Matt Parker Reacts to Magic Squares of Squares - Numberphile

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  • @numberphile2
    @numberphile2  Рік тому +316

    Go another level deeper with Matt's Reaction to his own Reaction: ua-cam.com/video/tD2q2-_5Tyc/v-deo.html

    • @Wecoc1
      @Wecoc1 Рік тому +48

      Oh no, Matt accidentally made a recursive function of reactions in Python again...

    • @volodyadykun6490
      @volodyadykun6490 Рік тому +23

      I didn't quite expected 30 minutes of content, nevermind 90

    • @cookieninja2154
      @cookieninja2154 Рік тому +10

      "Parker surface because we don't like the points we see"

    • @AlmarPostma
      @AlmarPostma Рік тому +4

      Parker Droste

    • @Bibibosh
      @Bibibosh Рік тому

      I clicked on this video because earlier today I was watching it and only got like 10% thru the video. Sorry but I'm not going to watch the rest here, I'm going to numberphile to watch original video. I'm ever so sorry Matt Parker. I love your videos and everything you do. You do everything you do with utmost importance and value to your viewing audience! It took me about 3 minutes to write this message. So I hope that counts towards your total view count! byee3eee and see you in the next video. Okay this message now has taken 4 minutes. Wait make that 4:15 minutes. Ahhh no. 4:25minutrs.. okay I'll stop now!

  • @deponentfutures
    @deponentfutures Рік тому +637

    I like how Matt's name is being tied to many aspects of magic squares, not because he's spent his life doing groundbreaking research into it, but because of a funny meme video.

    • @Yupppi
      @Yupppi Рік тому +20

      You call Parker square a meme? Dear sir, I beg you to take that back.

    • @MusicFanatical1
      @MusicFanatical1 Рік тому +48

      In 1000 years thanks to the fog of history, Matt will probably be referrred to as "the great magic square theorist, with as many concepts to his name as Euler"

    • @jochenreichl796
      @jochenreichl796 Рік тому +11

      At least in the German Wikipedia page about Matt, his Parker square is shown.
      Also there is a property of certain mathematical "bodies" (I'm not a mathematician and cannot translate those terms correctly) with are "Parker", if it is not possible to make a magic square of them, and it is "non-Parker", if it is possible to make a magic square of them.
      I find that very funny.

    • @thewhitefalcon8539
      @thewhitefalcon8539 Рік тому +1

      ​@@jochenreichl796it makes sense that it would be on Matt's page. It will be worrying if it's ever on the magic square page :)
      The English word for "mathematical bodies" is "mathematical objects" if I understood it right, but most of the time you would say something more specific - you would say what kind of objects they are (number systems or something)

    • @sebbo128
      @sebbo128 Рік тому +5

      I propose we coin the Parker Meme - when someone's name is attached to a field of work or discipline, not due to the merits of that person's own work in that particular field/discipline, but due to a hilariously unfortunate attempt in such.

  • @BrunoBarcelosAlves
    @BrunoBarcelosAlves Рік тому +342

    It's amazing how Matt is capable of showing the most sincere admiration and interest by pretending to be upset.

    • @jpdemer5
      @jpdemer5 Рік тому +16

      It shows that he cares.

  • @lasagnahog7695
    @lasagnahog7695 Рік тому +229

    I did not know how much I wanted videos of Matt Parker reacting to other people doing math. This is really enjoyable.

  • @wtfpwnz0red
    @wtfpwnz0red Рік тому +60

    It's 2433 and thanks to these Numberphile videos I finally know why all constructs in math bear either the name "Euler" or "Parker"

    • @asheep7797
      @asheep7797 8 місяців тому +8

      Famously, e^oily-macaroni constant was given a name:
      The Parker-Oily-Macaroni constant.

  • @augustus6660
    @augustus6660 Рік тому +207

    What gets me is the little smirk after each horrible, horrible, horrible pun when he's trying not to laugh at its horribleness. This is why I love Matt.

