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  • Опубліковано 17 кві 2016
  • Matt Parker reveals his pride and joy - the mysterious Parker Square! More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓
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  • @numberphile
    @numberphile  2 роки тому +270

    Merch: ua-cam.com/video/aOT_bG-vWyg/v-deo.html

  • @LuisManuelLealDias
    @LuisManuelLealDias 8 років тому +8327

    and a mathematical meme is born

    • @notavailable2538
      @notavailable2538 7 років тому +230

      It's already a year and parker square meme still a parker square.

    • @ThePacifist1012
      @ThePacifist1012 6 років тому +16

      you saying that makes it not parker square

    • @CaseyShontz
      @CaseyShontz 5 років тому +30

      Luis Dias and the thing is only the numberphile fans get it, so it doesn’t get old or outdated or oversaturated

    • @remydrouant49
      @remydrouant49 5 років тому +54

      Can confirm, watching this video because I felt out of the loop after seeing parker square comments on many different videos

    • @charlificate
      @charlificate 4 роки тому +24

      It's certainly not the best meme, but it is a classic Parker Square meme

  • @jedihorjus
    @jedihorjus 8 років тому +3325

    "Don't make this a thing!"
    ...
    ...
    [Makes merch of thing]

    • @Na5iR11
      @Na5iR11 8 років тому

      lol

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths 8 років тому +220

      That is Brady's definition of not making it a thing. I'm just surprised he stopped short of commemorative mugs…

    • @thelightupmario
      @thelightupmario 8 років тому +37

      +standupmaths You've basically just guaranteed that's next on the line, now!

    • @lawrencecalablaster568
      @lawrencecalablaster568 8 років тому +6

      French the Llama!

    • @Cythil
      @Cythil 8 років тому +8

      Poor poor Parker. I knew he was in trouble the when I saw the square.

  • @Robostate
    @Robostate 8 років тому +4784

    If I deliberately try to make a Parker Square, but it turns out to be a valid Magic Square, would it then be a Parker Square OF a Parker Square?

    • @Bronzescorpion
      @Bronzescorpion 7 років тому +112

      How would you try to make a Parker Square? Your goal would be to make a square that almost reached the goal of the square, but the goal will loop, unless you tried to make a Parker Square of a Parker Square of a Magic Square.
      Therefore you can only make a Parker Square out of something else and not out of itself.
      Of course you could define a Parker Square as a Magic Square with one failed diagonal line and with repeating numbers, but I don't think that is the definition they were going for.

    • @TheGuardian163
      @TheGuardian163 7 років тому +235

      It would be a Parker Square squared

    • @NeverEverClever
      @NeverEverClever 7 років тому +165

      You've just created a paradox:
      1. Your attempted parker square is not a parker square.
      2. That makes it a parker square because you almost got it to be a parker square.
      So your square is and is not a parker square. Now it's your decision: Did you create the penultimate parker square? As close as you can get to be one (because it is one) but not one at all (because being one makes it not one).

    • @MrtinVarela
      @MrtinVarela 7 років тому +69

      It's a Parker cube.

    • @naverilllang
      @naverilllang 6 років тому +48

      Martín Varela actually, it would be a parker tesseract.

  • @yotam319
    @yotam319 7 років тому +4062

    29 1 47
    41 37 -1
    23 -41 -29
    now its much better :D

    • @witherblaze
      @witherblaze 6 років тому +183

      A negative times a negative is a positive.

    • @robbiedart7422
      @robbiedart7422 6 років тому +1155

      That's the point

    • @otesunki
      @otesunki 5 років тому +22

      XD

    • @LARAUJO_0
      @LARAUJO_0 5 років тому +143

      The diagonals still don't work

    • @monkeybusiness673
      @monkeybusiness673 5 років тому +386

      True, but it implies there is a family of Parker Squares! Maybe we are on to something here. "The Parker Space"? Like Hilbert-space, but not quite right! :-D

  • @Cyberspine
    @Cyberspine 8 років тому +2051

    Parker's attempt at not making Parker Square a thing turned out to be a real Parker Square.

    • @HKhandelwal
      @HKhandelwal 7 років тому +13

      Awwwwwwsome.

    • @richardaversa7128
      @richardaversa7128 7 років тому +40

      The irony of the Streisand Effect (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect?wprov=sfla1)

    • @MrtinVarela
      @MrtinVarela 7 років тому +5

      +Richard Aversa
      Like durr plant?

    • @Triantalex
      @Triantalex 7 місяців тому

      false.

