@fatroberto3012
I never cease to be amazed that mathematicians hundreds of years ago could visualize things that normal people just cannot see without a computer simulation showing them what it is that the equations are telling them. My research (engineering not math) involved modeling of electromagnetic fields to predict charged particle motion and without computers I would have got nowhere. My supervisor could just look at the equations and "see" it straight away! His ability to simply strip away 90% of a complicated problem because he understood that it was irrelevant, leaving something even I could solve, was awesome.
@arshil6249
I remember when I was a kid, probably in 8th grade. I was obsessed with the Goldbach Conjecture because I thought I found a solution to it. Then I wrote an email to Eddie Woo Sir. And to my surprise, he wrote back. pointing out a stupid error in my calculations. That was the most magical moment of my childhood
@kunai9809
"Proof?" "It was revealed to me in a dream."
@stevenstrogatz1
Thanks for having me on again :-) And hey Veritasium fans: Sorry I messed up the numbers while getting emotional about Ramanujan. Here's the right version of the story, quoted from Robert Kanigel's book on Ramanujan: " [Hardy] would contrive an informal scale of natural mathematical ability on which he assigned himself a 25 and Littlewood a 30. To David Hilbert, the most eminent mathematician of the day, he assigned an 80. To Ramanujan he gave 100.â â Robert Kanigel, The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
@sreeakhilpulipaka3976
One of the things I love so much about Veritasiumâs videos is how engaging they are. I have a problem where I zone out after sometime when watching something, but it almost never happens with these videos.
@tst_09
You know youâre looking at the next mathematician of the century when you see a guy reading a math textbook during an air raid
@Grey_Warden189
Goldbach: Every even number >2 is the sum of two primes. YouTube: Every 2 minutes is the sum of two ads.
@KrishB26
Everytime I learn about the Ramanujan's theorems be it the asymptote theorem of partitions or the tau function , it's the stories behind them that give me the chills !.
@dmadalengoitia
29:31 I'm from Peru and I remember when they announced he proofed the weak conjecture, he was like a rockstar amongst scholars here
@folayemioladejo8675
I love how this is one video where all the world's greatest mathematicians are featured. I was so happy to see some of the professors from your previous videos as well!!
@AvianYuen
The explanation of the circle method was one of the most beautiful explanations I have seen on YouTube. This is quickly becoming my favourite maths channel, even while maths isn't your focus! Great work
@DDP-Gaming
The production quality with the animation and storytelling increasing every video is amazing to watch Makes me so interested in the topics
@cody5535
I absolutely love it when this channel does math videos; they're always such a delight :)
@winstonxie
I still have the book âThe Goldbach Conjectureâ by Xu Chi, awarded to me in 1978 as a winner of high school mathematics competition in China. The book contains several articles, one of which is âThe Goldbach Conjectureâ, which told the story of Chen Jingrun. It described mathematics as the most elegant and beautiful thing in the world, the most worthy of pursuit, and described Chen as a hero and almost a saint. It made the deepest impression on me and probably on my whole generation. I became a mathematician, and even proposed my own conjecture (on the Stokes equations). It was a delight to see this video. Thank you so much! Itâs amazing that there are already over a million views.
@NovaLightAngel
This video is amazing! Thank you for this! Chenâs story and struggle broke my heart. I appreciate you highlighting his story. I also want to thank you for continuing to use origin art in your videos! The AI slop has proliferated so many channels itâs absolutely refreshing to see major producers stick to real artwork. đŚ
@meepcheep314
It's complete eye candy watching the mathematical explanations with the dark background and glowing math. It's very relaxing
@Xingchen_Yan
I am a Chinese and grew up in China's education system. To most students, Chen's story was sometimes used as a counter example as how one can be so into math so he became delusional. One commonly referred story is that he bought a truck load of cup noodle to eat everyday just to solve this. But I was lucky enough to have a highschool math teacher that is very passionate about such topics and he lightened us with this story like 15 years ago. I feel really grateful for that. This video just reminds me of all those things and yeah, it is such a great video. Thank you Veritasium.
@VEE727
"write the formula on his tongue" is like a proverb in India meaning the goddess spoke through him - not to be taken literally.
@TheCurlyCoder
That was very inspiring. I was particularly moved by one of your final sentences about how we beat ourselves up far too often instead of just putting things out into the world and letting them evaluate for themselves what we've created.. Thank you for giving me that feeling.
@fern-tv