    • @themannyzaur
      @themannyzaur Рік тому +6

      Ayyyyy Freya appreciator in the wild!
      Les goooooooooooooooo
      My foundation in math is very weak but I managed to catch a few things in her video

    • @chotai
      @chotai Рік тому +3

      I just jumped here from that video

  • @MatBat__
    @MatBat__ Рік тому +2

    Incredible! Thank you for this great video and thanks to the researchers for pushing humanity foward.
    Cheers

  • @sinesierra
    @sinesierra Рік тому +2

    Amazed by the enthusiasm and determination of researchers. Great video, well presented

  • @Ubsje
    @Ubsje Рік тому +42

    3:21 at first it's just sus, but then it turns into something even more SUS

    • @yotams6168
      @yotams6168 Рік тому +2

      LOL STOOOOOOOOOOP

    • @swaree
      @swaree Рік тому +1

      came to the comments to say just that

    • @clawed_xo
      @clawed_xo Рік тому +10

      "They were able to get something simple enough that they can attack with their bare hands."
      Surely🗿

    • @berliansuryani1401
      @berliansuryani1401 Рік тому +2

      Certified sussy^2 baka moment

  • @RaffyEdris
    @RaffyEdris Рік тому +7

    I have no idea on what I just watched, but it sounds like a really hard topic and to grasp. Kudos to all of the mathematician out there doing their best to solve a problem that could in turn help humanity. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten.

  • @likhithjsw
    @likhithjsw Рік тому

    This is such detailed video making such complex topics understandable to the public!
    You guys are doing fantastic job!
    Thank you and kudos to all of you guys!

  • @yolanankaine6063
    @yolanankaine6063 Рік тому +1

    Truly mind blown by the brilliance and determination of these people.

  • @elijahpharoah9807
    @elijahpharoah9807 Рік тому +4

    You have no idea how long I look forward to these videos

  • @thelocalsage
    @thelocalsage Рік тому +21

    i am nowhere near proficient enough in mathematics to understand these problems in depth, but i remember watching a couple lectures by jinyoung park earlier this year and being mystified by the subject matter and enjoying her lecture style! would love to understand all these questions more intimately

  • @bijanajamlou5152
    @bijanajamlou5152 Рік тому +11

    Amazing video! Please do more of these.

  • @Jenny-tu9fc
    @Jenny-tu9fc Рік тому +18

    Fascinating stuff!!!! I admire and respect the individuals who tackle such beautiful problems. I wish I could be on that level.

  • @Zeggskoll
    @Zeggskoll Рік тому

    I loved this video so much! Also, thank you Mr. And Mrs. Vogt! I absolutely want to learn more about their breakthrough! Heckin brilliant!

  • @joshua1188
    @joshua1188 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for bringing attention to the people who are the least appreciated but most impactful.

  • @ChrishBlake
    @ChrishBlake Рік тому +1

    Please keep this series, and the series on breakthroughs in physics and biology, going forever.

  • @TymexComputing
    @TymexComputing Рік тому +5

    Really, naturally interesting - thank you!

  • @jaymayhoi
    @jaymayhoi Рік тому +1

    love these videos every year - people are so damn smart!

  • @ydcjydcj1724
    @ydcjydcj1724 Рік тому +1

    I was waiting for this!!

  • @MrNihalusa
    @MrNihalusa Рік тому

    thank for providing amazing knowledge and introducing the real heroes of human progress

  • @studypurposeonly69
    @studypurposeonly69 Рік тому +11

    This video has way less views for its quality of content even though it's just a day old. Keep up your amazing work!

  • @ConnoisseurOfExistence
    @ConnoisseurOfExistence Рік тому +2

    Nice! The graph solution of the last guys might combine nicely with the Wolfram physics model...

  • @drewweber7874
    @drewweber7874 Рік тому +4

    3:22 had me nervous for a second…

  • @hypatia6269
    @hypatia6269 Рік тому

    These 2 young ppl are realy inspiring
    Love them

  • @firdavszamirov
    @firdavszamirov Рік тому

    It was very interesting. Thank you!