  • @KasabianFan44
    @KasabianFan44 8 років тому +4988

    . [Y'know, I was] [going to make] [a joke about]
    [the Parker Square] [but I couldn't] [going to make]
    [think of one...] [the Parker Square] [Y'know, I was]

    • @Aexerus
      @Aexerus 8 років тому +241

      +KasabianFan44 Oh my god this is perfect

    • @abcmsaj
      @abcmsaj 8 років тому +62

      +KasabianFan44 thats genius hahaha

    • @flidrl
      @flidrl 8 років тому +387

      +KasabianFan44 You deserve a cookie. It is a digital cookie, which is almost like a real one, but not quite. A Parker Cookie maybe? 🍪

    • @SomeRandomFellow
      @SomeRandomFellow 8 років тому +5

      +KasabianFan44 genius xD

    • @marshmelows
      @marshmelows 8 років тому +3

      +KasabianFan44 U wot mate?

  • @rovandahl7892
    @rovandahl7892 7 років тому +2157

    "Stop trying to make Parker Square a thing!"
    PARKER SQUARE T-SHIRT NOW AVAILABLE
    Seriously, I love this video. So genuinely funny, funnily genuine and perfectly edited that even after ten times of watching it I still laugh so hard I start crying.

    • @brandonmartin-moore5302
      @brandonmartin-moore5302 4 роки тому +19

      A contestant wore it on a Dutch reality TV show Wie Is De Mol?

    • @simulatrix
      @simulatrix 3 роки тому +5

      I died laughing when that showed up

    • @rendeer8822
      @rendeer8822 2 роки тому +13

      Update: It's an actual mathematical term now

    • @ndiogouniang83
      @ndiogouniang83 2 роки тому +3

      Rovan, I'm just commenting so you'll come back and watch it again

    • @Triantalex
      @Triantalex 7 місяців тому

      ??

  • @yousorooo
    @yousorooo 8 років тому +2084

    Someone wrote an article on wikipedia about the Parker Square

    • @rosieisla8286
      @rosieisla8286 8 років тому +11

      I'm gonna have to look that up but I hope it's true

    • @rosieisla8286
      @rosieisla8286 8 років тому +120

      I only saw an article saying it was "considered for deletion" and I couldn't find it back. Looks like there was one, in the past, though.

    • @yousorooo
      @yousorooo 8 років тому +97

      Rosie Isla There was, but I believe it got deleted later on.

    • @lvivtotoro
      @lvivtotoro 8 років тому +35

      You can use the Way-back Machine to view that article.

    • @borisknapp9911
      @borisknapp9911 8 років тому +89

      Matt is still fighting it :P

  • @willfreedo
    @willfreedo 8 років тому +2808

    "Any sufficiently advanced Parker Square is indistinguishable from a Magic Square." -Arthur C. Clarke, 2016

    • @gkky-xx4mc
      @gkky-xx4mc 5 років тому +32

      Severely underrated comment

    • @Gnomaana
      @Gnomaana 5 років тому +5

      How does this only have 39 likes?

    • @martinferrand4711
      @martinferrand4711 5 років тому +5

      @@Gnomaana 40 now x")

    • @martinferrand4711
      @martinferrand4711 5 років тому +7

      @Jefferson Paul Mitchell Waller if we remove a 0 it is a power of 2 :D i love powers of 2

    • @jackwilliams7193
      @jackwilliams7193 5 років тому +2

      phenomenal comment

  • @suave319
    @suave319 8 років тому +3109

    It will be so funny when people show up to matt's comedy routines wearing those t-shirts

    • @numberphile
      @numberphile  8 років тому +583

      +Suave Atore that's the plan

    • @Popexssj
      @Popexssj 8 років тому +32

      +Numberphile I already got mine :D

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths 8 років тому +586

      That is a strange definition of "funny".

    • @suave319
      @suave319 8 років тому +30

      standupmaths haha hi matt. Big fan :D

    • @Popexssj
      @Popexssj 8 років тому +30

      standupmaths My life would be complete if you signed my shirt :D

  • @OskarElek
    @OskarElek 8 років тому +1805

    The more I think about it, the more does Parker square sound like a great name for a town square =)
    You can almost hear people say "You know, they tried to make it nice..."

    • @HelmutNevermore
      @HelmutNevermore 7 років тому +35

      Or it could be almost square.

    • @TacticusPrime
      @TacticusPrime 7 років тому +41

      But is it a park or square? :-)

    • @dimitriboscainos3220
      @dimitriboscainos3220 7 років тому

      You can only be barefoot in the head in a square.

    • @dlwatib
      @dlwatib 6 років тому +8

      It also sounds like a great name for a Monopoly board square. Put it right next to Park Place and subject its houses to rent controls.

    • @yashgaikwad7516
      @yashgaikwad7516 5 років тому +1

      There is one in Cambridge

  • @eddotron1224
    @eddotron1224 8 років тому +383

    I typed in "the Parker square" on Wikipedia and was directed to Matt Parker, looked at listed achievements and it just said "creator of the Parker square" xD xD

  • @rrni2343
    @rrni2343 8 років тому +3817

    If you give up on solving a Rubik's cube, can you just say you made a Parker Cube?

