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ASTOUNDING: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ... = -1/12
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The World's Best Mathematician (*) - Numberphile
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Infinity is bigger than you think - Numberphile
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The Josephus Problem - Numberphile
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The problem in Good Will Hunting - Numberphile
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158,962,555,217,826,360,000 (Enigma Machine) - Numberphile
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What is a lucky number? - Numberphile
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The Scientific Way to Cut a Cake - Numberphile
114,653
6174 - Numberphile
77,076
Elliptical Pool Table - Numberphile
73,067
ASTOUNDING: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ... = -1/12
62,208
The World's Best Mathematician (*) - Numberphile
50,492
Infinity is bigger than you think - Numberphile
50,287
The Josephus Problem - Numberphile
45,750
The problem in Good Will Hunting - Numberphile
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158,962,555,217,826,360,000 (Enigma Machine) - Numberphile
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What is a lucky number? - Numberphile
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Problems with Zero - Numberphile
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Riemann Hypothesis - Numberphile
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Perfect Shapes in Higher Dimensions - Numberphile
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British Numbers confuse Americans - Numberphile
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Flaw in the Enigma Code - Numberphile
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8128 and Perfect Numbers - Numberphile
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e (Euler's Number) - Numberphile
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One minus one plus one minus one - Numberphile
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Monty Hall Problem - Numberphile
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The Opposite of Infinity - Numberphile
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Zero Factorial - Numberphile
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Winning at Rock Paper Scissors - Numberphile
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Number Trick - Numberphile
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666 - Numberphile
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13,983,816 and the Lottery - Numberphile
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Did Usain Bolt REALLY run 100m in 9.63 seconds?
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Googol and Googolplex - Numberphile
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Log Tables - Numberphile
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steve1978ger (3 minutes ago)
Unless it's a mathematician's party, stating "You're cutting this cake in a very faulty way" will probably result in not being invited again.
leannb2513 (10 minutes ago)
alternative solution: eat the entire cake in one sitting
christophergaspar6520 (18 minutes ago)
nice statement at the end
AngelofHogwarts (27 minutes ago)
What is this foreign concept of a "leftover cake"?
karffiol (32 minutes ago)
everybody knows there is no day two for a cake
DizzIlike (47 minutes ago)
People's faces when I cut the cake at the next birthday party...
SickSkilz (51 minutes ago)
This is a great way for a single guy with no friends to ensure that the suffering another birthday alone is drawn out for as many days as possible.
AlanKey86 (2 hour ago)
Ingenious as this method may be, for solving 1 problem, I spot 2 new problems it creates:
mordaren (2 hour ago)
This might be satisfying for mathematicians, but a physicist will point out that the rubber band will stretch when put in a cool refridgerator. Thus the effect of the rubber band is nullified, and you've opened up for up to 4 times as much surface area exposal than what you tried to get away from when simply slicing out a wedge.
gaeb-hd4lf (2 hours ago)
"maximizing the amount of gastronomical pleasure"
Ho3n3r (6 hours ago)
If you still have cake left over from the previous day, I'm doubting it was a delicious cake to begin with.
litigioussociety4249 (13 hours ago)
This only applies to people who actually have leftover cake.
stevendieudonne4027 (3 hours ago)
Not only does the cake stay moist , you also get an infinite process, which mean infinite cakes.
apriljones1381 (2 hours ago)
“Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”
overkillsnake (10 hours ago)
Saran Wrap? Tupperware? Aluminium foil? A covered cake stand? Maths....because we can.
montygordon (15 hours ago)
The cake to icing ratio on the last slices would be bad
EfHaichDee (6 hours ago)
This is why mathematicians are never taken seriously by the general public.
yahyakhan6433 (20 hours ago)
POV : you thought the 301 vid would be the most popular but realised its their least viewed vid lol
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