  • @jacovisscher
    @jacovisscher Рік тому +61

    16:39 16:41 Is everyone forgetting that the Parker Square doesn't lie on the Parker Surface? Since it doesn't fulfill all conditions (the sum on one diagonal doesn't equal the sum on the other and the rows and columns), and all points on the Parker surface do fulfill this criterion!

    • @TitanOfClash
      @TitanOfClash Рік тому +58

      That's what makes it the Parker surface! It doesn't even match the Parker square.

    • @digitig
      @digitig Рік тому +37

      It Parker fits, though.

    • @OrangeC7
      @OrangeC7 Рік тому +5

      It's a Parker name for it

  • @NomenNescio99
    @NomenNescio99 Рік тому +85

    My understanding of the Parker square is that if you try really hard you might almost make it.
    Or in other words, it is never to late to give up.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Рік тому +5

      "Having a go at it"

  • @VanMorbir
    @VanMorbir Рік тому +26

    Parker square: *exists*
    "Impressive. Very nice. Now let's see Sallow's"

  • @nanapeel3379
    @nanapeel3379 Рік тому +246

    This really should be the main channel version....

  • @Trench777
    @Trench777 Рік тому +95

    Matt's look of self-satisfaction when he concludes he's said something clever is priceless.

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid Рік тому +29

    I love how quickly Matt goes from "the poor guy was bullied into naming the surface after me" to "cause that's its name!" 😄

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 Рік тому +117

    2:06 Parker square
    15:08 Parker surface
    30:02 Parker blob

    • @landsgevaer
      @landsgevaer Рік тому +9

      And 20:20 Parker off-by-one error in the exponent of 2t² (should be 2t¹).

    • @_Blazing_Inferno_
      @_Blazing_Inferno_ Рік тому +2

      Replying to get you to the top

    • @georgemissailidis3160
      @georgemissailidis3160 Рік тому +8

      and then Parker points

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid Рік тому +2

      22:43 Parker surface again

    • @Bronzescorpion
      @Bronzescorpion Рік тому +1

      It is quite nice how evenly spaced out it is: beginning, middle and end.

  • @Eye_Make
    @Eye_Make Рік тому +8

    Can we just appreciate either Matt's ability to chew popcorn without noise or Brady's editing of the audio to save our ears from popcorn crunching. :D

  • @MichaelPetito
    @MichaelPetito Рік тому +125

    I can't believe I'm going to watch this whole video over again just to see his reactions. 😆

    • @jamesgriebler
      @jamesgriebler Рік тому +6

      SAME LMAO

    • @numberphile2
      @numberphile2  Рік тому +76

      Will you watch the OTHER reaction video?

    • @Nicole73737
      @Nicole73737 Рік тому +3

      @@numberphile2 I know I will!

    • @MichaelPetito
      @MichaelPetito Рік тому +13

      @@numberphile2 I wasn't prepared for this level of recursion, but yes, I will be watching that tonight.

    • @SirNobleIZH
      @SirNobleIZH Рік тому +2

      @@MichaelPetito recursion...
      that reaction video is very similar to that reaction video which is very similar to that reaction video which is very similar to that reaction video which is very similar to that reaction video which is very similar to that reaction video which is very similar to that reaction video which is very similar to that reaction video which is very similar to that reaction video which is very similar to that reaction video which is very similar to that reaction video

  • @ricardo.mazeto
    @ricardo.mazeto Рік тому +25

    Matt’s life is divided into two eras. The first one is the “hair era”, as he says. 😂

  • @mikew6644
    @mikew6644 Рік тому +138

    I was really hoping this was going to be a 10 second video of Matt just saying “it’s hogwash!” Straight to camera 😂

    • @Priapos93
      @Priapos93 Рік тому +10

      I look forward to the new "grabs popcorn" gifs

  • @JavSusLar
    @JavSusLar Рік тому +23

    Matt, let's crack this problem together, you and us, your followers: write some Parker-python code and somebody will make it 10^50 times faster.

