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Infinite Series
Arrow's Impossibility Theorem
The bizarre Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem, or Arrow’s Paradox.
The Honeycombs of 4-Dimensional Bees ft. Joe Hanson
Mathematician Kelsey Houston-Edwards offers ambitious content for viewers that are eager to attain a greater understanding of the world around them. Math is pervasive - a robust yet precise language - and with each episode you’ll begin to see the math that underpins everything in this puzzling, yet fascinating, universe.
The Honeycombs of 4-Dimensional Bees ft. Joe Hanson
Season 1 Episode 32 | 11m 19s | CC
Why is there a hexagonal structure in honeycombs? Why not squares? Or asymmetrical blobby shapes? In 36 B.C., the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro wrote about two of the leading theories of the day. First: bees have six legs, so they must obviously prefer six-sided shapes. But that charming piece of numerology did not fool the geometers of day. They provided a second theory: Hexagons are the m
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