  • @veks374
    @veks374 Рік тому +2

    I love the video but Eric's voice caught me fully off-guard lmao

  • @behrad9712
    @behrad9712 Рік тому

    Exceptional chanel, great insights with wonderful animation and music... Happy Christmas! 🙏👌❤️

  • @kaibuchan
    @kaibuchan Рік тому +2

    YES. SO AWESOME. Thank you mathematicians for everything. Humanity owes you everything.

  • @VHenrik007
    @VHenrik007 Рік тому +1

    Great video, and congratulations to these researchers!

  • @mygirl737g2
    @mygirl737g2 Рік тому +5

    this is so neat! Love Math!

  • @weakw1ll
    @weakw1ll Рік тому

    These are the videos i really i appreciate come up in my algorithm

  • @siulapwa
    @siulapwa 11 місяців тому

    Fantastic work

  • @JudeGussman
    @JudeGussman Рік тому +1

    Thank you for making this!

  • @rikardhaugstad8575
    @rikardhaugstad8575 Рік тому

    amazing work !!

  • @hrperformance
    @hrperformance Рік тому

    It was really hard to get through the bubble bit because the images were just so gorgeous!!

  • @abhinavchauhan4621
    @abhinavchauhan4621 Рік тому

    In the morning I love to watch these kind of videos to boost my sleepy head, though I am only able to comprehend half of the content

  • @martinauld670
    @martinauld670 Рік тому +5

    I’m jealous of these people’s minds. So innovative

  • @williamchamberlain2263
    @williamchamberlain2263 11 місяців тому

    This is amazing, in the best ways possible

  • @jinpingxi6813
    @jinpingxi6813 Рік тому +3

    The young couple Vogt and Larson : two nerds likely otakus who spent their leisure time studying together topology. Then they found more interesting curves and performed applied topology...

  • @jedn1660
    @jedn1660 Рік тому +8

    This is the sort of maths stuff that had we known it back then would have made it more appealing to learn about and get good at in school

  • @maxwellsequation4887
    @maxwellsequation4887 Рік тому

    These are some epic ones!

  • @badouceesay4468
    @badouceesay4468 Рік тому +2

    That first guy's voice caught me off guard 😭😭😭😭

  • @hello-lb3vf
    @hello-lb3vf Рік тому

    this channel is so good

  • @matthewp4046
    @matthewp4046 Рік тому

    Cool stuff! Can we get youtube chapters on these videos?

  • @pressfinchat
    @pressfinchat 10 місяців тому +2

    3:22 Woah Woah… WHAT exactly are you drawing?? 🤨

  • @michaelnajera7958
    @michaelnajera7958 Рік тому

    Thank you

  • @the_eternal_student
    @the_eternal_student 8 місяців тому

    Sullivan's bubble conjecture reminds me of Ptolemy's theorem.

  • @scozember
    @scozember Рік тому +1

    I have no clue what they' re talking about but I still watch to the end.

  • @kamimcv5686
    @kamimcv5686 Рік тому +1

    Is there also gonna be a physics and computer science video? :)

  • @johnvonachen1672
    @johnvonachen1672 Рік тому +1

    I’m interested in how much these people depend on smaller simpler pieces of math/algorithms applied iteratively using computers. This is something hinted at in wolfram’s famous/infamous book.

  • @benjiasner3919
    @benjiasner3919 8 місяців тому

    wait this is awesome. so at first i thought their theory was the same as knot theory but its actually got rules of knot theory but is more complex. so fascinating how structures build off of one another.

  • @takyc7883
    @takyc7883 Рік тому +1

    People don’t understand how huge a discovery this is

  • @gauravbharwan6377
    @gauravbharwan6377 Рік тому

    Big thanks for a math video

  • @ZedaZ80
    @ZedaZ80 Рік тому

    Woah, that last one is wild,

  • @ThumbsTup
    @ThumbsTup Рік тому +2

    I hate myself for never being able to advance the world of maths

  • @MShaurya17
    @MShaurya17 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant ❤❤❤🎉

  • @sle6423
    @sle6423 Рік тому

    Wow so the 2nd and 3rd both have some connection to Talagrand's work, concentration of measure, and isoperimetic inequalities if I'm following correctly? (not sure I am) That's absolutely wild. Probability is some cool stuff