  • @cycklist
    @cycklist Рік тому +22

    Really appreciate this Brady! Matt is such a legend. What a good sport.

  • @deliciousrose
    @deliciousrose Рік тому +24

    17:44 New merch idea? "Parker surface: lots of good points"

    • @deliciousrose
      @deliciousrose Рік тому +2

      21:28 Also, love the timing for subtle product placement from Mathsgear

  • @PietervanderStar
    @PietervanderStar Рік тому +35

    Parker is like Euler, doesn't matter who did the actual work, we just attribute it to him.

  • @kelpsie
    @kelpsie Рік тому +6

    I love the "yes, okay, I know what's coming" look on Matt's face leading up to the Parker Square.

  • @jh-ec7si
    @jh-ec7si Рік тому +4

    A Parker Surface should have "≠ x3 + x5 + x7" as one of the conditions to preserve the failing diagonal of the Parker Square

  • @Axacqk
    @Axacqk Рік тому +5

    That surface in 9 dimensions is just your old and trustworthy parkerbolic squaraboloid.

  • @ed.puckett
    @ed.puckett Рік тому +9

    Thank you! I very much liked Professor Várilly-Alvarado with his clear and compelling exposition. Then this, Matt's reaction video, made it all the more fun! You guys are great.

  • @GenericAnimeBoy
    @GenericAnimeBoy Рік тому +17

    The finite field paper and now this, too!
    How many more videos before Matt finally has to accept that the Parker Square is now a genuinely important contribution to mathematics?

  • @Gio_Panda
    @Gio_Panda 8 місяців тому +2

    I find amusing how the Parker Surface is basically a surface that has lots of points, probably none of which are good enough

  • @nicksamek12
    @nicksamek12 Рік тому +18

    I was wondering if Matt would give respect to Paper IV, very pleased he did.

  • @virginiahowardmullan5049
    @virginiahowardmullan5049 Рік тому +12

    Having Matt react really makes this video fun and I'm watching the whole thing.....loving it. Thanks Matt and Brady and mathematician who must not be named for making such a great video about magic squares.

    • @kushagra64
      @kushagra64 Рік тому

      He should be named, Anthony Várilly-Alvarado

  • @JohnGalt0902
    @JohnGalt0902 Рік тому +32

    This really goes to demonstrate Stigler's Law, that no scientific discovery is name after its original discover. Parker Surface.

    • @deyfuck
      @deyfuck Рік тому +6

      Should be renamed Parker's Law tbh.

  • @kimiko2547
    @kimiko2547 Рік тому +3

    I am here for all the "Parker Reaction" videos. I enjoy Numberphile videos a lot, and the commentary is very entertaining.

  • @pearceburns2787
    @pearceburns2787 Рік тому +8

    Definitely a fan of renaming the Parker Blob to the Parker Manifold

  • @itioticginger9520
    @itioticginger9520 Рік тому +5

    I finally burst out laughing at 20:53, for some reason that pun was the one that put me over the edge

  • @CamMci
    @CamMci Рік тому +7

    Wow! How incredible is Toby at explaining things!!!

  • @pierrebaillargeon9531
    @pierrebaillargeon9531 Рік тому +1

    Matt Parker: I'm full of interesting points.
    Tony Várilly-Alvarado: but no one finds them satisfying.

  • @LunarcomplexMain
    @LunarcomplexMain Рік тому +3

    If I understand this correctly, this all boils down to it's almost impossible that there's a chance for whole number points to appear on some wavy 2D surface, while for higher orders, you'd 100% expect from a wavy 3D object there to be whole number points... right?

  • @rjung_ch
    @rjung_ch Рік тому +1

    The "Parker Surface", love it. But wait, there's more....

  • @stapler942
    @stapler942 Рік тому +9

    "And here we have a Parker triangle. Where do you think that one goes? That's right! It goes in the Parker square hole!"