    • @stickystick_stick
      @stickystick_stick 8 років тому +5

      +Árni Þór Þorgeirsson yes.

    • @squidcaps4308
      @squidcaps4308 8 років тому +106

      +Árni Þór Þorgeirsson But you first have to try. If you don't try, it's just a failed rubiks cube.

    • @David_Last_Name
      @David_Last_Name 8 років тому +136

      you also have to get it MOSTLY right. Like the faces all have 1 color wrong, but the rest correct.

    • @TrickyTrickyFox
      @TrickyTrickyFox 8 років тому +5

      +Árni Þór Þorgeirsson have a messed up Rubicks Cube with two-five sides being the same color, complete at least one side of it, failing the others, then give up on it - and boom, you have yourself a Parker Cube.

    • @Garomation
      @Garomation 8 років тому +32

      if you gave it a go.

  • @nickchampion8392
    @nickchampion8392 8 років тому +912

    I just discovered quite a lot of "1 by 1" type magic squares!

    • @user-hb4pn8oo8z
      @user-hb4pn8oo8z 8 років тому +6

      xD

    • @RDSk0
      @RDSk0 8 років тому +92

      You didnt discover them, you just Parker Square'd.

    • @UMosNyu
      @UMosNyu 8 років тому +19

      +Nick Champion All 362880 permutations?!

    • @BooBaddyBig
      @BooBaddyBig 8 років тому +25

      +Nick Champion I just extended your work to a family of hyperdimensional magic shapes!

    • @Cr42yguy
      @Cr42yguy 8 років тому +10

      +Nick Champion i just discovered quite a lot of magic squares containing only 1s

  • @PanthereaLeonis
    @PanthereaLeonis 11 місяців тому +10

    Coming in from June 2023, Parker Square, and its derivatives of "Parker [concept]" are still alive and well! Sorry, not sorry, Matt!

  • @emperorpalpatine7454
    @emperorpalpatine7454 7 років тому +199

    I mean this in the politest way, but whenever I need a laugh, I come here

    • @dnuoz819
      @dnuoz819 4 роки тому +5

      Emperor Palpatine Yes this must be my 10th time watching this haha

  • @BlobVanDam
    @BlobVanDam 8 років тому +1136

    Parker squares are the best kind of squares.

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid 8 років тому +92

      Almost.

    • @BlobVanDam
      @BlobVanDam 8 років тому +25

      +Penny Lane I meant in my heart.

    • @yekaneast
      @yekaneast 7 років тому +41

      Actually they are the most adequate of squares

    • @Markovisch
      @Markovisch 7 років тому +13

      I spend my days now trying to find more Parker Squares

    • @ThrawnTheater
      @ThrawnTheater 7 років тому

      Blob from dtf? I remember you. Hope you're well.

  • @chrispi314
    @chrispi314 8 років тому +381

    As a French Person, I will now use "Parker" as something close to its end but not completely. Then I'll explain why. Don't worry Matt, you will be Parker remembered

    • @911gpd
      @911gpd 8 років тому +36

      +Chris Pi par coeur ?

    • @marshmelows
      @marshmelows 8 років тому +5

      +Chris Pi ahah Parker remembered :D

    • @SlimThrull
      @SlimThrull 8 років тому +6

      +Chris Pi We, as citizens of planet Earth, MUST make this a thing.

    • @the1exnay
      @the1exnay 7 років тому +29

      or we'll try to make it a thing but only a rather small subset of people will actually know about it... kinda a parker square of an attempt

    • @alikazerani
      @alikazerani 7 років тому +5

      Indicatif, présent: Je parke, tu parkes, il/elle parke, nous parkons, vous parkez, ils/elles parkent.

  • @Cre8tvMG
    @Cre8tvMG 2 роки тому +19

    3:40 - I'm not calling it the Parker square...
    2021 - 'Parker' becomes an adjective in maths meaning 'almost worked'. It's not just squares, EVERYthing can be Parker. :-D

  • @kwanarchive
    @kwanarchive 2 роки тому +136

    After the recent Numberphile video, this is now an historic moment in mathematics history.

    • @Raumance
      @Raumance 2 роки тому +1

      Which one is that?

    • @ez_is_bloo
      @ez_is_bloo Рік тому +3

      @@Raumance
      Finite fields probably

  • @titaniumdiveknife
    @titaniumdiveknife 8 років тому +354

    "....once every century someone will look your name up in an obscure book."
    Wow. Perks.

  • @yaseen157
    @yaseen157 8 років тому +2513

    Parker square is totally a thing Matt. Don't underestimate the internet hahaha

    • @MegaBanne
      @MegaBanne 8 років тому +37

      +yaseen reza allmost a thing

    • @GregaMeglic
      @GregaMeglic 8 років тому +30

      +Electro-Cute Its a real Parker square of a thing XD

    • @Domihork
      @Domihork 6 років тому +6

      I order the T-shirt a few days ago but you know what I'm still waiting for? Rose-tinted square glasses...