  • @ABHAY-hu9kw
    @ABHAY-hu9kw Рік тому +9

    All of the mathematicians may not know other ones in this video but, There is a person in this video who now knows solutions of all three problems ,
    The narrator: Thomas Hagena

  • @GCKteamKrispy
    @GCKteamKrispy Рік тому +1

    1:34 - They are real-life Sheldon and Amy "The big bang theory" 😂

  • @krongmath
    @krongmath Рік тому

    I always wonder how to figure out the complex pattern of real-world network.
    I hope mathematicians arrange "very practical" properties of the random graph to model efficient network.

  • @One007
    @One007 Рік тому

    First is interesting
    How do find shortest route in more 2 dimensions with each point contenting each other.
    👏👏👏

  • @yosdef
    @yosdef Рік тому

    What is the functional purpose of the 2nd and 3rd breakthrough?

  • @phenomenalone6904
    @phenomenalone6904 Рік тому +1

    Even though I hate math but i love to see this video

  • @johnleecooper8520
    @johnleecooper8520 Рік тому +11

    clusters of Sullivan's shadow bubbles is definitely a dnd spell

  • @MrBINGEBOY
    @MrBINGEBOY Рік тому

    these people are so freaking cool, i wish i was in that loop

  • @lycantropos
    @lycantropos Рік тому +20

    I see what you've done here at 3:23 😉

  • @Sandeepbhanja
    @Sandeepbhanja Рік тому

    Oh! I didn't expect that voice.
    Btw great people 🙇🏻‍♂️

  • @paulmoore3755
    @paulmoore3755 Рік тому

    Does anybody know what tool was used to draw/animate the graphs?

  • @HallStar15
    @HallStar15 Рік тому

    Took us a couple thousand years but we finally figured out how all curves work

  • @thesnazzmaster
    @thesnazzmaster Рік тому +2

    I can't wait until I get farther in college and can actually understand this

  • @mikenator6682
    @mikenator6682 Рік тому +2

    3:22 GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD

  • @surprisedpikachu3782
    @surprisedpikachu3782 Рік тому

    I dont understand a word they said but i am greatfull for it, wish i could also understand

  • @accipitridae2128
    @accipitridae2128 Рік тому +20

    4:54 Having a surname like Neiman and dressing up like Magnus seems to be the new trend.

  • @anishkumaranjan
    @anishkumaranjan Рік тому +8

    Which tools have been used to create these animations??

    • @matthewao
      @matthewao Рік тому +1

      Most likely AfterEffects

  • @durcarneiro
    @durcarneiro Рік тому

    Inspiring views of our world

  • @glitch-pr3nr
    @glitch-pr3nr Рік тому

    It seems like a mathmetician, would also be a good artist, with such a mind for solving perspective.

  • @kangaroo1q
    @kangaroo1q Рік тому

    Thankyou for putting energy in maths♾️☯️🌈

  • @und3rcut535
    @und3rcut535 Рік тому +1

    Wow the buble problem can lead to major improvments in Pharmacy and drug design

  • @calebheet3758
    @calebheet3758 Рік тому

    1. Ability to predict holes, degrees, and dimensions.
    2. Ability to get largest volume in bubbles with least surface area
    3. Ability to find thresholds in networks. khan-kalai conjectures

  • @viewer9999
    @viewer9999 Рік тому +6

    can you do 2022's Biggest Breakthroughs neurology/ medicine. please and thank you

    • @kangaroo1q
      @kangaroo1q Рік тому

      Wow you read about neurology interesting

    • @viewer9999
      @viewer9999 Рік тому

      it's not what you think .

  • @bergrugu
    @bergrugu Рік тому +1

    I did not expect his voice to sound like that

  • @mathscraw3741
    @mathscraw3741 10 місяців тому

    Not to dismiss the fact that all the names mentioned are relatively young is quite impressive.

  • @angel-ig
    @angel-ig Рік тому +9

    Guys, read the description please lol.
    Edit: nevermind, now it's pinned also