  • @andrewkepert923
    @andrewkepert923 Рік тому +7

    Things to make and do in the 8th dimension.

  • @prosperproper6910
    @prosperproper6910 Рік тому +1

    Happy to learn that Parker's blob gets positively curved when dimensions grow !

  • @the2ndblunder
    @the2ndblunder Рік тому +1

    Matt: Makes a joke about making good point, laughs at his joke afterwards then rewards himself with popcorn 🍿 😂 he's so good 👌🏼

  • @milesedgeworth132
    @milesedgeworth132 Рік тому +1

    2:48
    It's more of a Parker Hair than actual hair.

  • @AJCham
    @AJCham Рік тому +1

    2:48 - "back when I had hair", I mean, barely - the headshave was already long overdue at that point! Love, a fellow baldy.

  • @lafcursiax
    @lafcursiax Рік тому +1

    16:55 I didn't know the Bee Gees were so interested in geometry!

  • @SnackMuay
    @SnackMuay Рік тому +3

    17:41 Actually, I think it's more fair to simply say "I have a lot of points." the quality of those points is up for debate.

  • @solar3mpire
    @solar3mpire Рік тому +7

    Does the "Parker surface" have hair?

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Рік тому

      Infinitely many strands of hair

  • @mr.johnson3844
    @mr.johnson3844 10 місяців тому +1

    33:00 "That's where I exist. Beyond the frontier of current mathematical knowledge."

  • @nugboy420
    @nugboy420 Рік тому +1

    3:32 Matt’s face when he reads what’s on the screen haha

  • @cyberflotsam
    @cyberflotsam Рік тому +1

    "A lot of maths is feeling things in your bones" missed a golden opportunity for a joke about Napier

  • @TECHN01200
    @TECHN01200 Рік тому +47

    Matt's math jokes are hilarious...
    They are integral to my survival!

    • @k0pstl939
      @k0pstl939 Рік тому +4

      Seems like a pretty derivative joke

    • @MadMetalMacho
      @MadMetalMacho Рік тому +3

      @@k0pstl939 Please people, come up with sum-thing better.

    • @abigailcooling6604
      @abigailcooling6604 Рік тому +1

      The maths jokes are multiplying!

    • @StefanReich
      @StefanReich Рік тому +1

      You got an infinitesimal chuckle out of me

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Рік тому

      They are off the charts!

  • @frankharr9466
    @frankharr9466 Рік тому +1

    Very low-key reaction. I'm impressed. I've never had a surface or a blob named after me, so I don't know how I'd react.

  • @toadounetlovesyou
    @toadounetlovesyou Рік тому +16

    Matt's facial expressions always crack me up :D

  • @LeonidasKaragiannis
    @LeonidasKaragiannis Рік тому +20

    Truly educational. Thanks, Matt.

  • @umbertorodrigez8213
    @umbertorodrigez8213 4 місяці тому +1

    If there are a finite number, but an infinite number of scalers, doesn’t that mean that if there was one solution there would be infinitely many, and since there are finitely many there must not be even one?

  • @WhiteSpatula
    @WhiteSpatula Рік тому +1

    I now consider “Parker”, in scientific and mathematical nomenclature, an homage to Matt Parker, and his exemplary disregard for fear of mistakes within his share of humanity’s search for things unmistakable.

  • @DrR0BERT
    @DrR0BERT Рік тому +1

    OMG. I was watching this and loved the reference to my PhD advisor, Andrew Bremner.

  • @binglefish_6742
    @binglefish_6742 Рік тому +2

    A derivative work: d(Parker)/dt = -hair

  • @jequanamousse4280
    @jequanamousse4280 Рік тому +5

    Make the duplicates positive and negative numbers squared to dodge the whole duplicates thing

    • @HebaruSan
      @HebaruSan Рік тому

      That is really clever!