    • @MrJosh6889
      @MrJosh6889 6 років тому +4

      I actually ended up here trying to figure out what a parker square is after watching his pi day video on standupmaths.

    • @demonking86420
      @demonking86420 6 років тому +1

      Grega Meglic yo dawg I herd you like Parker squares

  • @vurpo7080
    @vurpo7080 2 роки тому +90

    The irony is that Matt has made far more fame and money from being "the Parker Square guy" than he would have made off discovering an actual solution.

  • @silver4905
    @silver4905 2 роки тому +16

    It’s got it’s own Wikipedia entry now 💀

  • @simargl2454
    @simargl2454 8 років тому +95

    So mathematical fame is a Parker Square kind of fame.

  • @djdedan
    @djdedan 8 років тому +1174

    this has to be the funniest numberphile i've seen in a while. it took all my will power to LOL

    • @Daddimon
      @Daddimon 8 років тому +101

      +DjDedan I guess your willpower was only parker square willpower

    • @djdedan
      @djdedan 8 років тому +5

      Proverbial Potato ouch! :-)

    • @Leistria
      @Leistria 8 років тому

      +DjDedan Brain Power?

    • @ophello
      @ophello 8 років тому +29

      You mean it took all your willpower not to laugh?

    • @Leistria
      @Leistria 8 років тому

      Yes... and there is a song called 'Brain Power'

  • @TheFrodoBaggins33
    @TheFrodoBaggins33 2 роки тому +31

    years later and finite fields are being classified as "parker" and "non-parker" all because of this video. it's iconic now

  • @jacobcain9008
    @jacobcain9008 5 років тому +134

    The man. The myth. The legend. The Parker Square.

  • @BattousaiHBr
    @BattousaiHBr 8 років тому +3670

    Bad Luck Brian:
    * Discovers a Magic Square *
    * It's a Parker Square *

    • @Tydrelin
      @Tydrelin 8 років тому +7

      +BattousaiHBr I love this!

    • @MonzennCarloMallari
      @MonzennCarloMallari 8 років тому +27

      +Bob Bobson That was a Parker Square kind of comment. So close!

    • @xl000
      @xl000 5 років тому +1

      Bad Luck Brian

    • @jd2kcccddd
      @jd2kcccddd 4 роки тому

      Bad luck Parker

  • @crash6871
    @crash6871 8 років тому +191

    reuse 3 numbers twice and one of the diagonals doesn't even work: The Parker Square

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 5 років тому +19

      crash6871 You've got a Parker square there in saying "reusing twice"

  • @roco3457
    @roco3457 2 роки тому +4

    in youtube's search bar, "parker square" is the first result for "pa", above "parabola" and "partial fractions"

  • @joebykaeby
    @joebykaeby 7 років тому +158

    The fact that Matt Parker exists continues to make the world a tiny bit brighter

  • @Zirkalaritz
    @Zirkalaritz 8 років тому +48

    Years ago, I started sculpting clay because I was losing motricity in my hands and had to keep them busy. I never was an artistic minded individual and I hadn't the slightest notion of proportions or shapes.
    One of the first things I modeled was a human skull... the most pathetic, malformed and medically concerning human skull by shape. But I was proud of it and to this day, 16 years of sculpting and modeling later, it sits in my desk as a grotesque and embarrasing yet fond reminder of how I started.
    This square kind of reminds me of that... of how you start a hobby or passion with pitiful attempts that don't quite work... but they are *your* attempts and represent your determination of not giving up on your goals and projects.
    I, from now on, I'm going to refer to this as "giving it a Parker"

    • @NaPzt3R
      @NaPzt3R 8 років тому +1

      +Zirkalaritz "giving it a Parker" is now a thing.

  • @UMosNyu
    @UMosNyu 8 років тому +111

    After thinking about it for a while (46 seconds) I realized how much philosophy is hidden behind the Parker-Square.

    • @omarhuge
      @omarhuge 8 років тому +21

      +UMos that's a parker-square amount of time to think about it

  • @Koroistro
    @Koroistro 7 років тому +124

    Well joke's on us , i guess he made way more than 1000£ by selling that shirt.

    • @singerofsongs468
      @singerofsongs468 3 роки тому +9

      He even published a book including the Parker Square, way more than £1000

  • @cufflink44
    @cufflink44 11 місяців тому +10

    This legendary video wouldn't be nearly as legendary if Matt himself weren't so damn cute and charming.

  • @kacperkopec8360
    @kacperkopec8360 8 років тому +52

    I really want to make "The Parker square" a catchphrase among my friends. Sadly, they are not big maths fans, so it may turn out to be the Parker square of catchphrases.

  • @katiekawaii
    @katiekawaii 8 років тому +199

    I am 100% using "that's a real Parker square" as often as possible.

