Stand-up Maths

S2026 · E1 · 2026年2月23日

Did Kellogg's do the math? 第1話

CORRECTIONS - Some parentheses float up into their index at 0:46 and 5:18. Blame the sugar high. - At 8:11 I say Kellogg's don't make any loop-based cereal, but they do make Froot Loops and Apple Jacks.

S2026 · E2 · 2026年3月1日

The magic of adding random noise to black and white images. 第2話

S2026 · E3 · 2026年3月9日

Calculating pi with a lunar rover (Moon Pi Update!) 第3話

Huge thanks to Colin Beveridge, Ben Ashforth and Stephen Parker for all their work on the calculation code that's going on the rover, and thank you to Skylar McDonald for setting up and maintaining the pi.space database.

S2026 · E4 · 2026年3月14日

Calculating pi from coin flips (without randomness) 第4話

Happy Pi Day! The new value of pi is 3.2266. Pi-by-hand is happening - at some time in the future - at some location!

S2026 · E5 · 2026年3月31日

How to break Magic the Gathering. 第5話

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S2026 · E6 · 2026年4月27日

What is up with UK bridge height signs? 第6話

S2026 · E7 · 2026年5月14日

The paper scale system is broken. 第7話

S2026 · E8 · 2026年7月6日

Has an AI discovered new maths? 第8話

Were the passers by bemused by me, sitting at a desk drinking coffee on the beach? We’ll never find out for sure but it’s safe to say maybe.

S2026 · E9 · 2026年8月12日

Can Count Binface win? 第9話

Thanks to Count Binface for being a part of this video and a part of British democracy.

S2026 · E10 · 2026年8月21日

My viewers discovered a new set! 第10話

S2026 · E11 · 2026年9月1日

The sorting algorithm that shouldn’t. 第11話

Stand-up Maths explores the logic and utility of various sorting algorithms, ranging from standard computer science classics to unconventional, surprising methods discovered by accident. Through these examples, the video illustrates how algorithmic thinking can be both a powerful practical tool for developers and a source of genuine intellectual curiosity.

S2026 · E12 · 2026年9月14日

Is Kinetic Energy actually ½mv²? 第12話

Special thanks to Dr Clara Nellist for making the time to hop on a call with me and brave the outside conditions above the LHC.

S2026 · E13 · 2026年9月21日

Breaking Maths News: what's going on with millennium maths problems? 第13話

Breaking Maths News: what's going on with millennium maths problems?

S2026 · E14 · 2026年9月30日

We tested Babish's 15,000% claim! 第14話

CORRECTIONS 3.01 - the correct form of the area of a circle is of course pi x R^2, not 2 x pi x R^2. If only integration were more straightforward. (Thanks simonlitvinskii1898 for spotting it!)

S2026 · E15 · 2026年10月22日

Did Hannah Fry crack The Traitors? 第15話

S2026 · E16 · 2026年10月30日

FRACTRAN: 14 fractions that produce infinite primes 第16話