  • @arnabbiswasalsodeep
    @arnabbiswasalsodeep Рік тому +10

    I didn't know I needed a matt's react channel until today

  • @siddharth_desai
    @siddharth_desai Рік тому +1

    The free monoid generated by Matt Parker reactions

  • @SeejoCrux
    @SeejoCrux 6 місяців тому

    I love that people emailed Matt Parker and were like "Hey, did you think about doing algebra for this?"

  • @iteerrex8166
    @iteerrex8166 Рік тому +1

    “I always hope for the best.” - Parker

  • @OliviaSNava
    @OliviaSNava Рік тому +3

    This is such a meme video I love it.

  • @vinnibod2500
    @vinnibod2500 Рік тому +1

    No, it will never die. It might Parker die, but we will revive it.

  • @wertperch
    @wertperch Рік тому +2

    "Zed" =]
    Thank you for holding this torch.

  • @mapifisher
    @mapifisher Рік тому

    "it's finite all the way down" made whole video worth the price of admission.

  • @woufff_
    @woufff_ Рік тому +2

    This is really funny, I love Matt's reactions 💛

  • @BobberWCC
    @BobberWCC Рік тому +1

    Mathematicians doing react content. This is what we need.

  • @txikitofandango
    @txikitofandango Рік тому +1

    It's not a Parker surface if there isn't something... Parker about it

  • @whatno5090
    @whatno5090 7 місяців тому

    One thing he couldve mentioned is that points on the surface with rational coordinates can be scaled up by a common denominator to get a point with integer coordinates. If all the original rational numbers were distinct the point with integer coordinates does that too.
    The reason this is important is because a lot of times when he references the surface hes actually referencing essentially the surface with all irrational points removed. This is the shape that contains elliptic/rational curves in the way he describes.

  • @arandomdiamond2
    @arandomdiamond2 Рік тому +1

    27:20 That really was an amazing title...

  • @rewrose2838
    @rewrose2838 Рік тому

    Brady, you're spoiling us and I love it

  • @Jacob-mr8if
    @Jacob-mr8if Рік тому +5

    Why is this unlisted?

  • @alexortiz9777
    @alexortiz9777 Рік тому

    my favorite matt parker reacts video on this channel! (generously)

  • @Robi2009
    @Robi2009 Рік тому

    Please make it a series: Matt reacting to other Numberphile videos eating popcorn ;D

  • @berniezenis4876
    @berniezenis4876 Рік тому +3

    Since I'm not British, can someone tell me if the phrase "Matt Parker is positively curved!" is a compliment or an insult? It sounds like a British insult. If it isn't, perhaps Matt just invented the Parker Insult.

    • @randomname285
      @randomname285 Рік тому

      I think he's saying fatter - as its resembling a sphere more, which is positively curved

  • @duck_is_everywhere
    @duck_is_everywhere Рік тому

    The worst sort of finite is "My beer is an empty set"

  • @mavrian7
    @mavrian7 Рік тому +2

    | 5i |² | 5j|² | 3+4i|²
    | 5k |² | 5 |² | -5k |²
    |3j+4k|² |-5j|² | -5i |²
    A terrible, "integer"-quaternion, very cheaty square of squares involving the 3-4-5 triangle which has duplicates after taking the norms. (Of course, there exist more of these unscaled 3-4-5 solutions.)

  • @MicaiahBaron
    @MicaiahBaron Рік тому

    It wasn't a maths video, it was a genuine dis track.

  • @AndrewTaylorPhD
    @AndrewTaylorPhD Рік тому +17

    Absolute classic "comedian" moment in this when Matt sees a joke, doesn't laugh, and then *says* it was very funny.

  • @twixerclawford
    @twixerclawford Рік тому +1

    The most unfortunate thing about the Parker Surface, is that the point which is associated with the Parker Square isn't even on the Parker Surface

    • @WindsorMason
      @WindsorMason Рік тому

      6 constraints with only 4 unknowns, seems unlikely.