    • @AirIUnderwater
      @AirIUnderwater 5 років тому +8

      I already use it with all of my friends and so far no one has got the reference despite me telling them to watch this video all of the time.

  • @MatteoBlooner
    @MatteoBlooner 8 років тому +74

    I think we can all agree that the best Parker square ever is when Matt said "I don't want to call it Parker square"

  • @Findulidas
    @Findulidas 8 років тому +92

    Probably the funniest clip on numberphiles.

  • @TheGamblermusic
    @TheGamblermusic 8 років тому +35

    Best numberphile video ever. I parker squared my exams the other day.

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths 8 років тому +28

      You mean you gave them a really good go!

    • @TheGamblermusic
      @TheGamblermusic 8 років тому +12

      standupmaths
      Yes ! I like them so much i'll go for them a second time ;)

    • @calvinjohnson6242
      @calvinjohnson6242 7 років тому +1

      standupmaths This comment is a parker square

  • @MelindaGreen
    @MelindaGreen 8 років тому +55

    I love how the instant he realizes the name is inevitable, he starts finding rationals for it.

  • @vmp916
    @vmp916 2 роки тому +6

    I honestly believe this is among numberphile’s non-parker videos

  • @hps362
    @hps362 2 роки тому +7

    So now he's more famous for failing than the 7x7 cube numbers guy is for succeeding

  • @markschippel7974
    @markschippel7974 8 років тому +92

    The Parker Square may not be a great addition to mathematics but, it is a wonderful addition to the lexicon of the English language! So useful in describing the world of the Not Quite Right. Thank you for your contribution!

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 5 років тому

      mark Schippel It's a Parker sqaure of an addition to mathematics

  • @ze_rubenator
    @ze_rubenator 8 років тому +76

    I was gonna write something witty, but in the end I just parker-squared it and came up with this instead.

    • @KasabianFan44
      @KasabianFan44 8 років тому +3

      I'm guessing the grammar mistake at the end is there to show the Parker-square-ness of the comment? ;)

    • @ze_rubenator
      @ze_rubenator 8 років тому

      *****
      Actually no, is there an error I can't see there?

    • @KasabianFan44
      @KasabianFan44 8 років тому

      Ze Rubenator "Instead" is one word ;)

    • @ze_rubenator
      @ze_rubenator 8 років тому

      *****
      Oh yeah, you're right (:

    • @bacon.cheesecake
      @bacon.cheesecake 7 років тому +2

      you know what, your comment is not that great. but you gave it a go, and that's what matters

  • @helderboymh
    @helderboymh 5 років тому +24

    I watched this video so many times.
    @4:27
    "Stop trying to make Parker square a thing"
    * Merch appears
    Gets me every time !

  • @Peter_1986
    @Peter_1986 4 роки тому +19

    Without a doubt one of the most legendary videos on Numberphile.

  • @BurakBagdatli
    @BurakBagdatli 8 років тому +35

    "But I gave it a go! And of course I didn't find. I found this... this... adequate... you know... it's like..."

  • @CristiNeagu
    @CristiNeagu 8 років тому +257

    Matt hopes this whole "Parker square" thing will be just another Parker square and not quite make it to popularity.

  • @onstable3184
    @onstable3184 4 роки тому +11

    "In maths fame means that someone will see your name every century in some obscure old book" xD

  • @connortremblay1259
    @connortremblay1259 6 років тому +13

    I routinely use the phrase Parker square in conversation and nobody knows what I'm talking about

    • @sujimtangerines
      @sujimtangerines 5 років тому +6

      Been using it since the video came out and no one ever seemed to know what I was talking about. Went to the park yesterday and saw some kid attempt a skateboard trick (I'm neither young or cool enough to know what it was), but didn't stick the landing. Turned to my own kid and said, "oh he Parker Squared that" and the skater dude gave me a thumbs up and said his name was Matt, too! I was a bit speechless that someone finally seemed to get it.

  • @MrShagification
    @MrShagification 8 років тому +156

    My life is a Parker square.

  • @TheMarkoSeke
    @TheMarkoSeke 8 років тому +223

    Whenever Numberphile does a video with Matt Parker I'm laughing constantly throughout the whole video xD

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths 8 років тому +54

      Thanks! Hopefully for the right reasons.

    • @TheMarkoSeke
      @TheMarkoSeke 8 років тому +23

      standupmaths Absolutely!

    • @robo3007
      @robo3007 8 років тому +3

      +standupmaths He's laughing at your magic square Matt, I wouldn't take it from him!

    • @scottgoodson8295
      @scottgoodson8295 8 років тому +20

      +standupmaths Almost the right reasons. Not quite though.

    • @nosuchthing8
      @nosuchthing8 8 років тому +1

      True, he seems like he was on Monty Python. Except when he took the wrong position on tau v pi.

