3Blue1Brown
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3Blue1Brown’s most viewed videos of 2018
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Snapshot from 19 Oct 2026.
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But what is the Fourier Transform? A visual introduction.
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But why is a sphere's surface area four times its shadow?
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Why is pi here? And why is it squared? A geometric answer to the Basel problem
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Visualizing the 4d numbers Quaternions
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Divergence and curl: The language of Maxwell's equations, fluid flow, and more
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The other way to visualize derivatives | Chapter 12, Essence of calculus
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Why slicing a cone gives an ellipse (beautiful proof)
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The more general uncertainty principle, regarding Fourier transforms
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How pi was almost 6.283185...
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Quaternions and 3d rotation, explained interactively
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Winding numbers and domain coloring
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Using topology for discrete problems | The Borsuk-Ulam theorem and stolen necklaces
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The Wallis product for pi, proved geometrically
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Q&A with Grant Sanderson (3blue1brown)
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Why 5/3 is a fundamental constant for turbulence
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