Alice, Bob, and the average shadow of a cube
3Blue1Brown
Published at : 20 Dec 2021
Published at : 20 Dec 2021
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A tale of two problem solvers.
Numberphile video on Bertrand's paradox: https://youtu.be/mZBwsm6B280
Help fund future projects: https://www.patreon.com/3blue1brown
Special thanks to these supporters: https://3b1b.co/lessons/newtons-fractal#thanks
An equally valuable form of support is to simply share the videos.
Curious why a sphere's surface area is exactly four times its shadow?
https://youtu.be/GNcFjFmqEc8
I first heard this puzzle in a problem-solving seminar at Stanford, but the general result about all convex solids was originally proved by Cauchy.
Mémoire sur la rectification des courbes et la quadrature des surfaces courbes par M. Augustin Cauchy
https://ia600208.us.archive.org/27/items/bub_gb_EomNI7m8__UC/bub_gb_EomNI7m8__UC.pdf
The artwork in this video was done by Kurt Bruns
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Timestamps
0:00 - The players
5:22 - How to start
9:12 - Alice's initial thoughts
13:37 - Piecing together the cube
22:11 - Bob's conclusion
29:58 - Alice's conclusion
34:09 - Which is better?
38:59 - Homework
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These animations are largely made using a custom python library, manim. See the FAQ comments here:
https://www.3blue1brown.com/faq#manim
https://github.com/3b1b/manim
https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/
You can find code for specific videos and projects here:
https://github.com/3b1b/videos/
Music by Vincent Rubinetti.
https://www.vincentrubinetti.com/
Download the music on Bandcamp:
https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-3blue1brown
Stream the music on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1dVyjwS8FBqXhRunaG5W5u
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3blue1brown is a channel about animating math, in all senses of the word animate. And you know the drill with YouTube, if you want to stay posted on new videos, subscribe: http://3b1b.co/subscribe
Various social media stuffs:
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Numberphile video on Bertrand's paradox: https://youtu.be/mZBwsm6B280
Help fund future projects: https://www.patreon.com/3blue1brown
Special thanks to these supporters: https://3b1b.co/lessons/newtons-fractal#thanks
An equally valuable form of support is to simply share the videos.
Curious why a sphere's surface area is exactly four times its shadow?
https://youtu.be/GNcFjFmqEc8
I first heard this puzzle in a problem-solving seminar at Stanford, but the general result about all convex solids was originally proved by Cauchy.
Mémoire sur la rectification des courbes et la quadrature des surfaces courbes par M. Augustin Cauchy
https://ia600208.us.archive.org/27/items/bub_gb_EomNI7m8__UC/bub_gb_EomNI7m8__UC.pdf
The artwork in this video was done by Kurt Bruns
-------------------
Timestamps
0:00 - The players
5:22 - How to start
9:12 - Alice's initial thoughts
13:37 - Piecing together the cube
22:11 - Bob's conclusion
29:58 - Alice's conclusion
34:09 - Which is better?
38:59 - Homework
------------------
These animations are largely made using a custom python library, manim. See the FAQ comments here:
https://www.3blue1brown.com/faq#manim
https://github.com/3b1b/manim
https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/
You can find code for specific videos and projects here:
https://github.com/3b1b/videos/
Music by Vincent Rubinetti.
https://www.vincentrubinetti.com/
Download the music on Bandcamp:
https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-3blue1brown
Stream the music on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1dVyjwS8FBqXhRunaG5W5u
------------------
3blue1brown is a channel about animating math, in all senses of the word animate. And you know the drill with YouTube, if you want to stay posted on new videos, subscribe: http://3b1b.co/subscribe
Various social media stuffs:
Website: https://www.3blue1brown.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/3blue1brown
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/3blue1brown
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/3blue1brown_animations/
Patreon: https://patreon.com/3blue1brown
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/3blue1brown
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