  • @alterego3734
    @alterego3734 6 років тому +25

    Another Parker Square:
    74 | 82 | 97
    2 | 113 | 94
    127 | 46 | 58

    • @user21XXL
      @user21XXL 5 років тому +17

      that's a parker square of a parker square example - you used 9 different numbers, you didnt fail hard enough

    • @petermcandrew7787
      @petermcandrew7787 5 років тому +6

      That's the "magic square" with a single diagonal that has the smallest total for the seven lines which work. Second smallest is:
      148 | 254 | 4
      194 | 116 | 188
      164 | 92 | 226
      No square works with both diagonals (or with one diagonal other than variants of these two) with a line total less than 120,000. My program is still running to try higher totals, but got to 120,000 in an hour or two...

  • @blipmachine
    @blipmachine 3 роки тому +4

    This video is the definition of “it’s not much but it’s honest work”

  • @TakeWalker
    @TakeWalker 8 років тому +54

    This was hilarious. :D Best mathmatical bromance in history.

  • @Reggiland
    @Reggiland 8 років тому +58

    i will use 'parker square' in a conversation some time. i don't know when but it will be used for something that is on the cusp of perfection but has so much further to go. we need to make Matt famous!

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths 8 років тому +48

      You might find the conversation goes a bit Parker Square.

    • @Reggiland
      @Reggiland 8 років тому +8

      +standupmaths its an honor to have you reply to my comment. :D

  • @kdawg3484
    @kdawg3484 5 років тому +5

    I feel like I could write a entire book about this 4:54 video analyzing every single nuance of how great the comedy in it is. It has everything. You couldn't intentionally write a skit that hits as many comedy buttons so dexterously as this mostly-improvised little video. I'll never not find it hilarious.

  • @liliwheeler2204
    @liliwheeler2204 3 місяці тому +1

    In all these years I never realized that the Parker Square video also gave us "the mathematical definition of fame" which, personally, is one of my all time favorite lines. I think it's really underappreciated!

  • @thegermanpanda6699
    @thegermanpanda6699 8 років тому +34

    It's a perfect square in my heart.

  • @1_____________________
    @1_____________________ 8 років тому +1034

    I have the solution to P=NP
    P = NP
    P = NP | -P
    0 = N
    P = 0P
    P = 0
    Well, it's not the solution, but i parker-squared it.

    • @evanknowles4780
      @evanknowles4780 8 років тому +32

      +Spiked Blueshell No, P would be equal to zero. N would then be any number.

    • @captaincupkakez7595
      @captaincupkakez7595 8 років тому +29

      +Evan Knowles or P is any number and N is 1

    • @Froggy711
      @Froggy711 6 років тому +44

      P=00P

    • @griffinwhite9929
      @griffinwhite9929 6 років тому +13

      come on man you obviously just divide both sides by P and you get N = 1.

    • @hahahihi1540
      @hahahihi1540 6 років тому +4

      Lol it's P Vs NP problem , not P = NP . Let's see how you solve that millennia prize problem .

  • @Peter_1986
    @Peter_1986 7 місяців тому +4

    At 3:28, there was no longer any hope for Matt to get rid of the Parker Square meme;
    he was just digging himself deeper and deeper into that hole throughout the rest of the video from that point.

  • @kcwidman
    @kcwidman 7 років тому +155

    It might be a mascot for giving it a go... rip

  • @PauLtus_B
    @PauLtus_B 8 років тому +13

    If "Parker square" would relate to everything in maths that works in every way except one. You wouldn't have your name relate to the proudest achievements but remember: it would be used a LOT.

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk 8 років тому

      x³ ≠ 8 is such a Parker square.

    • @PauLtus_B
      @PauLtus_B 8 років тому

      IceMetalPunk
      What if x = 1.29683955465?
      I don't quite understand what you mean ;)

    • @davidmelo9862
      @davidmelo9862 8 років тому +1

      It works in every way(x not 2) but fails on one way( x = 2 ).I think that's a Parker square.

    • @PauLtus_B
      @PauLtus_B 8 років тому +1

      IceMetalPunk
      Due to the power of zooms I saw an 8 instead of a 3.

    • @PauLtus_B
      @PauLtus_B 8 років тому

      David Melo
      Ah. I think I get it.

  • @sabriath
    @sabriath 8 років тому +129

    Easy solution:
    √2 √7 √6
    √9 √5 1
    √4 √3 √8
    Done :)

    • @edwardlau892
      @edwardlau892 5 років тому +34

      You might as well go
      √2 √7 √6
      3 √5 1
      2 √3 √8
      Looks better it seems. :D

    • @vrabiealexandru2755
      @vrabiealexandru2755 5 років тому +5

      Well then... dont you win a nobel prize now?