    • @WindsorMason
      @WindsorMason Рік тому

      Looking at three of the constraints
      a^2+b^2=a^2+c^2
      a^2+b^2=a^2+d^2
      We get b^2=c^2=d^2. So nope, the only solution is when all of the entries have the same value (up to a change in sign.)

  • @WTJBlog
    @WTJBlog Рік тому +1

    Notably, the Parker square does not sit on the Parker surface, given its failure to meet the diagonal criteria.

  • @stephenj9470
    @stephenj9470 Рік тому

    I needed a laugh as I'm feeding my son at 1 am. Thanks for making me almost wake up the family with laughter. The Parker blob and Parker curve section made me just about lose it.

    • @briandeschene8424
      @briandeschene8424 9 місяців тому

      Being up at 1AM while living sleep deprived from taking care of a young’un probably contributed to your reaction too. ;-)
      How do you think I know? :-)

  • @ricardoabh3242
    @ricardoabh3242 Рік тому

    Chat gpt knows about Matt lol
    Yes, I'm aware of Matt Parker's Magic Square of Squares. Matt Parker, a mathematician and popular science communicator, has come up with a specific construction for a 3 by 3 magic square of squares. In his arrangement, the numbers in each cell are perfect squares, and the sums of the numbers in each row, column, and diagonal are equal….

  • @Firefoxav26
    @Firefoxav26 Рік тому +1

    Accepted the named surface in 6 seconds 😂

  • @musickid43
    @musickid43 Рік тому

    In the first few seconds, Matt has the look on his face saying "not this again".

  • @thedoorwall
    @thedoorwall 8 місяців тому

    On my profile in the videos I have a video about my findings on this problem - specifically focusing on the last digit narrows it down to a specific list of combination types... there will either be a diagonal with numbers ending in 5 and the total will end in 75 or all the numbers will have the same last digit.

  • @NkThrasher1
    @NkThrasher1 Рік тому +1

    Shouldn't it be the anti-Parker surface in the Parker field?
    So the "parker" part is the "not-solutions"?
    Or maybe there's a "Parker skin" of near misses near to the surface?

  • @maynardtrendle820
    @maynardtrendle820 Рік тому +3

    I feel bad for the bald man. He's so grumpy. 🌞

  • @staizer
    @staizer Рік тому +1

    What about a cube of cubes? Or larger?
    Does the minimum dimension increase by one as the n of n goes up?

  • @Christian_Martel
    @Christian_Martel Рік тому

    A 3D-Parker Blob is nothing else than the representation of Matt in 4D, I guess 😂

  • @hellkr
    @hellkr Рік тому

    We need t-shirts with Parker Surface and Parker Blob!!!

  • @andrewweirny
    @andrewweirny Рік тому +1

    Question for Matt and Steve Mould: is it better to have a Surface or an Effect named after you?

  • @pyrotas
    @pyrotas Рік тому +2

    The argument about dimensionality being important seems to work also the other way around: there is no 2x2 magic square, not even a ordinary one.

  • @nugboy420
    @nugboy420 Рік тому +1

    11:30 the “haira”

  • @josephmarrow5598
    @josephmarrow5598 Рік тому +1

    perhaps i misunderstand, but wouldn't a sporadic point that satisfies this have to be part of a curve, since we can take scalar multiples of it?

  • @toolebukk
    @toolebukk Рік тому +1

    Paper IV
    A New Hope
    😂

  • @acaryadasa
    @acaryadasa Рік тому +5

    It's a tragedy, Oh the humanity. Matt is a national treasure (even if it's from the wrong nation).

    • @WAMTAT
      @WAMTAT Рік тому +3

      A Parker national treasure

  • @laxrulz7
    @laxrulz7 Рік тому +1

    The best part of the Parker Surface is that the Parker Square doesn't exist on it.

  • @adipy8912
    @adipy8912 Рік тому

    I was hoping a Parker Square would randomly pop up like in the old videos