3Blue1Brown
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I'm still astounded this is true
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But what is a neural network? | Deep learning chapter 1
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But what is a Fourier series? From heat flow to drawing with circles | DE4
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But how does bitcoin actually work?
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Don't let it fool you!
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The hardest problem on the hardest test
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The most unexpected answer to a counting puzzle
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Order from chaos
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Vectors | Chapter 1, Essence of linear algebra
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But what is the Fourier Transform? A visual introduction.
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The essence of calculus
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Solving Wordle using information theory
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Transformers, the tech behind LLMs | Deep Learning Chapter 5
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The medical test paradox (well "paradox")
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The Newton art puzzle
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Gradient descent, how neural networks learn | Deep Learning Chapter 2
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But why is a sphere's surface area four times its shadow?
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Large Language Models explained briefly
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How prisms work (full video linked above)
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Why do prime numbers make these spirals? | Dirichlet’s theorem and pi approximations
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Linear combinations, span, and basis vectors | Chapter 2, Essence of linear algebra
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Why is pi here? And why is it squared? A geometric answer to the Basel problem
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Linear transformations and matrices | Chapter 3, Essence of linear algebra
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How are holograms possible?
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Oh, wait, actually the best Wordle opener is not “crane”…
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Why colliding blocks compute pi
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Terence Tao on the cosmic distance ladder
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Eigenvectors and eigenvalues | Chapter 14, Essence of linear algebra
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Backpropagation, intuitively | Deep Learning Chapter 3
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Differential equations, a tourist's guide | DE1
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Exponential growth and epidemics
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Bayes theorem, the geometry of changing beliefs
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The unexpectedly hard windmill question (2011 IMO, P2)
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Visualizing the 4d numbers Quaternions
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Error correction is incredible
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But what is the Riemann zeta function? Visualizing analytic continuation
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Divergence and curl: The language of Maxwell's equations, fluid flow, and more
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What's so special about Euler's number e? | Chapter 5, Essence of calculus
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Simulating an epidemic
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Taylor series | Chapter 11, Essence of calculus
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The determinant | Chapter 6, Essence of linear algebra
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Attention in transformers, step-by-step | Deep Learning Chapter 6
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Researchers thought this was a bug (Borwein integrals)
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What does it feel like to invent math?
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But what is the Central Limit Theorem?
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Fractals are typically not self-similar
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The paradox of the derivative | Chapter 2, Essence of calculus
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Matrix multiplication as composition | Chapter 4, Essence of linear algebra
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The inscribed square problem
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The chessboard and coins puzzle