    • @witherblaze
      @witherblaze 4 роки тому +16

      @@vrabiealexandru2755 fields medal. No nobel prize for math

    • @lordtig4138
      @lordtig4138 4 роки тому +9

      Imagine if the problem was that easy. You can just take ANY magical square, take the sqrt of all numbers, and then ask for your thousand euros.

    • @GoogleAccount-pi9ct
      @GoogleAccount-pi9ct 4 роки тому

      Lol

  • @MaaikeMin
    @MaaikeMin 7 років тому +18

    Haha, the shirt has made it to Dutch television :') Diederik Jekel wears it on 'Wie is de mol?' S17E07

  • @AnAverageItalian
    @AnAverageItalian 4 роки тому +3

    And thus, a legend is born

  • @thulyblu5486
    @thulyblu5486 8 років тому +78

    Nice, someone has already made the Parker Square Wikipedia article... :D
    Watch the exact moment of Matt's fate (3:28) "...I don't want to call it a Parker Square..."

    •  8 років тому +10

      +Thulyblu It has a deletion discussion running, but 42 people edited it. :D

    • @thulyblu5486
      @thulyblu5486 8 років тому +1

      FaRo
      hehehe lol

  • @Quintingent
    @Quintingent 8 років тому +320

    This isn't my best comment. I tried to be witty and relate to the video, but it's just ended up being a real Parker Square of a comment.

    • @Mawkler
      @Mawkler 8 років тому +6

      +David Ward At least you tried mate. At least you tried.

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths 8 років тому +73

      The important thing is: you gave it a go.

    • @insu_na
      @insu_na 8 років тому +4

      Brady is such a troll :D

    • @Jonathantheweirdo
      @Jonathantheweirdo 7 років тому +1

      +David Ward
      Lo and behold the rare paradoxical comment. Well done, sir.

  • @SirValiantIII
    @SirValiantIII 3 роки тому +2

    “They won (...) fame”
    “What’s their name?”
    *Flustered Stuttering*
    😂😂😂😂

  • @Nogli
    @Nogli 8 років тому +13

    This man was part of a project where they built a massive calculator of dominoes which sadly didn't quite work (a Parker Square event), and yet this is the most deflated that I have seen him.

  • @NarratingFox
    @NarratingFox 8 років тому +57

    This video is rather short. Feels like a Parker Square to be honest :/

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths 8 років тому +24

      The whole video is classic Parker Square.

    • @vincenzomontecalvo9311
      @vincenzomontecalvo9311 8 років тому

      standupmaths hi man.

    • @NarratingFox
      @NarratingFox 8 років тому

      standupmaths Most of my A-Level maths class watches Numberphile. I'll email you all the noteworthy jokes that get thrown out there tomorrow XD

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths 8 років тому +5

      +NarratingFox Make sure your whole class gives it a Parker Square effort.

    • @NarratingFox
      @NarratingFox 8 років тому

      standupmaths That would imply that we're just shy from being perfect. If it were to be a solid perfect effort, I would compare it to more of a Haran Square ;)

  • @Science4allOrg
    @Science4allOrg 8 років тому +24

    I have an almost marvellous proof of Fermat's last theorem but I Parker-squared it...

    • @akanegally
      @akanegally 5 років тому

      Je pensais pas que sur cette video je tomberais sur un de tes commentaires!

  • @infogames2724
    @infogames2724 Рік тому +5

    29 squared + 1 square + 47 square
    41 squared + 37 squared + (-1) squared
    23 squared + (-41) squared + (-29) squared
    there. now every number is unique :)

  • @wtmftproductions
    @wtmftproductions 6 років тому +17

    3:54 Matt, I hope you will one day be the Patron Saint of "giving things a go." XD

  • @VarizonPlays
    @VarizonPlays 8 років тому +97

    I love numberphile! I think I have numperphilephile

    • @lawrencebermudez
      @lawrencebermudez 8 років тому

      +Varizon parkerphile keepo

    • @laxxius
      @laxxius 8 років тому +39

      Wouldn't it be you have Numberphilephilia?

    • @proefslak
      @proefslak 8 років тому +14

      +Laxxius Yes, I think he has Numberphilephilia.
      So he is a Numberphilephile.

    • @NNOTM
      @NNOTM 8 років тому +14

      +Varizon That's a real Parker Square of a pun

    • @ratlinggull2223
      @ratlinggull2223 8 років тому +7

      I love all of you guys! I think I have Numberphilephilephilephilephilephilephilephilephilephilephilephile
      Read more...

  • @themaskedcrusader
    @themaskedcrusader 8 років тому +55

    if we consider that a "Parker Square" is one where each row and column and ONE diagonal add up to the same thing, then there are TONS of them. I wrote a quick program to crunch search all values 1 to 100, and it's spitting out "Parker Squares" all over the place. It'll take about a week to run to find all values where the base is < 100

    • @UriGerhard
      @UriGerhard 8 років тому

      neat

    • @tellingthetalepodcast
      @tellingthetalepodcast 8 років тому +2

      I was thinking about doing something similar but only for cubes. This is definitely the correct approach despite taking EXORBITANT amounts of time to compute.

    • @juangreen8194
      @juangreen8194 8 років тому +5

      +themaskedcrusader Do you mind to show us a couple of those Parker Squares your program found please? :)

    • @themaskedcrusader
      @themaskedcrusader 8 років тому +11

      +Joee Green There was a bug in my code giving me false positives. I've fixed the bug and will let you know when a legit parker square is found

    • @WujuStyler
      @WujuStyler 8 років тому +2

      +themaskedcrusader replying to see your replies

  • @fritz46
    @fritz46 11 місяців тому +4

    Finding one should be worth more than 1000 Euros after today's video.

  • @bilalzahid3560
    @bilalzahid3560 7 років тому +553

    Who else is here from the 10958 problem??

  • @ionlymadethistoleavecoment1723
    @ionlymadethistoleavecoment1723 8 років тому +9

    I'm definitely using the term "Parker square" whenever I almost do something right

  • @martinshoosterman
    @martinshoosterman 8 років тому +25

    Just submitted parker square to urban dictionary, soon ill go for Marriam Webster.

  • @andrewbloom7694
    @andrewbloom7694 Рік тому +1

    I love the fact that HE WAS THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED CALLING IT THAT 😂😂😂😂

  • @ToothTalks
    @ToothTalks 8 років тому +23

    Got my t-shirt. Now having to explain it to people who think it's a new band!

    • @onkelpappkov2666
      @onkelpappkov2666 5 років тому +14

      Let's just say it's close to being one but it isn't quite there.

  • @Asimovum
    @Asimovum 8 років тому +25

    This video is a Parker Square

  • @conure512
    @conure512 6 років тому +18

    The town I live in has a town center called Parker Square...

  • @nunixnunix04
    @nunixnunix04 3 роки тому +3

    This video is such a historical landmark

  • @kennethbeal
    @kennethbeal Рік тому +2

    Burst out laughing at the digits; 513 keeps peeking out at me. :)

  • @enriquemedarde
    @enriquemedarde 8 років тому +29

    It's not a magic square, but at least it's in the ballparker

    • @danialhaseeb1909
      @danialhaseeb1909 8 років тому +1

      +Enrique Medarde Which is precisely a Parker Square. :)

    • @JimFortune
      @JimFortune 8 років тому

      +Danial Haseeb But a ball park is a diamond, not a square.

    • @enriquemedarde
      @enriquemedarde 8 років тому

      +Jim Fortune a Parker Square is also a diamond: a shape that's almost a square but not quite :D

    • @JimFortune
      @JimFortune 8 років тому

      Enrique Medarde A ballpark diamond isn't square. Maybe a ballParker square is a new thing...

    • @enriquemedarde
      @enriquemedarde 8 років тому

      +Jim Fortune We're getting somewhere. We should go play basematt in the ballparker.

  • @SomeFreakingCactus
    @SomeFreakingCactus 2 роки тому +2

    It’s kind of fitting that the man who wrote a book on mathematical fails has a failed mathematical proof answer named after him.

  • @jackwilliams7193
    @jackwilliams7193 5 років тому +12

    "Some people would say that -- "
    "I would say that!"

  • @cortonimor
    @cortonimor 7 років тому +22

    *cue Coldplay music*
    "When you try your best but you don't succeed"

  • @888SpinR
    @888SpinR 8 років тому +12

    Somebody call the urban dictionary! Brady has done it again!

    • @Sceleri
      @Sceleri 8 років тому +3

      +888SpinR Done, entry in evaluation, will comment when evaluated

  • @seancloser
    @seancloser 8 років тому +8

    I like the enthusiasm of this guy. This is what it s like when someone is truly passionate about sth.

  • @MegaBanne
    @MegaBanne 8 років тому +20

    We are not going to make it a thing, but maybe a parker square of a thing.

  • @kierantaylor5715
    @kierantaylor5715 8 років тому +47

    Does this mean a triangle can be called a Parker Square?

    • @dielaughing73
      @dielaughing73 3 роки тому

      Yes, if it had four sides. Except then it would be a Parker triangle.

  • @Jonas.Nilsson
    @Jonas.Nilsson 8 років тому +61

    I tried to buy a Parker Square T-shirt, but then I noticed, I didn't have enough money on my card. Can you say that I parker squared to buy a parker square t-shirt, but didn't really make it, I just parker squared it.

  • @jan_kulawa
    @jan_kulawa 6 місяців тому +4

    the dawn of a meme. I'll never forget

  • @DrKaii
    @DrKaii 10 місяців тому +6

    1:18 in mathematics in 2023, fame means doing some maths that some youtube educator covers in a video that goes viral because of some inside joke, which someone makes a lot of merch money from